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US 10,369,647 B2Granted
Wire electrical discharge machine and wire electrical discharge machining method
AssigneeFanuc Corporation
InventorsShouta Irie, Kaoru Hiraga
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Abstract
A wire electrical discharge machine and a wire electrical discharge machining method are provided. The wire electrical discharge machine is equipped with a core position recognizing unit configured to recognize the position of a core which is fixed by a core fixing function, a core removal unit configured to remove the core, which is in the recognized position, from a workpiece on which machining has been performed, and a core removal determining unit configured to determine whether or not the core in the recognized position has actually been removed.
Claims12
A wire electrical discharge machine comprising:
- a wire electrode and a workpiece movable relative to each other according to a machining program to carry out electrical discharge machining on the workpiece by an electrical discharge generated between the wire electrode and the workpiece, the wire electrical discharge machine having a core fixing function for fixing a core, which is formed by the electrical discharge machining, to a base material of the workpiece by attachment and deposition of machining chips generated as a result of the electrical discharge machining;
- a core position recognizing unit configured to recognize a position of the core which is fixed by the core fixing function during execution of the machining program;
- a core removal unit configured to remove the core, which is in the position recognized by the core position recognizing unit, from the workpiece during execution of the machining program;
- and
- a core removal determining unit configured to determine whether or not the core, which is in the position recognized by the core position recognizing unit, has actually been removed by the core removal unit during execution of the machining program,
- wherein the core position recognizing unit includes an image capturing unit configured to acquire a captured image showing the workpiece, and recognizes the position of the core from the captured image acquired by the image capturing unit.
3 more elements
A wire electrical discharge machining method comprising:
- providing a wire electrode and a workpiece movable relative to each other according to a machining program to carry out electrical discharge machining on the workpiece by an electrical discharge generated between the wire electrode and the workpiece, a core fixing function for fixing a core, which is formed by the electrical discharge machining, to the workpiece by attachment and deposition of machining chips generated as a result of the electrical discharge machining;
- a recognizing step of recognizing a position of the core which is fixed by the core fixing function during execution of the machining program;
- a removing step of removing the core, which is in the position recognized by the recognizing step, from the workpiece during execution of the machining program;
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- a determining step of determining whether or not the core, which is in the position recognized by the recognizing step, has actually been removed in the removing step during execution of the machining program,
- wherein in the recognizing step, the position of the core is recognized from a captured image acquired by an image capturing unit and showing the workpiece.
3 more elements
A wire electrical discharge machine comprising:
- a wire electrode and a workpiece movable relative to each other according to a machining program, and electrical discharge machining is carried out on the workpiece by an electrical discharge generated between the wire electrode and the workpiece, the wire electrical discharge machine having a core fixing function for fixing a core, which is formed by the electrical discharge machining, to a base material of the workpiece by attachment and deposition of machining chips generated as a result of the electrical discharge machining;
- a core position recognizing unit configured to recognize a position of the core which is fixed by the core fixing function during execution of the machining program;
- a core removal unit configured to remove the core, which is in the position recognized by the core position recognizing unit, from the workpiece during execution of the machining program;
- and
- a core removal determining unit configured to determine whether or not the core, which is in the position recognized by the core position recognizing unit, has actually been removed by the core removal unit during execution of the machining program,
- wherein the core removal determining unit includes an image capturing unit configured to acquire a captured image showing the workpiece, and determines whether or not the core has been removed from the captured image acquired by the image capturing unit.
3 more elements
A wire electrical discharge machining method comprising:
- providing a wire electrode and a workpiece movable relative to each other according to a machining program to carry out electrical discharge machining the workpiece by an electrical discharge generated between the wire electrode and the workpiece, a core fixing function for fixing a core, which is formed by the electrical discharge machining, to the workpiece by attachment and deposition of machining chips generated as a result of the electrical discharge machining,
- a recognizing step of recognizing a position of the core which is fixed by the core fixing function during execution of the machining program:
- a removing step of removing the core, which is in the position recognized by the recognizing step, from the workpiece during execution of the machining program;
- and
- a determining step of determining whether or not the core, which is in the position recognized by the recognizing step, has actually been removed in the removing step during execution of the machining program,
- wherein the recognizing step is determined whether or not the core has been removed from a captured image showing the workpiece and acquired by the image capturing unit.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.