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| 0 | b-7314 EDM hardware facets and aspects |
| 7314 | b-7315 EDM system controllers |
| 7315 | b-7316 Type of System Controller for EDM System |
| 7315 | b-7318 Open Loop and Human Interface Aspects of EDM System Controller |
| 7318 | d-7319 input device: keyboard |
| 7318 | d-7320 input device: keyboard is "unlocked" by entering code |
| 7318 | d-7321 input device: paper tape reader |
| 7318 | d-7322 input device: binary coded decimal thumbwheel switch |
| 7318 | d-7323 input device: mouse |
| 7318 | d-7324 input device: floppy disk |
| 7318 | d-7325 input device: switch |
| 7318 | d-7326 multiple sets of predefined machining parameters |
| 7318 | d-7327 set of actual input parameters compared to stored groups of input parameters |
| 7318 | d-7328 parameter: wire diameter |
| 7318 | d-7329 parameter: wire material |
| 7318 | d-7330 parameter: workpiece material |
| 7318 | d-7331 parameter: workpiece thickness |
| 7318 | d-7332 parameter: workpiece contour tolerance |
| 7318 | d-7333 parameter: relative feed rate of electrode to workpiece |
| 7315 | b-7335 Closed Loop Aspects of EDM System Controller |
| 7335 | d-7336 Wire Cutting: machining conditions according to capacitance of capacitor |
| 7315 | b-7338 Functions Controlled by EDM System Controller |
| 7338 | d-7339 turn off of machine is feedback controlled by completion sensor |
| 7338 | d-7340 turn off machine is feedback controlled by contact sensor |
| 7338 | d-7341 turn off machine is feedback controlled by disconnection sensor |
| 7338 | d-7342 turn off machine is feedback controlled by current sensor |
| 7338 | d-7343 turn off machine is feedback controlled by a computer |
| 7338 | d-7344 electromagnetic valve is controlled by feedback |
| 7338 | d-7345 gap width is controlled by feedback control |
| 7338 | d-7346 electrode movement is controlled by feedback control |
| 7338 | d-7347 electrode position is controlled by feedback control |
| 7338 | d-7348 workpiece movement is controlled by feedback control |
| 7338 | d-7349 rate of feed(speed) of relative electrode movement is controlled by feedback |
| 7338 | d-7350 Wire Cutting: calculating adjusting machining conditions |
| 7338 | d-7351 Wire Cutting: calculating the machining speed |
| 7338 | d-7352 Wire Cutting: Control Average working Current |
| 7338 | d-7353 Wire Cutting: Vibration Amplitude is Func( shape of cutting path) |
| 7338 | d-7354 Wire Cutting: Cutting groove width=K by control of Aver. Mach. current |
| 7338 | d-7355 Wire Cutting: axial feed of wire controlled as f(shape of cutting path) |
| 7338 | d-7356 Wire Cutting: open voltage is reduced at corner |
| 7315 | b-7358 Structural, Housing Features of EDM System Controller |
| 7358 | d-7359 head or machine or frame supported by magnet |
| 7358 | d-7360 head supporting electrode able to move in three dimensions (X,Y,Z) |
| 7358 | d-7361 machine surrounded by a metal structure (e.g. faraday cage) |
| 7358 | d-7362 machiine surrounded by electromagnetically shielded room |
| 7358 | d-7363 modular work unit(s) for connection with guide means in tank or on table |
| 7358 | d-7364 frame: miscellaneous or unspecified details |
| 7315 | b-7366 Mulitiplicities for EDM System Controller |
| 7315 | b-7368 Miscellaneous Facets of the EDM System Controller |
| 7315 | b-7370 Auxiliary Features of the EDM System Controller |
| 7315 | b-7372 Overall Purpose of the EDM System Controller |
| 7372 | d-7373 NC program checking displays analysis of block of programming data |
| 7315 | b-7375 Specialized EDM System Controllers |
| 7314 | b-7378 EDM Power Supply |
| 7378 | b-7379 Broad Type of Circuitry for EDM power supply |
| 7379 | d-7380 Power Supply: without any resistor in the circuit |
| 7379 | d-7381 Power Supply: with ac power lines or mains as original power source |
| 7379 | d-7382 Power Supply: with high frequency ac oscillator as original power source |
| 7379 | d-7383 Power Supply: with ac oscillator as original power source |
| 7379 | d-7384 Power Supply: with low frequency pulse oscillator as original power source |
| 7379 | d-7385 Power Supply: with high frequency pulse oscillator as original power source |
| 7379 | d-7386 Power Supply: with dc power source (e.g. battery) as original power source |
| 7379 | d-7387 Power Supply: four switch inverter directly connected to the load |
| 7379 | d-7388 Power Supply: two switch inverter directly connected to the load |
| 7379 | d-7389 Power Supply: with Pulse Width Modulator (PWM) |
| 7379 | d-7390 Power Supply for Micromachining with capacitors selectively switched |
| 7379 | d-7391 Pulse Energy: energy from inductor causes discharge |
| 7379 | d-7392 Pulse Circuit: energy from capacitor causes discharge |
| 7379 | d-7393 Pulse circuit with capacitor energy controlled by switches |
| 7379 | d-7394 Pulse Circuit: with capacitor energy released by a switch(es) |
| 7379 | d-7395 Pulse Circuit: with capacitor energy released by resonance(not switches) |
| 7379 | d-7396 Pulse Circuit for multi-stepped monopolar pulses |
| 7379 | d-7397 Pulse Generator: programmable |
| 7379 | d-7398 Pulse Generator: electrodynamically creating pulses or impulses |
| 7379 | d-7399 Pulse Generator: miscellaneous or unspecified |
| 7378 | b-7401 Nature of EDM power supply output in electrical terms, independent of circuit type |
| 7401 | d-7402 Power Supply: providing non machining pulses to the gap (e.g. triangular) |
| 7401 | d-7403 Pulse Generator: using discrete pulse groups (i.e. trains). |
| 7401 | d-7404 Power Supply: Peak Pulse Voltage |
| 7401 | b-7405 EDM PULSES, BOTH NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE, APPLIED |
| 7405 | d-7406 Pulse Circuit Supplying non-discrete bipolar pulses |
| 7405 | d-7407 Pulse Circuit Supplying Discrete Positive and Negative Pulses |
| 7405 | d-7408 Power Supply: supplying pulses of positive and negative polarity |
| 7405 | d-7409 Power Supply: pulses of both polarity without off- time between pulses |
| 7405 | d-7410 Power Supply: pulses of differing polariities so that mean (average) voltage is zero |
| 7405 | d-7411 Power Supply: using small reverse polarity pulse to turn off main machining pulse |
| 7405 | d-7412 Power Supply: pulses of opposite polarity preventing stray currents during off-time |
| 7405 | d-7413 Power Supply: using high frequency ac signal as machining pulses at gap |
| 7405 | d-7414 Power Supply: using alternating current as machining pulses at gap |
| 7405 | d-7415 Power Supply: using alternating current during delay time at gap |
| 7401 | b-7417 EDM PULSE SHAPE is specified |
| 7417 | d-7418 Power Supply: using irregulary shaped machining pulses (non-rectangular) |
| 7417 | d-7419 Power Supply: using trapezoidized shaped machining pulses |
| 7417 | d-7420 Irregular (non-recatngular) pulse shape |
| 7417 | d-7421 triangular pulse shape |
| 7417 | d-7422 Power Supply using rectified alternating current as machining pulses at gap |
