Electric discharge machining device using rotating circular blade
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsYuefeng Luo, William Edward Adis
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Abstract
An electric discharge machining (EDM) device includes a circular blade, a motor coupled to the circular blade for rotating the circular blade, and an electric discharge control system operatively coupled to the circular blade and a workpiece. The electric discharge control system causes the rotating circular blade to cut the workpiece using electric discharge machining. The device allows for removal of large chunks of material using EDM, minimizing the number of cuts, time and energy required to create a part.
Claims20
An electric discharge machining (EDM) device comprising:
- a circular blade;
- a motor coupled to the circular blade for rotating the circular blade;
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- an electric discharge control system operatively coupled to the circular blade and a workpiece, the electric discharge control system causing the rotating circular blade to cut the workpiece using electric discharge machining.
An electric discharge machining (EDM) device comprising:
- a circular blade, the circular blade being substantially planar and having an outer circumferential edge;
- a motor coupled to the circular blade for rotating the circular blade;
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- an electric discharge control system operatively coupled to the circular blade and a workpiece, the electric discharge control system causing the outer circumferential edge of the rotating circular blade to cut the workpiece using electric discharge machining;
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- a universal movement system for moving one of the circular blade and the workpiece in three dimensions relative to the other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.