Wire electric discharge machine
AssigneeFanuc Corporation
InventorMeguru Yamaguchi
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Abstract
To provide a wire electric discharge machine which suppresses the machining speed and machining precision from declining, as well as enabling flexible handling in relation to the shapes of various workpieces, and the generation of sludge and gases which varies accompanying the progression of wire electric discharge machining. A wire electric discharge machine that performs electric discharge machining on a workpiece by causing a wire electrode and the workpiece to relatively move, includes an articulated robot, and a suction mechanism provided to a wrist leading end of the articulated robot, and suctions machining waste and gas generated by wire electric discharge machining.
Claims7
A wire electric discharge machine that causes a wire electrode and a workpiece to move relatively, and performs electric discharge machining on the workpiece, the wire electric discharge machine comprising:
- an articulated robot;
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- a suctioning waste and gas remover that is provided to a leading end part of the articulated robot, and suctions machining waste and gas generated by wire electric discharge machining and conveys the machining waste and gas away from the workpiece through a pipe, wherein
- posture of the suctioning waste and gas remover is changeable by an operation of the articulated robot in accordance with progression of the wire electric discharge machining, and
- the suctioning waste and gas remover has a robot coupler comprising a pair of projections and a pair of rotating engagement members that are disposed at the leading end part of the articulated robot and a base of the articulated robot, and are configured to detachably couple the leading end part of the articulated robot and the base of the articulated robot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.