finer solids in a main filter a coarse weave belt is frictionally driven along a strainer bottom wall of an auxiliary tank suspended above the main filter tank the permanent media belt of a coarse weave which allows the liquid and suspended finer solids to pass through while capturing the chips a powered drag conveyor frictionally engages and drives the permanent media belt through the auxiliary tank each diverging when returning across the top and bottom respectively of the auxiliary tank prior to being recirculated through the auxiliary tank application_number US 82181401 A description in the following detailed description certain specific terminology will be employed for the sake of clarity and a particular embodiment described in accordance with the requirements of 35 usc 112 but it is to be understood that the same is not intended to be limiting and should not be so construed inasmuch as the invention is capable of taking many forms and variations within the scope of the appended claims the chip removal arrangement 10 according to the present invention shown in fig1 is combined with a vacuum filter 12 of a type shown in u s pat no 5 624 579 by the inventor of the present.