| 7401 | b-7424 EDM PULSE WIDTH is specified |
| 7424 | d-7425 pulse durations is 1 to 5 microseconds |
| 7424 | d-7426 pulse duration is 5 to 10 microseconds |
| 7424 | d-7427 pulse duration is 10 to 50 microseconds |
| 7424 | d-7428 pulse duration is 50 to 100 microseconds (.1 milliseconds) |
| 7424 | d-7429 pulse duration is 100 to 200 microseconds (.2 millliseconds) |
| 7424 | d-7430 pulse duration is 200 to 300 microseconds (.3 milliseconds) |
| 7424 | d-7431 pulse duration is 300 to 400 microseconds (.4 milliseconds) |
| 7378 | b-7434 Open Loop and Human Interface Aspects of EDM Power Supply Control |
| 7434 | d-7435 Pulse Generator: with user setting pulse on time and pulse off time (duty cycle) |
| 7434 | d-7436 Pulse Generator: with user independently setting on-time and off-time |
| 7434 | d-7437 Pulse Generator: on-time counter |
| 7434 | d-7438 Pulse Generator: on-time controlled by flip flops in shift register configuration |
| 7434 | d-7439 Pulse Generator: off-time counter |
| 7434 | d-7440 Pulse Generator: off-time controlled by flip-flops in shift register configuration |
| 7378 | b-7442 Closed Loop Aspects of EDM Power Supply Control |
| 7442 | d-7443 Power Supply: determining gap condition indpendent of polarity of machining pulse |
| 7378 | b-7445 EDM Power Supply Parameter Controlled by the Open/Closed Loop Signal |
| 7445 | d-7446 control parameter: adding digitally predetermined OFF time to normal off time |
| 7445 | d-7447 Controlling: machining pulse parameter |
| 7445 | d-7448 controlling the discharge current value |
| 7445 | d-7449 controlling: pulse frequency |
| 7445 | d-7450 lowering the energy level of the machining pulse: |
| 7445 | d-7451 controlling the pulse width |
| 7445 | d-7452 controlling the off-time or rest time of voltage pulse |
| 7445 | d-7453 lower the pulse duty factor |
| 7445 | d-7454 raise the pulse duty factor |
| 7445 | d-7455 immediate cut off of maching pulse in response to short circuit |
| 7445 | d-7456 immediate cut off of machining pulse in response to an abnormal discharge pulse |
| 7445 | d-7457 immediate cut off of machining pulse when set energy level is reached |
| 7445 | d-7458 pulse energy is controlled by feedback control |
| 7445 | d-7459 level of capacitance in capacitor is controlled by feedback control |
| 7445 | d-7460 pulse peak current is controlled by feedback control |
| 7445 | d-7461 pulse duty cycle is controlled by feedback |
| 7445 | d-7462 pulse on-time is narrowed by feedback control |
| 7445 | d-7463 pulse ontime is maintained constant but off time is increased by feedback control |
| 7445 | d-7464 discharge current density is controlled by feedback |
| 7445 | d-7465 discharge current is controlled by feedback |
| 7445 | d-7466 discharge voltage is controlled by feedback |
| 7445 | d-7467 output voltage is controlled by feedback |
| 7445 | d-7468 pulse frequency is controlled by feedback control |
| 7445 | d-7469 next pulse is stopped in response to short circuit or arc by feedback control |
| 7445 | d-7470 cut off ouput switch in response to short circuit |
| 7445 | d-7471 Wire Cutting: Control of maximum current according to mach. path |
| 7445 | d-7472 Wire Cutting: Control of pulse duty cycle according to mach. path |
| 7445 | d-7473 Wire Cutting: Short Circuit Controls Pulse Duty cycle |
| 7445 | d-7474 Wire Cutting: Short circuit lowers voltage level at machining gap |
| 7445 | d-7475 Wire Cutting: preventing short circuits by lowering pulse voltage |
| 7445 | d-7476 Wire Cutting: Control of calculated maximum allowed disch. frequency |
| 7445 | d-7477 Wire Cutting: Control of Peak Current |
| 7445 | d-7478 Power Supply: adjusting maximum current limit according to pulse frequency |
| 7445 | d-7479 Power Supply: making fall time of discharge current greater than rise time |
| 7445 | d-7480 Pulse Generator: with controllable voltage profile at gap |
| 7445 | d-7481 Pulse Generator: with controllable current profile at gap |
| 7445 | d-7482 Power Supply Safety: stopping machining upon failure of a power switch |
| 7378 | b-7484 EDM Power Supply Structural Features |
| 7484 | d-7485 Power Supply: modules mounted on a control board with heat sink |
| 7378 | b-7487 EDM Power Supply Multiplicities |
| 7487 | d-7488 Power Supply: Pulse polarity reversal for indep. multiple electrode gaps |
| 7487 | d-7489 Power Supply: supplying power to multiple electrodes |
| 7487 | d-7490 Power Supply: alternately supplying power to multiple electrodes |
| 7487 | d-7491 Pulse Generator: multiplicity |
| 7487 | d-7492 Power supply with dc source and applying ac or HF pulses to gap |
| 7487 | d-7493 Power Supply: with first and second power supplies in parallel |
| 7378 | b-7495 Miscellaneous EDM Power Supply Circuitry Features |
| 7495 | d-7496 Circuit element or subcircuit: binary rate multiplier |
| 7495 | d-7497 Circuit element: multivibrator |
| 7495 | d-7498 Circuit element: Schmitt trigger |
| 7495 | d-7499 Circuit element: current detector |
| 7495 | d-7500 Circuit element: capacitor |
| 7495 | d-7501 Circuit element: oil filled capacitor |
| 7495 | d-7502 Circuit element: variable capacitor |
| 7495 | d-7503 Circuit element: fuse |
| 7495 | d-7504 Circuit element: inductor |
| 7495 | d-7505 Circuit element: transformer |
| 7495 | d-7506 Circuit element: saturable reactor |
| 7495 | d-7507 Circuit element: variac |
| 7495 | d-7508 Circuit element: gas rectifier (vacuum tube diode) |
| 7495 | d-7509 Circuit element: resistor |
| 7495 | d-7510 Circuit element: current limiting resistor |
| 7495 | d-7511 Circuit element: current limiting resistor with associated cooling device |
| 7495 | d-7512 Circuit element: current limiting resistor multiplicity |
| 7495 | d-7513 Circuit element: nonlinear resistor |
| 7495 | d-7514 Circuit element: variable resistor |
| 7495 | d-7515 Circuit element: diode multiplicity |
| 7495 | d-7516 Circuit element: diode of unspecified type |
| 7495 | d-7517 Circuit element: light emitting diode or LED or luminous diode |
| 7495 | d-7518 Circuit element: zener diode |
| 7495 | d-7519 Circuit element: lamp |
| 7495 | d-7520 Circuit element: unspecified switch |
| 7495 | d-7521 Circuit element: unspecified switch multiplicity |
| 7495 | d-7522 Circuit element: two throw-in switch |
| 7495 | d-7523 Circuit element: pneumatically controlled switch |
| 7495 | d-7524 Circuit element: thyristor |
| 7495 | d-7525 Circuit element: vacuum tube transistor (e.g. pentode) |
| 7495 | d-7526 Circuit element: silicon controlled rectifier (SCR) |
| 7495 | d-7527 Circuit element: transistor |
| 7495 | d-7528 Circuit element: bipolar transistor |
| 7495 | d-7529 Circuit element: phototransistor |
| 7495 | d-7530 Circuit element: FET (field effect transistor) |
| 7495 | d-7531 Circuit element: MOSFET |
| 7495 | d-7532 Circuit element: transistor multiplicity |
| 7495 | d-7533 Circuit element: transistors in Darlington Configuration |
