Small-hole electrical discharge machine
AssigneeElenix, Inc.
InventorsShigeharu YOKOMICHI, Tomoshige ISHIWATA
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Abstract
The small-hole electrical discharge machine includes an electrode holder exchange device configured to exchange an electrode holder mounted on a processing head; and an electrode exchange device configured to exchange an electrode mounted on the electrode holder that is supported by an electrode holder exchange device. The electrode exchange device includes an exchange unit configured to release the electrode from a state of being fixed to the electrode holder, and fix the unused electrode to the electrode holder, a discharge unit configured to discharge the electrode from the electrode holder, and an insertion unit configured to insert the unused electrode into the electrode holder.
Claims6
A small-hole electrical discharge machine comprising:
- an electrode holder exchange device configured to exchange an electrode holder mounted on a processing head that performs small-hole electrical discharge machining;
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- an electrode exchange device configured to exchange an electrode mounted on the electrode holder that is supported by the electrode holder exchange device, wherein
- the electrode exchange device includes:
- an exchange unit configured to release the electrode from a state of being fixed to the electrode holder, and when the electrode that has been released is discharged from the electrode holder and an unused electrode is inserted, fix the unused electrode to the electrode holder,
- a discharge unit configured to discharge the electrode from the electrode holder when the electrode is released from the state of being fixed to the electrode holder, and
- an insertion unit configured to insert the unused electrode into the electrode holder when the electrode is discharged from the electrode holder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.