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Electrode wire recovery system for electric discharge machine

US6011231A · kind A · utility

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9Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 26, 1998
Grant dateJan 4, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 26, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB23H7/108
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to an improved manner of recovering the used electrode wire discharged from an electric discharge machine (EDM). A more detailed object of this invention is to provide an efficient and effective system for electrode wire scrap collection, including cutting the electrode wire discharging from the EDM into many small separate pieces and collecting there pieces randomly but compactly packed in a removable container proximate the EDM.

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