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Media drum filtration system
The Convey-R-Vac is a permanent media drum filtration system for chip removal and coolant filtration in CNC metal cutting machine tool applications. Coolant is pulled through the media using a filter pump, leaving fine chips and contaminants to collect on the surface of the filter media and form a filter cake. The drum remains stationary as coolant is pulled through a suction header inside the drum. Periodically, as the cake builds on the drum during the filtration process, the drum will index 120 degrees allowing a majority of the fines contaminate to peel from the media surface and fall to the bottom. There, fines are removed via a scraper conveyor and...