| 7495 | d-7534 Circuit elements: transistors in pushpull configuration |
| 7495 | d-7535 Circuit element: flip flop |
| 7495 | d-7536 Circuit element: AND gate |
| 7495 | d-7537 Circuit element: NAND gate |
| 7495 | d-7538 Circuit element: OR gate |
| 7495 | d-7539 Circuit element: NOR gate |
| 7495 | d-7540 Circuit element: inverter |
| 7495 | d-7541 Circuit element: direct current power source (e.g. battery) |
| 7495 | d-7542 Circuit element: direct current power source (battery) MULTIPLICITY |
| 7495 | d-7543 Circuit element: operational amplifier |
| 7495 | d-7544 Circuit element: differential amplifier |
| 7495 | d-7545 Circuit element: comparator |
| 7495 | d-7546 Circuit element: timer |
| 7495 | d-7547 Circuit element: clock |
| 7495 | d-7548 Circuit element: counter |
| 7495 | d-7549 Circuit element: fiber optic |
| 7495 | d-7550 Circuit element: photocoupler |
| 7495 | d-7551 Circuit element: potentiometer |
| 7495 | d-7552 Circuit element: ring counter |
| 7495 | d-7553 Circuit element: ROM (read only memory) |
| 7495 | d-7554 Circuit element: programmable Integrated Circuit (IC) |
| 7495 | d-7555 Circuit element: cable |
| 7495 | d-7556 Circuit element: coaxial cable |
| 7495 | d-7557 Circuit element: cable made of flat braids |
| 7495 | d-7558 Circuit element: low inductance cable |
| 7495 | d-7559 Circuit element: relay |
| 7495 | d-7560 Circuit element: bandpass filter |
| 7495 | d-7561 Circuit element: low pass filter |
| 7495 | d-7562 Circuit element: high pass filter |
| 7495 | d-7563 subcircuit: voltage divider (eg two resistors in series) |
| 7495 | d-7564 subcircuit: resistor bridge |
| 7495 | d-7565 subcircuit: rectifier |
| 7495 | d-7566 subcircuit; diodes in ac to dc rectifier or bridge arrangement |
| 7495 | d-7567 subcircuit: diodes in half wave rectifier configuration |
| 7495 | d-7568 subcircuit: diode in parallel with switch (shunting) |
| 7495 | d-7569 subcircuit: resistor in parallel with switch (shunting) |
| 7495 | d-7570 subcircuit: transistor plus resistor in parallel with gap (shunting) |
| 7495 | d-7571 subcircuit: reference voltage |
| 7495 | d-7572 subcircuit:: adjustable reference voltage |
| 7495 | d-7573 subcircuit: inductor in parallel with variable resistor |
| 7495 | d-7574 Subcircuit: diode in parallel with resistor |
| 7495 | d-7575 subcircuit: (diode and battery in series) in parallel with machining gap |
| 7495 | d-7576 subcircuit: (diode and resistor in series) in parallel with machining gap |
| 7495 | d-7577 subcircuit: only switch in parallel with machining gap |
| 7495 | d-7578 Subcircuit: only transistor in parallel with machining gap |
| 7495 | d-7579 subcircuit: only diode in parallel with gap |
| 7495 | d-7580 subcircuit: only resistor in parallel with machining gap |
| 7495 | d-7581 subcircuit: only potentiometer in parallel with machining gap |
| 7495 | d-7582 subcircuit: only capacitor and inductor in series in parallel with machining gap |
| 7495 | d-7583 subcircuit: only capacitor and resistor in series in parallel with machining gap |
| 7495 | d-7584 subcircuit: only capacitor in parallel with machining gap |
| 7495 | d-7585 subcircuit: only inductor and resistor in series in parallel with machining gap |
| 7495 | d-7586 subcircuit: inductor in series with capacitor |
| 7495 | d-7587 subcircuit: resistor in series with capacitor |
| 7495 | d-7588 subcircuit: booster shunt circuit |
| 7495 | d-7589 Power Supply: switches in parallel |
| 7495 | d-7590 Power Supply: transistors in parallel |
| 7495 | d-7591 Power Supply: capacitors in parallel |
| 7495 | d-7592 Power Supply: snubber circuit |
| 7495 | d-7593 Power Supply: with LC (inductor-capacitor) resonance network |
| 7495 | d-7594 Power Supply: with RC (resistance-capacitor) network |
| 7495 | d-7595 Power Supply: with diode in flywheel or flyback arrangement |
| 7495 | d-7596 Power Supply: including sample and hold circuit |
| 7378 | b-7598 Auxiliary EDM Power Supply Functions Beyond Basic Provision of an Electrical Discharge |
| 7598 | b-7599 EDM Pulse ignition |
| 7599 | d-7600 Power Supply: using high voltage to initiate discharge followed by low voltage |
| 7599 | d-7601 Power Supply: ignition voltage circuit (e.g. using second battery for noload voltage) |
| 7599 | d-7602 Power Supply: with ignition volatge circuit applying pulses of either polarity |
| 7599 | d-7603 Power Supply: with ignition voltage source sending power to main circuit for reuse |
| 7378 | b-7606 Overall Purpose(s) of EDM Power Supply |
| 7606 | d-7607 Pulse circuit: for rough and finish machining |
| 7606 | d-7608 Wire Cutting: Controls Width of Cut by pulse(freq,duty cycle, I ampl.) |
| 7606 | d-7609 Power Supply: with impedance matching |
| 7606 | d-7610 Power Supply: reusing unused energy from previous machining pulse |
| 7606 | d-7611 Power Supply: reusing energy from floating inductance in circuit or line |
| 7606 | d-7612 Power Supply: creating short circuit during off-time to prevent stray currents |
| 7606 | d-7613 Power Supply: applying current between machining pulses to eliminate detritus |
| 7606 | d-7614 Power Supply with subcircuit to protect circuit from short circuits |
| 7606 | d-7615 Power Supply: using electrode negative , workpiece positive for finish machining |
| 7606 | d-7616 Pulse Circuit: with shunt to clip off peak portion of discharge current |
| 7606 | d-7617 Pulse Circuit: adjusting off-time between machining pulses |
| 7606 | d-7618 Pulse Circuit: adjusting off-time between two pulse trains |
| 7606 | d-7619 Power Supply: preventing stray capacitance from being charged |
| 7378 | b-7621 Specialized EDM Power Supplies |
| 7314 | b-7624 EDM dielectric Supply |
| 7624 | b-7625 EDM Dielectric Composition |
| 7625 | d-7626 completely unspecified dielectric liquid |
| 7625 | d-7627 unspecified hydrocarbon fluid |
| 7625 | d-7628 dielectric fluid containing carbon |
| 7625 | d-7629 dielectric fluid containing surfactant |
| 7625 | d-7630 kerosene |
| 7625 | d-7631 oil |
| 7625 | d-7632 parrafin |
| 7625 | d-7633 emulsion (of oil or kerosene) containing droplets of water or electrolyte |
| 7625 | d-7634 silicone oil |
| 7625 | d-7635 aqueous |
| 7625 | d-7636 water |
| 7625 | d-7637 deionized water or distilled water or pure water |
| 7625 | d-7638 water: specific resistance between 10( to 3rd power) to 10 ( to 5th power) ohm-cm |
| 7625 | d-7639 deionized aqueous liquid |
| 7625 | d-7640 glycol or glycerin in water |
| 7625 | d-7641 low viscosity ester fluid from branched acids and branched alcohols |
| 7625 | d-7642 dielectric fluid contaning particles of unknown or miscellaneous type |
| 7625 | d-7643 dielectric fluid containing electrical insulating particles |
| 7625 | d-7644 dielectric fluid containing metallic or submetallic powder or conductive grains |
| 7625 | d-7645 Dielectric fluid (e.g. water) containing silicon particles |
| 7625 | d-7646 dielectric fluid is a gas dissolved into a liquid |
