Seagate Technology Incorporated

Joseph Charles Lutz

Hwaliang Ng

Kok Loong Teng

YongLing Yu

George P Thomas

Kok Wah Jackie Tan

Chad Francis Barclay

VigneswaraRao Subramaniam

An apparatus and associated method are provided for collecting debris from a tool. A housing defines a channel, at least one of the tool and the housing being selectively movable to operably orient the tool at a predefined reference relationship to the channel. A magnetic member is operable to demagnetize at least one of the tool and the debris. A windage source in fluid communication with the channel is operable to establish a windage contacting the tool to cooperate with the magnetic member in removing the debris from the tool. A conduit connected to the channel collects the removed debris.

Collecting debris from a tool

An apparatus and associated method for collecting debris from a tool, wherein programming instructions are stored in memory and executed by a machine tool controller, and wherein the controller is responsive to an intermittent debris collect signal in altering an operative path of the tool in order to engage the tool with a debris collecting device.

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Longmont, CO, United States of America

Joseph Charles Lutz