Cutting electrode head for a handheld electrical discharge machining device
AssigneeROLLS-ROYCE plc
InventorChristopher J. PREECE
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Abstract
A cutting electrode head for a handheld electrical discharge machining (EDM) device comprising: a housing; a cutting electrode supported in the housing, and configured to move from a retracted position to an extended position along an electrode axis (C) to cut a workpiece; and an actuator supported in the housing and movable along a movement axis (E) which is at an angle to the electrode axis (C), wherein movement of the actuator along the movement axis (E) causes the cutting electrode to move between its retracted and extended positions.
Claims16
A cutting electrode head for a handheld electrical discharge machining (EDM) device comprising:
- a housing;
- a cutting electrode supported in the housing, and configured to move from a retracted position to an extended position along an electrode axis (C) to cut a workpiece;
- and
- an actuator supported in the housing and movable along a movement axis (E) which is at an angle to the electrode axis (C),
- wherein movement of the actuator (60) along the movement axis (E) causes the cutting electrode to move between its retracted and extended positions.
A method of operating a handheld electrical discharge machining (EDM) device, the EDM device comprising:
- a housing;
- a cutting electrode supported in the housing, and configured to move from a retracted position to an extended position along an electrode axis (C);
- and
- an actuator supported in the housing and movable along a movement axis (E) which is at an angle to the electrode axis (C),
- wherein movement of the actuator along the movement axis (E) causes the cutting electrode to move between its retracted and extended positions,
- the method comprising the step of:
- moving the actuator from a first position to a second position along the movement axis (E) to move the cutting electrode from its retracted position to its extended position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.