| 7625 | d-7647 dielectric fluid is an unspecified type of gas/liquid mixture |
| 7625 | d-7648 dielectric fluid is water vapor or steam or spray or vapors |
| 7625 | d-7649 unspecified dielectric gaseous medium |
| 7625 | d-7650 dielectric gas: air |
| 7625 | d-7651 dielectric gas: unspecified inert gas |
| 7625 | d-7652 dielectric gas: argon gas |
| 7625 | d-7653 dielectric gas: nitrogen |
| 7625 | d-7654 dielectric gas: unspecified ozidizing gas |
| 7624 | b-7656 EDM Dielectric Fluid Feed System |
| 7656 | d-7657 Nozzle angled toward machining gap |
| 7656 | d-7658 Nozzles located at periphery of workpiece |
| 7656 | d-7659 Nozzle: multiplicity |
| 7656 | d-7660 hose feeding air into dielectric fluid to agitate or stir dielectric fluid |
| 7656 | d-7661 using an exciter to vibrate working fluid to stir particles in dielectric fluid |
| 7656 | d-7662 using rotating electrode guide to stir dielectric fluid |
| 7656 | d-7663 fluid passing from work tank to filter to storage tank |
| 7656 | d-7664 manifold for delivering fluid to electrode(s) |
| 7656 | d-7665 dielctric fluid or medium being removed from gap by passageway in electrode |
| 7656 | d-7666 valve: miscellaneous or unspecified |
| 7656 | d-7667 valve: solenoid |
| 7656 | d-7668 valve: two way |
| 7656 | d-7669 valve: three way direction valve |
| 7656 | d-7670 valve: pressure relief valve |
| 7656 | d-7671 valve: multiplicity |
| 7656 | d-7672 fluid filter |
| 7656 | d-7673 ion exchanger or ion exchange resin |
| 7656 | d-7674 heat exchanger |
| 7656 | d-7675 fluid cooler |
| 7656 | d-7676 pump |
| 7656 | d-7677 fluid flow preventing thermal deformation of frame or column or apparatus |
| 7656 | d-7678 dielectric flow is controlled by feedback control |
| 7656 | d-7679 dielectric fluid flow rate controlled |
| 7656 | d-7680 amount of powder in dielectric fluid is controlled by feedback control |
| 7656 | d-7681 Wire Cutting: Fluid supply valve as F(workpiece thickness) |
| 7314 | b-7684 EDM Tank Features |
| 7684 | d-7685 Tank made of stacked annular elements |
| 7684 | d-7686 Tank: having brush to remove adhering sludge from working electrode |
| 7684 | d-7687 Tank: underside of workpiece is exposed to a fluid under pressure |
| 7684 | d-7688 Tank: workpiece surface forms floor of tank |
| 7684 | d-7689 Tank: movable to position preventing collision with upper wire guide |
| 7684 | d-7690 Tank: with mirror |
| 7684 | d-7691 Tank: with sensor |
| 7684 | d-7692 Tank: with float switch to determine if enough fluid is present for machining |
| 7684 | d-7693 Tank: with electrode holder |
| 7684 | d-7694 Tank: with magazine for holding electrodes |
| 7684 | d-7695 Tank: with support for nozzle(s) |
| 7684 | d-7696 Tank: with opening in side wall for electrode to pass through for machining |
| 7684 | d-7697 Tank: associated means to produce laminar air flow over machining liquid in tank |
| 7684 | d-7698 Tank with Seal Structure for Lower Arm in Wire EDM machine |
| 7684 | d-7699 Tank: with sealing means in bottom of tank to permit wire passage |
| 7684 | d-7700 Tank: with associated movable pipe to control fluid level in tank |
| 7684 | d-7701 Tank: with lower arm and lower wire guide outside of tank |
| 7684 | d-7702 Tank: with lower wire guide inside tank |
| 7684 | d-7703 Tank: containing pallet |
| 7684 | d-7704 Tank: containing pedestal for supporting workpiece |
| 7684 | d-7705 Tank: containing workholder |
| 7684 | d-7706 Tank: containing table |
| 7684 | d-7707 Tank: containing table that is secured through tank wall by bolts to base |
| 7684 | d-7708 Tank: containing two tables each with their own workpiece |
| 7684 | d-7709 Tank: containing a table supporting multiple workpieces |
| 7684 | d-7710 Tank: containing rotary index table with bellows |
| 7684 | d-7711 Tank: containing a work holder |
| 7684 | d-7712 Tank: with cover |
| 7684 | d-7713 Tank: with cover having a ventilator for changing internal air |
| 7684 | d-7714 Tank: with cover preventing accidental electrical shock |
| 7684 | d-7715 Tank: with detachable or movable sides or door |
| 7684 | d-7716 Tank: supported by base |
| 7684 | d-7717 Tank: electrically insulated from base by insulation pad |
| 7684 | d-7718 Tank: supported by table |
| 7684 | d-7719 Tank: secured and supported to a table by bolts |
| 7684 | d-7720 Tank: movable in Z-direction |
| 7684 | d-7721 Tank: movable in X,Y directions |
| 7684 | d-7722 Tank: with integral column |
| 7684 | d-7723 Tank: with valve in bottom floor to remove fluid from tank as desired |
| 7684 | d-7724 Tank: with power supply (i.e. printed circuit board) attached to exterior wall |
| 7684 | d-7725 Tank: with unspecified features |
| 7684 | d-7726 Tank: miscellaneous |
| 7684 | d-7727 Tank: multiplicity |
| 7314 | b-7729 EDM electrode system |
| 7729 | b-7730 Non-Wire EDM Electrode |
| 7730 | b-7731 Composition for EDM Electrode (non-wire) |
| 7731 | d-7732 wire electrode with Cu core and Zn coating with gamma or epsilon phase |
| 7731 | d-7733 EDM electrode with graphite matrix and intercalated powders |
| 7731 | d-7734 Electrode Composition: zirconium diboride/copper composite electrode |
| 7731 | d-7735 Electrode Composition: aluminum |
| 7731 | d-7736 Electrode Composition: made of carbon |
| 7731 | d-7737 Electrode Composition: made of carbon nanotubes |
| 7731 | d-7738 Electrode Composition: Graphite |
| 7731 | d-7739 Electrode Composition: Graphite Copper alloy |
| 7731 | d-7740 Electrode Composition: Copper |
| 7731 | d-7741 Electrode Composition: Copper alloy |
| 7731 | d-7742 Electrode Composition: Brass |
| 7731 | d-7743 Electrode Composition: Zinc |
| 7731 | d-7744 Electrode Composition: Zinc Alloy |
| 7731 | d-7745 Electrode Composition: Tin |
| 7731 | d-7746 Electrode Composition: Tin Alloy |
| 7731 | d-7747 Electrode Composition: semiconductor |
| 7731 | d-7748 Electrode Composition: silicon |
| 7731 | d-7749 Electrode Composition: germanium |
| 7731 | d-7750 Electrode Composition: Tungsten |
| 7731 | d-7751 Electrode Composition: silver tungsten |
| 7731 | d-7752 Electrode Composition: Tungsten copper |
| 7731 | d-7753 Electrode Composition: Tungsten Carbide |
| 7731 | d-7754 Electrode Composition: Thoriated Tungsten |
| 7731 | d-7755 Electrode Composition: sintered electrode |
| 7731 | d-7756 Electrode Composition: diamond with impurities |
| 7731 | d-7757 Electrode Composition: sintered Tungsten body |
| 7731 | d-7758 Electrode Composition: sintered Tungsten-Silver body |
| 7731 | d-7759 Electrode Composition: sintered Tungsten-Copper body |
| 7731 | d-7760 Electrode Composition: sintered Tungsten-Carbon body |
| 7731 | d-7761 Electrode Composition: sintered Molybdenum-Silver body |
| 7731 | d-7762 Electrode Composition: sintered Molybdenum-Copper body |
| 7731 | d-7763 Electrode Composition: Titanium |
| 7731 | d-7764 Electrode Composition: sintered Titanium Carbide |
