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Power supply means for a wire electrode of an electroerosion machine

US4765877A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 31, 1987
Grant dateAug 23, 1988
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Expiry dateMar 31, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB23H7/10
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A power supply component for cutting a wire electrode of an electroerosion machine having a core of hard metal and about it a layer of an electrically conductive material, which is softer than the core. Within a relatively short time, when the machine is in use, the wire cuts a notch in the soft layer, the notch acting as a wire guide. As soon as the notch reaches the harder material of the core, the hard metal prevents any further notch deepening.

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