IP Library Granted Patent US 12678906
Granted Patent B2
US 12678906 · App. 18/844,068 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Machine tool system, and hydraulic liquid and processing liquid for machine tools

Inventors: Hidekazu Inagaki (Ikoma, JP); Koji Hachisuka (Nishio, JP); Nobuyuki Shimizu (Takarazuka, JP); Koji Sato (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Nihon Fluid System Inc.
B23Q11/1038C10M169/04C10N2020/091
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Patent No.
US 12678906
App. No.
18/844,068
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a machining tool system configured to be utilized in an environment in which a hydraulic fluid and a processing fluid are mixed, in which a water-soluble material that does not contain an oil-soluble materials derived from a mineral is used for the hydraulic fluid and the processing fluid (collectively, the “fluids”). The machining tool system includes: collecting means for collecting the fluids after a lubricating effect ends while being mixed, the collecting means being disposed downstream of a lubricating flow path of the machining tool; a discharging container communicating with the collecting means and storing the fluids; and circulating means for suctioning the fluids inside the discharging container without separation into oil and water from an inlet port in the discharging container at a position separated from a bottom portion and returning the fluids to a supply flow path of the processing fluid and/or the hydraulic fluid.

Claims (16)

1 . A machining tool system including a machining tool configured to operate in an environment in which a hydraulic fluid and a processing fluid used to process a processed member with the machining tool are mixed, the machining tool system comprising:

a collecting means including a collection container for collecting the hydraulic fluid and the processing fluid after a lubricating effect ends in a mixed manner, the collecting means being disposed downstream of a lubricating flow path of the machining tool;

a discharging container that communicates with the collecting means through a discharging flow path and stores the hydraulic fluid and the processing fluid in a mixed state; and

a circulating means including a pump and an inlet port disposed in the discharging container at a predetermined height above a bottom portion of the discharging container for directly suctioning the hydraulic fluid and the processing fluid stored in the discharging container without separating the hydraulic fluid and the processing fluid into oil and water, and returning the hydraulic fluid and the processing fluid for reuse through a suctioning flow path to a supply flow path of the processing fluid, while blocking communication with a supply flow path of the hydraulic fluid.

2 . The machining tool system according to claim 1 , wherein the supply flow path through which the circulating means returns the hydraulic fluid and the processing fluid from inside the discharging container is the supply flow path for the processing fluid and blocks communication with the supply flow path for the hydraulic fluid.

3 . The machining tool system according to claim 1 , wherein for processing of the processed member, a lathe function, a milling function, a grinding function, a drilling function, or a saw cutting function is included.

4 . The machining tool system according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of the hydraulic fluid and the processing fluid contains a water-soluble material and does not contain an oil-soluble material derived from a mineral, and

wherein each of the hydraulic fluid and the processing fluid does not contain an anticorrosion agent, and a pH buffer agent is blended in each of the hydraulic fluid and the processing fluid.

5 . The machining tool system according to claim 2 , wherein for processing of the processed member, a lathe function, a milling function, a grinding function, a drilling function, or a saw cutting function is included.

6 . The machining tool system according to claim 2 ,

wherein each of the hydraulic fluid and the processing fluid contains a water-soluble material and does not contain an oil-soluble material derived from a mineral, and

wherein each of the hydraulic fluid and the processing fluid does not contain an anticorrosion agent, and a pH buffer agent is blended in each of the hydraulic fluid and the processing fluid.

7 . The machining tool system according to claim 3 ,

wherein each of the hydraulic fluid and the processing fluid contains a water-soluble material and does not contain an oil-soluble material derived from a mineral, and

wherein each of the hydraulic fluid and the processing fluid does not contain an anticorrosion agent, and a pH buffer agent is blended in each of the hydraulic fluid and the processing fluid.