| 7731 | d-7765 Electrode Composition: cemented carbide |
| 7731 | d-7766 Electrode Composition: sintered Titanium Nickel |
| 7731 | d-7767 Electrode Composition additive: thorium oxide |
| 7731 | d-7768 Electrode Composition additive: zirconium oxide |
| 7731 | d-7769 Electrode Composition: green compact electrode made of reforming material |
| 7730 | b-7771 Geometrical Features of EDM Electrode (non-wire) |
| 7771 | d-7772 Electrode shape: rack |
| 7771 | d-7773 Electrode shape : Rod shaped with an outer spiral shaped groove |
| 7771 | d-7774 Electrode shape: screw |
| 7771 | d-7775 Electrode shape: conductive pipe |
| 7771 | d-7776 Electrode shape: with a shape corresponding to a single cell of a honeycomb |
| 7771 | d-7777 Electrode: pivotably movable |
| 7771 | d-7778 Electrode: with eccentric flushing bore |
| 7771 | d-7779 Electrode shape: conical shape |
| 7771 | d-7780 Electrode shape: tapered |
| 7771 | d-7781 Electrode shape: needle |
| 7771 | d-7782 Electrode shape: like a comb |
| 7771 | d-7783 Electrode shape: like a brush made of metal wires or thin metal pipes |
| 7771 | d-7784 Electrode: with a cylindrical shaft shape electrode |
| 7771 | d-7785 Electrode shape: cylindrical or tube or pipe or roll |
| 7771 | d-7786 Electrode shape: like a bar or rod |
| 7771 | d-7787 Electrode shape: concentric portions different in diameter having discrete steps |
| 7771 | d-7788 Electrode: with concentric annular passages |
| 7771 | d-7789 Electrode: with threaded surface area for connection to shank or electrode holder |
| 7771 | d-7790 Electrode: with integral shank part |
| 7771 | d-7791 Electrode: with shank having a location pin |
| 7771 | d-7792 Electrode: with reverse image shape to desired final shape of workpiece |
| 7771 | d-7793 Electrode: U-shaped to scoop up machining chips |
| 7771 | d-7794 Electrode: shaped like a round saw blade |
| 7771 | d-7795 Electrode shape: pin |
| 7771 | d-7796 Electrode shape: small diameter rod |
| 7771 | d-7797 Electrode shape: wheel or disk or disc |
| 7771 | d-7798 Electrode shape: gear wheel |
| 7771 | d-7799 Electrode shape: rectangular or parallelpiped |
| 7771 | d-7800 Electrode shape: with triangular cross section |
| 7771 | d-7801 Electrode Composition: outer layer of low electrical resistance |
| 7771 | d-7802 Electrode Composition: outer layer of silicon or germanium |
| 7771 | d-7803 Electrode Composition: outer layer of ions to prevent electrode consumption |
| 7771 | d-7804 Electrode Composition: outer layer of molecules prevents electrode consumption |
| 7771 | d-7805 Electrode Composition: outer layer of dielctric or non-conductive material |
| 7771 | d-7806 Electrode Composition: inner core has material with high electrical resistatnce |
| 7771 | d-7807 ELectrode Composition: electrically insulating ceramic |
| 7771 | d-7808 Electrode: made of multiple segments that physically touch each other |
| 7771 | d-7809 Multiple electrodes: separated by dielectric layer or insulation |
| 7771 | d-7810 Multiple electrodes: with conductive materials between the electrodes |
| 7771 | d-7811 Multiple electrodes: seperated from each other by a physical space or gap |
| 7771 | d-7812 Multiple electrodes: rods that have lengths for reverse image to final work shape |
| 7771 | d-7813 Multiple electrodes: wires or linear electrodes |
| 7771 | d-7814 Multiple electrodes: miscellaneous |
| 7771 | d-7815 Electrode: made of alternating conductive and nonconductive discs |
| 7771 | d-7816 Electrode: including means to heat electrode during machining |
| 7771 | d-7817 Electrode: with machining fluid passageway |
| 7771 | d-7818 Electrode: with multiple machining fluid passageways |
| 7771 | d-7819 Electrode: made of porous material for fluid passageways |
| 7771 | d-7820 Electrode: with conductive pipes embedded into electrode |
| 7771 | d-7821 Electrode: with replaceable tip |
| 7771 | d-7822 Electrode: with temperature control |
| 7771 | d-7823 Electrode shape: with alphanumeric symbol(s) for engraving |
| 7730 | b-7825 Electrode Guide for a non-wire EDM Electrode |
| 7825 | d-7826 miscellaneous details of electrode guide (non-wire) |
| 7825 | d-7827 regular electrode guide with fluid passageway |
| 7825 | d-7828 regular electrode guide exchanger |
| 7825 | d-7829 regular electrode guide multiplicity |
| 7730 | b-7831 Electrode Holder for a non-wire EDM Electrode |
| 7831 | d-7832 electrode holder: electrically insulated from piston rod of hydraulic servo system |
| 7831 | d-7833 electrode holder: with spindle and collet chuck assembly |
| 7831 | d-7834 electrode holder: using chuck |
| 7831 | d-7835 electrode holder: with screw coupling part (thread) for connection to machine |
| 7831 | d-7836 electrode holder: chuck having a cone insert to hold electrodes of various sizes |
| 7831 | d-7837 electrode holder: with collet |
| 7831 | d-7838 electrode holder: with electromechanical transducer inside electrode holder |
| 7831 | d-7839 electrode holder: with rotary index device |
| 7831 | d-7840 electrode holder: with jig to increase electrode movement |
| 7831 | d-7841 electrode holder: mounted in a tank |
| 7831 | d-7842 electrode holder: mounted outside tank so that electrode passes through tank wall |
| 7831 | d-7843 electrode holder: mounted on the end of a quill or ram |
| 7831 | d-7844 electrode holder: with controlled radial displacement of the electrode |
| 7831 | d-7845 electrode holder: for holding electrode in controlled tilting or attitude position |
| 7831 | d-7846 Electrode holder: universal |
| 7831 | d-7847 Electrode holder: with clamp device or slot |
| 7831 | d-7848 Electrode holder: with indexing device for alignment |
| 7831 | d-7849 Electrode holder: holding multiple electrodes selected by rotating electrode holder |
| 7831 | d-7850 Electrode holder: carousel for holding electrodes |
| 7831 | d-7851 Electrode holder: magazine |
| 7831 | d-7852 Electrode holder: turret |
| 7831 | d-7853 Electrode holder: electrodes mounted on arms attached to endless chains |
| 7831 | d-7854 Electrode holder: with electrode exchange device |
| 7831 | d-7855 Electrode holder: with dovetail for quick changing of electrodes |
| 7831 | d-7856 Electrode holder: with usage data encoded on holder |
| 7831 | d-7857 Electrode holder: with shank |
| 7831 | d-7858 Electrode holder: with ceramic electrical insulation plate |
| 7831 | d-7859 Electrode holder composition: copper |
| 7831 | d-7860 Electrode holder: movable in X,Y,Z dimensions |
| 7831 | d-7861 Electrode holder: with contact sensor to postion electrode re workpiece |
| 7831 | d-7862 Electrode holder: miscellaneous |
| 7831 | d-7863 Electrode holder: multiplicity of spindles |
| 7831 | d-7864 Electrode Holder: multiplicity |
| 7831 | d-7865 Electrode holder: multiplicity electrically isolated from one another |
| 7730 | b-7867 Current Supply Arrangement for EDM Electrode (non-wire) |
| 7867 | d-7868 Current feeder supplies energy by induction to regular electrode |
