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Chip Removal Tool Project, Brett Mori, John Cote, Kyle Rowland, Micah Wells
Chip Removal Tool Project, Brett Mori, John Cote, Kyle Rowland, Micah Wells
Mechanical Engineering
The Cal Poly senior project team worked with Helical Products Inc. to develop an automated method for removing swarf and chip buildup from the drill bits of their CNC milling machines. The removal methods in this report were designed for and tested using a Fanuc Robodrill while keeping the potential in mind for their use in other CNC milling machines. After extensive background research, preliminary and prototype design and testing the final chosen design is shown below. The cleaning device is made from flexible sheet metal and placed on a fixture that occupies one of the two pallet locations inside …