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A method of for performing a machining operation and recovering a liquid used in the machining operation. The method includes the steps of providing a machine tool to perform a machining operation, directing a liquid against at least one of a) a part of the machine tool and b) a workpiece on which t

A method of for performing a machining operation and recovering a liquid used in the machining operation. The method includes the steps of providing a machine tool to perform a machining operation, directing a liquid against at least one of a) a part of the machine tool and b) a workpiece on which the machining operation is being performed by the machine tool in such a manner that discrete particles become entrained in the liquid, directing at least a part of the liquid with the discrete particles entrained therein to a first location, and at the first location separating the liquid from the discrete particles.

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[ I claim:] [1.] A method of performing a machining operation and recovering a liquid used in the machining operation, said method comprising the steps of:providing a machine tool to perform a machining operation;providing at a first location a first receptacle having a storing space with a top and

[ I claim:] [1.] A method of performing a machining operation and recovering a liquid used in the machining operation, said method comprising the steps of:providing a machine tool to perform a machining operation;providing at a first location a first receptacle having a storing space with a top and bottom;directing a liquid against at least one of a) a part of the machine tool and b) a workpiece on which the machining operation is being performed by the machine tool in such a manner that discrete particles become entrained in the liquid;directing at least a part of the liquid with the discrete particles entrained therein into the receptacle storing space;allowing discrete particles that are denser than the liquid to move under gravitational force and progressively accumulate at the bottom of the receptacle storing space;providing a return path from said receptacle to said machine tool so that liquid from above the accumulated discrete particles in the receptacle storing space is directed against at least one of a) a part of the machine tool and b) a workpiece on which a machining operation is being performed by the machine tool until the accumulated discrete particles in the receptacle storing space accumulate to a predetermined height in the receptacle storing space;moving the receptacle with the discrete particles therein accumulated to the predetermined height from the first location to a point of use; andproviding at the first location a second receptacle having a storing space with a top and bottom and directing at least part of the liquid with the discrete particles entrained therein into the second receptacle to cause progressive accumulation of discrete particles at the bottom of the storing space in the second receptacle.