| 7867 | d-7869 Current feeder supplies energy via electrode holder to regular electrode |
| 7867 | d-7870 Current feeder or contact directly supplies energy to regular electode |
| 7867 | d-7871 supplying current using a brush |
| 7867 | d-7872 supplying current using a brush made of a copper alloy |
| 7867 | d-7873 supplying current using a brush made of a silver alloy |
| 7867 | d-7874 supplying current using a brush made of carbon |
| 7867 | d-7875 supply current: using biased bushes and a slip ring |
| 7867 | d-7876 supply current: miscellaneous or unspecified |
| 7867 | d-7877 Current feeder to regular electrode: MULTIPLICITY |
| 7730 | b-7879 Auxiliary Features Associated with non-wire EDM Electrodes |
| 7879 | b-7880 EDM Electrode Dressing or Redressing |
| 7880 | d-7881 electrode shaping by electrosrosion |
| 7880 | d-7882 electrode shaping by electroerosion using a wire electrode |
| 7880 | d-7883 electrode shaping by mechanical means |
| 7880 | d-7884 electrode shaping by a grinding tool(s) |
| 7880 | d-7885 electrode shaping by a cutting or milling machine |
| 7880 | d-7886 electrode shaping by laser cutting or ablation |
| 7729 | b-7890 Wire EDM Electrode |
| 7890 | d-7891 Wire electrode: multiplicity |
| 7890 | d-7892 Wire Cutting: multiplicity of wire cutting discharge machines or workstations |
| 7890 | b-7893 Wire EDM Electrode Composition |
| 7893 | d-7894 Wire electrode composition |
| 7893 | d-7895 Wire electrode: made of graphite material |
| 7893 | d-7896 WIre electrode: with outer layer made of Cu-Zn (brass) alloy |
| 7893 | d-7897 Wire electrode: brass |
| 7893 | d-7898 Wire electrode: composed solely of copper |
| 7893 | d-7899 wire electrode: made completely of Iron (Fe) |
| 7893 | d-7900 Wire electrode composition of brass (Cu,Zn) and silicon |
| 7893 | d-7901 Wire electrode compostion: tungsten |
| 7893 | d-7902 Wire electrode compostion: molybdenum |
| 7893 | d-7903 WIre electrode compostion: titanium or titanium alloy |
| 7893 | d-7904 Wire electrode composition: platinum or platinum alloy |
| 7893 | d-7905 Wire electrode composition: shape memory alloy |
| 7893 | d-7906 Wire electrode: made of 3 or more composite layers |
| 7893 | d-7907 Wire electrode: with core made of copper,silver, aluminum or their alloys |
| 7893 | d-7908 Wire electrode: with outermost layer made of unspecified metal |
| 7893 | d-7909 Wire electrode: with outermost layer made of alloy with a low melting point |
| 7893 | d-7910 Wire electrode: with outermost layer made of zinc coating |
| 7893 | d-7911 Wire electrode: with outermost layer made of Cu-Zn alloy ( e.g. brass) |
| 7893 | d-7912 Wire electrode: with steel core |
| 7893 | d-7913 Wire electrode: brass core with zinc coating |
| 7893 | d-7914 Wire electrode: with core made of a copper alloy containing silver (Ag) |
| 7893 | d-7915 Wire electrode: with outer layer having bonded sintered hard particles |
| 7893 | d-7916 Wire Electrode: with non-conductive abrasive grains |
| 7893 | d-7917 Wire electrode: with outer layer made of magnetic powder |
| 7893 | d-7918 wire composition is unspecified |
| 7890 | b-7920 Wire EDM Electrode Geometrical Features |
| 7920 | d-7921 irregular wire electrode shape |
| 7920 | d-7922 wire electrode diameter specified |
| 7920 | d-7923 wire electrode diameter: less than 50 microns (.05 mm) |
| 7920 | d-7924 wire electrode diameter: 50 microns (.05 mm) to 100 microns (.1mm) |
| 7920 | d-7925 wire electrode diameter: 100 microns (.1mm) to 200 microns (.2 mm) |
| 7920 | d-7926 wire electrode diameter: 200 microns (.2mm) to 400 microns (.4mm) |
| 7920 | d-7927 wire electrode diameter: 400 microns (.4mm) to 600 microns (.6 mm) |
| 7920 | d-7928 wire electrode diameter: 600 microns (.6mm) to 800 microns (.8mm) |
| 7920 | d-7929 wire electrode diameter: 800 microns (.8mm) tp 1000 microns ( 1 mm) |
| 7920 | d-7930 wire electrode diameter: 1.00 mm to 2.0 mm |
| 7920 | d-7931 wire electrode diameter: 2.00mm to 3.00mm |
| 7920 | d-7932 wire electrode diameter: 3.00 mm to 4.00 mm |
| 7920 | d-7933 wire electrode diameter: 4.00 mm to 5.00 mm |
| 7890 | b-7935 Wire Supply or Reel, Associated Structures |
| 7935 | d-7936 wire supply reel or bobbin |
| 7935 | d-7937 wire supply reel or bobbin multiplicity |
| 7935 | d-7938 wire take up reel or take up bobbin |
| 7935 | d-7939 wire take up reel or take up bobbin multiplicity |
| 7935 | d-7940 wire supply and used wire disposal on same side of workpiece |
| 7935 | d-7941 rotation brake in association with bobbin |
| 7935 | d-7942 disc brake |
| 7935 | d-7943 torque brake |
| 7935 | d-7944 electromagnetic powder brake |
| 7890 | b-7946 Guide for Wire EDM Electrode |
| 7946 | d-7947 wire guide |
| 7946 | d-7948 wire guide that is rotatable |
| 7946 | d-7949 wire guide: size that is adjustable |
| 7946 | d-7950 wire guide: that is adjustable in size for wire insertion |
| 7946 | d-7951 wire guide changer for wire of differing diameter |
| 7946 | d-7952 wire guide: that provides backing support over an extended distance |
| 7946 | d-7953 wire guide: with helical grooves |
| 7946 | d-7954 wire guide system for machining strange shapes or small areas |
| 7946 | d-7955 wire guide that is die shaped |
| 7946 | d-7956 wire guide is an eccentric die |
| 7946 | d-7957 wire guide in the shape of a torus |
| 7946 | d-7958 wire guide: using spherical balls |
| 7946 | d-7959 wire guide made of diamond |
| 7946 | d-7960 wire guide made of ruby |
| 7946 | d-7961 wire guide is made of ceramic |
| 7946 | d-7962 wire guide is made of carbide |
| 7946 | d-7963 wire guide has a three point support |
| 7946 | d-7964 wire guide has four point support |
| 7946 | d-7965 wire guide with a V-shape groove |
| 7946 | d-7966 wire guide with a U-shaped groove |
| 7946 | d-7967 wire guide using two interactive magnetic fields to guide wire electrode |
| 7946 | d-7968 upper wire guide |
| 7946 | d-7969 upper wire guide disclosed as movable in U-V plane |
| 7946 | d-7970 upper wire guide disclosed as movable vertically along the Z-axis |
| 7946 | d-7971 lower wire guide |
| 7946 | d-7972 lower wire guide disclosed as movable in X-Y plane |
| 7946 | d-7973 wire guide: multiplicity |
| 7946 | d-7974 wire guide: selectively replaceable |
| 7946 | d-7975 wire guide consisting of 3 ring like eccentrically mounted openings in succession |
| 7946 | d-7976 wire guide made of C-rings |
| 7946 | d-7977 wire guide consisting of ball like elements cooperating with each other |
| 7946 | d-7978 tube for guiding wire from work zone or lower wire guide |
| 7890 | b-7980 Nozzle for EDM Wire Electrode |
| 7980 | d-7981 nozzle touching workpiece |
| 7980 | d-7982 nozzle able to support cut out part of workpiece (core) |
| 7980 | d-7983 nozzle with supply of machining liquid or air to move part of nozzle |
| 7980 | d-7984 nozzle designed for wire threading |
| 7980 | d-7985 nozzle with axial movable jet nozzle |
| 7980 | d-7986 nozzle with internal turbine-form blade |
