Automatic chip removal is essential to keeping high-production machine tools running. When chips back up, the machine stops. Transcon “Chip-Out” chip removal conveyors capture and evacuate chips from conventional and CNC machine tools in a continuous, synchronized cycle — automatically, without manual handling of the chips.
Each Chip-Out is individually designed to your machine-tool layout, material, and production rate, and handles abrasive, hot, and wet chips, scrap turnings, borings, and parts. With Transcon’s heavier construction — extra-heavy 1/4″ steel belt links and a rugged frame — you get a longer working life and the kind of heavy-duty performance that survives daily high-volume use.
Built for Continuous, Automatic Chip Evacuation
A chip conveyor lives a hard life: hot, abrasive material lands on it constantly, often mixed with coolant. That is why the Chip-Out is engineered to a different standard than a general-purpose belt. It can be designed in a wide range of widths, lengths, inclines, and belt paths so it drops into your cell exactly where you need it — under a single machine or tying a whole line into central collection.
Design and Construction Features
The rugged design of the base Chip-Out is packed with heavy-duty features that ensure years of trouble-free service:
Frame & Belt
- Heavy belt pans — 2½″ pitch, 1/8″ thick
- 3/16″ dia. high-carbon steel belt pins
- Choice of cleats, dimples, or perforations
- Double side-bar roller chains on both sides of the belt
- Heat-treated powdered-metal side wings
- Welded interlocking side wings
Frame Support & Wear
- Abrasion-resistant track, full length
- Anti-friction bearings
- Backup channels behind the side wings
- Wrap-around frame design
- Take-up at the head end
- Options for top covers, bottom pans, coolant drains, and more
Chip-Out System Options
Every Chip-Out is built to the specifications of your machine-tool layout. A wide range of standard options lets us tune the conveyor to your application:
- Hinged steel belt types — plain, perforated, dimpled, or embossed
- Discharge chutes — manual, motorized, automatic, or bin-level sensing
- Automatic take-up — spring or cylinder
- Coolant drain pipes or holes — for wet machining chips
- 1/8″ or heavier side skirting, loading baffles, and hoppers
- Standard or low-height frames and adjustable supports
- Stainless steel wire mesh belting, controls, covers, and special construction
Chip removal is one part of a larger picture. Many plants pair a Chip-Out with a scrap handling conveyor for downstream collection, and rely on overload and jamming protection to guard the drive when a slug of material hits. For belt construction detail, see our steel belt conveyor specifications, and for keeping tension correct over the belt’s life, see conveyor take-up design.
Spec a Chip-Out for your machine tools
Tell us your machine layout, chip type, and production rate, and our engineers will design the right chip removal conveyor for the job. Already running one? We build replacement parts and belts to keep it moving.