| 7980 | d-7987 nozzle with a wire electrode holding section |
| 7980 | d-7988 nozzle with annular flow around wire electrode |
| 7980 | d-7989 nozzle with multiple annular dielectric fluid flowing around wire electrode |
| 7980 | d-7990 nozzle dividing fluid flow to pass through a plurality of holes in nozzle |
| 7980 | d-7991 nozzle with adjustable diameter |
| 7980 | d-7992 nozzle with low pressure fluid flow |
| 7980 | d-7993 nozzle with high pressure fluid flow |
| 7980 | d-7994 nozzle: spaced from wire to obliquely supply fluid at wire or gap |
| 7980 | d-7995 nozzle: with associated motor to move nozzle |
| 7980 | d-7996 upper nozzle: containing magnet or electromagnet |
| 7980 | d-7997 lower nozzle: containing magnet |
| 7980 | d-7998 upper nozzle: with attached curtain to restrain fluid |
| 7980 | d-7999 upper nozzle |
| 7980 | d-8000 lower nozzle |
| 7980 | d-8001 nozzle: with sensor |
| 7980 | d-8002 nozzle: with associated motor to move nozzle |
| 7980 | d-8003 nozzle: selected according to desired diameter |
| 7980 | d-8004 nozzle: miscellaneous |
| 7890 | b-8006 Roller(s) for EDM Wire Electrode |
| 8006 | d-8007 brake roller |
| 8006 | d-8008 guide roller |
| 8006 | d-8009 guide roller |
| 8006 | d-8010 pressing roller |
| 8006 | d-8011 tension roller |
| 8006 | d-8012 roller with associated vibration absorbing mechanism |
| 8006 | d-8013 roller with associated cutting elements |
| 8006 | d-8014 capstan roller |
| 8006 | d-8015 feed roller or drive roller |
| 8006 | d-8016 pinch roller |
| 8006 | d-8017 straightening roller |
| 8006 | d-8018 pinch roller moved hydraulically or pneumatically |
| 8006 | d-8019 roller made of a ceramic (e.g. silicon nitride) |
| 8006 | d-8020 tension pulley |
| 7890 | b-8022 Wire Drive System for EDM Wire Electrode |
| 8022 | d-8023 electromagnetic powder clutch |
| 8022 | d-8024 tension control DC motor |
| 8022 | d-8025 torque motor |
| 8022 | d-8026 conveyor for moving wire using fluid to advance wire |
| 8022 | d-8027 Piezoelectric elements move workpiece in wire-edm machine |
| 8022 | d-8028 Electrostriction elements in ring control wire electrode tension/speed |
| 8022 | d-8029 piezoelectric elements feeding wire electrode |
| 8022 | d-8030 fluid feeding wire electrode |
| 8022 | d-8031 Wire Cutting: feed rate is controlled |
| 7890 | b-8033 Current Feeder Elements for EDM Wire Electrode |
| 8033 | d-8034 cylindrical current feeder |
| 8033 | d-8035 current feeder: pin shape |
| 8033 | d-8036 current feeder: bar shape |
| 8033 | d-8037 current feeder: cylindrical shape |
| 8033 | d-8038 current feeder: feeding bush |
| 8033 | d-8039 rotatable current feeder element |
| 8033 | d-8040 current feeder: roller |
| 8033 | d-8041 current feeder: roller with groove |
| 8033 | d-8042 current feeder with movement to expose new surface to wire |
| 8033 | d-8043 current feeder element with low melting point alloy |
| 8033 | d-8044 current feeder with cooling fluid |
| 8033 | d-8045 current feeder using cooling fluid that is independent of machining fluid system |
| 8033 | d-8046 current feeder with means to prevent wire breakage |
| 8033 | d-8047 current feeder with coating of corrosion resistant metal to prevent rust, corrosion |
| 8033 | d-8048 current feeder with hard contact surface made of TiC |
| 8033 | d-8049 current feeder with hard contact surface made of WC |
| 8033 | d-8050 current feeder with hard contact surface made of TaC |
| 8033 | d-8051 current feeder with hard contact surface made of carbide |
| 8033 | d-8052 current feeder with hard contact surface made of tungsten |
| 8033 | d-8053 current feeder made of at least one sintered metal including Tungsten |
| 8033 | d-8054 current feeder made of openable box |
| 8033 | d-8055 current feeder: openable for wire threading or rethreading |
| 8033 | d-8056 current feeder with conductive fluid |
| 8033 | d-8057 current feeder with conductive fluid made of powders and grease base |
| 8033 | d-8058 current feeder with conductive fluid made of electrolytic solution |
| 8033 | d-8059 current feeder: with conductive fluid made of mercury |
| 8033 | d-8060 current feeder: retracted or moved by pressurized fluid |
| 8033 | d-8061 current feeder: retracted or moved by electromagnetic field |
| 8033 | d-8062 current feeder located in lower arm |
| 8033 | d-8063 current feeder: located in guide pipe |
| 8033 | d-8064 current feeder: located between two die shaped wire guides |
| 8033 | d-8065 current feeder: easily replaceable |
| 8033 | d-8066 current feeder: using magnetic field to supply electric power to wire electrode |
| 8033 | d-8067 current feeder: multiplicity |
| 8033 | d-8068 miscellaneous current feeder |
| 7314 | b-8072 Orientation, Movement, or Support of the EDM electrode system |
| 8072 | b-8073 Non-Wire Electrode Orientation, Movement, or Support |
| 8073 | b-8074 Broad Nature of EDM electrode (non-wire) Movement/Support/Orientation System |
| 8074 | d-8075 RAM ( for movement of electrode; not computer memory) |
| 8074 | d-8076 rack and pinion drive |
| 8074 | d-8077 hydraulic movement or pneumatic movement |
| 8074 | d-8078 motor |
| 8074 | d-8079 pulse motor |
| 8074 | d-8080 servo-motor |
| 8074 | d-8081 stepping motor |
| 8074 | d-8082 rotary servomotor |
| 8074 | d-8083 linear servomotor |
| 8074 | d-8084 linear motor |
| 8074 | d-8085 pneumatic motor |
| 8074 | d-8086 hydraulic motor |
| 8074 | d-8087 electric motor |
| 8074 | d-8088 spindle |
| 8074 | d-8089 spindle that is cooled by air flow passing through spindle |
| 8074 | d-8090 bearing |
| 8074 | d-8091 slide |
| 8074 | d-8092 servo valve |
| 8074 | d-8093 piezoelectric actuator for moving electrode |
| 8074 | d-8094 clutch |
| 8074 | d-8095 slip clutch |
| 8074 | d-8096 magnetic clutch |
| 8074 | d-8097 piston |
| 8074 | d-8098 gear |
| 8074 | d-8099 bevel gear |
| 8074 | d-8100 worm gear |
| 8074 | d-8101 cam (mechanical element) |
| 8074 | d-8102 normal and reverse rotating motor |
| 8074 | d-8103 using robot to move electrode or electrode holder |
| 8074 | d-8104 feeding electrode by using a belt and a motor |
| 8074 | d-8105 feeding electrode using gears and a motor |
| 8074 | d-8106 rotating electrode by using a belt and motor |
| 8074 | d-8107 rotating electrode by using gears and a motor |
| 8074 | d-8108 rotating electrode by using air motor or pneumatic motor |
| 8074 | d-8109 rotating electrode using fluid flow |
| 8074 | d-8110 rotating electrode using electromagnetic or magnetic field |
| 8074 | d-8111 electrode is moved in a planetary (orbit) manner by a magnet and magnet coils |
| 8074 | d-8112 spindle with associated clutch |
| 8074 | d-8113 electrode on torch mounted on a gantry |
| 8074 | d-8114 gantry with saddle device moving torch in single direction |
| 8074 | d-8115 lead screw |
| 8074 | d-8116 lead screw and anti-backlash nut |
| 8074 | d-8117 Electrode bearing with V-shaped guide |
| 8074 | d-8118 multiple independent machining heads |
| 8074 | d-8119 Column (normal EDM) |
| 8074 | d-8120 Column (normal EDM) with saddle |
| 8073 | b-8122 Movement/Support/Orientation Executed by EDM electrode (non-wire) |
| 8122 | d-8123 rotating electrode(s) |
| 8122 | d-8124 two dimensional feed path of electrode to machine 3 dimensional shapes |
| 8122 | d-8125 moving electrode in plane normal to the feed direction (i.e. orbiting) |
| 8122 | d-8126 moving electrode along an orbital path without rotation about its own axis |
| 8122 | d-8127 moving electrode in plane normal to feed direction by rocking or swinging |
| 8122 | d-8128 moving electrode: in spiral path |
| 8122 | d-8129 moving electrode by angular movement or rotation |
| 8122 | d-8130 moving electrode along a polygonal orbit |
| 8122 | d-8131 moving electrode with alternating planetary and Z-axis movements |
| 8122 | d-8132 moving electrode in orbit with speed varying as a function of gap width |
| 8122 | d-8133 moving electrode along Z-axis |
| 8122 | d-8134 moving electrode in XYZ directions |
| 8122 | b-8135 Vibration Digests |
| 8135 | d-8136 vibration in a plane parallel to the workpiece |
| 8135 | d-8137 vibration in electrode feed direction |
| 8135 | d-8138 absorbing vibrations in electrode near workpiece |
| 8135 | d-8139 vibrating workpiece or work holder or work table |
| 8135 | d-8140 vibrating working fluid |
| 8135 | d-8141 vibrations absorbed by workholder |
| 8135 | d-8142 vibrations: miscellaneous |
| 8073 | b-8145 Open Loop and Human Interface Aspects of EDM electrode (non-wire) Movement/Support/Orientation System |
| 8073 | b-8147 Closed Loop Aspects of EDM electrode (non-wire) Movement/Support/Orientation |
| 8073 | b-8149 Parameter controlled by Open/Closed Loop signal in EDM electrode (non-wire) Movement/Support/Orientation System |
| 8149 | d-8150 specific path of electrode in response to abnormal condition (short circuit etc.) |
| 8149 | d-8151 electrode in orbit: speed varied as a function of difference from reference path |
| 8149 | d-8152 FAST OUT, SLOW IN electrode movement from gap |
| 8149 | d-8153 High speed feed in response to open circuit |
| 8149 | d-8154 High speed feed until first discharge occurs |
| 8149 | d-8155 High speed retraction in response to short circuit |
| 8149 | d-8156 relative retraction of electrode in response to short circuit |
| 8149 | d-8157 relative retraction of electrode in response to abnormal discharge |
| 8149 | d-8158 servo velocity controlled according to gap voltage changes |
| 8149 | d-8159 feed system: for multiple electrodes |
| 8149 | d-8160 feed system: multiple electrodes with machining gaps individually controlled |
| 8149 | d-8161 control parameter: keeping gap distance equal to target value |
| 8149 | d-8162 retraction path of electrode in event of a short circuit |
| 8149 | d-8163 retraction path of electrode in the event of abnormal pulse |
| 8149 | d-8164 controlling gap width between electrode and workpiece |
| 8073 | b-8166 Housing Features for EDM electrode (non-wire) Movement/Support/Orientation System |
| 8073 | b-8168 Multiplicities for EDM electrode (non-wire) Movement/Support/Orientation System |
| 8073 | b-8170 Miscellaneous Facets for EDM electrode (non-wire) Movement/Support/Orientation System |
| 8073 | b-8172 Auxiliary Features for EDM electrode (non-wire) Movement/Support/Orientation System |
| 8073 | b-8174 Purpose of EDM electrode (non-wire) Movement/Support/Orientation System |
| 8174 | d-8175 maintaining desired spacing (gap) between electrode and workpiece |
| 8174 | d-8176 maintaining desired gaps between multiple electrodes and workpiece(s) |
| 8174 | d-8177 compensating for electrode wear or reducing electrode wear |
| 8174 | d-8178 intermittent electrode movement (jumps) for flushing gap |
| 8073 | b-8180 Specialized EDM electrode (non-wire) Movement/Support/Orientation Systems |
| 8072 | b-8183 Wire Electrode Orientation, Movement, or Support |
| 8183 | b-8184 Broad Type of Movement/Support/Orientation System for EDM Wire Electrode Subsystem |
| 8183 | b-8186 Broad Nature of the Movement/Support/Orientation of the EDM Wire Electrode |
| 8186 | d-8187 wire cutting path: spiral path for wire electrode |
| 8186 | d-8188 wire cutting path: arc path or arc segment for wire electrode |
| 8186 | d-8189 wire cutting path: circular path for wire electrode |
| 8186 | d-8190 wire cutting path: raster scanning path for wire electrode |
| 8186 | d-8191 wire cutting path: shortest distance from starting hole to desired machining point |
| 8186 | d-8192 wire cutting path: from starting hole in reverse direction to last machining point |
| 8186 | d-8193 wire cutting path: preventing biting by changing path from start hole to machining point |
| 8186 | d-8194 wire cutting path: adjusted according to wire electrode diameter |
| 8186 | d-8195 wire cutting path: miscellaneous or unspecified |
| 8186 | d-8196 Wire Cutting: Constant machining speed at path arc |
| 8186 | d-8197 Wire Cutting: Adjusts gap between wire and work at corner of path |
| 8186 | d-8198 Wire Cutting: keeps distance between nozzle and workpiece constant |
| 8183 | b-8200 Open Loop and Human Interface Aspects of EDM Wire Electrode Movement |
| 8200 | d-8201 Wire Cutting: with memory storing wire offset values for machining |
| 8200 | d-8202 Wire Cutting: with wire offset data input to adjust machining path |
| 8200 | d-8203 Wire Cutting: determination or calculation of gap offset |
| 8200 | d-8204 Pulse circuit: for rough and finish machining |
| 8200 | d-8205 Wire Cutting: Machinin Conditions according to workpiece thickness |
| 8200 | d-8206 Wire Cutting: machining conditions according to the wire diameter |
| 8200 | d-8207 Wire Cutting: machining conditions according to material of wire electrode |
| 8200 | d-8208 Wire Cutting: adjusting machining conditions according to wire quality |
| 8200 | d-8209 Wire Cutting: machining conditions according to machined surface roughness |
| 8200 | d-8210 Wire Cutting: machining conditions according to work material |
| 8200 | d-8211 Wire Cutting: Taper angle correction based upon wire electrode diameter |
| 8200 | d-8212 WIre Cutting: taper machining with tilt direction calculation |
| 8183 | b-8214 Closed Loop Aspects of EDM Wire Electrode Movement |
| 8214 | d-8215 Wire Cutting:Control mach. speed depending on Changes in volt., current |
| 8214 | d-8216 Wire Cutting: measures desired gap offset |
| 8214 | d-8217 Wire Cutting: moves wire electrode to determine gap with workpiece |
| 8183 | b-8219 EDM Wire Electrode Parameter controlled by Open/Closed Loop Signal |
| 8219 | d-8220 relative feed rate of wire electrode to workpiece is controlled by feedback |
| 8219 | d-8221 wire EDM machine with apparatus for vertically adjusting lower wire guide |
| 8219 | b-8222 Wire Cutting Tension is set or adjusted in EDM |
| 8222 | d-8223 Wire Cutting: Determines speed of work feed |
| 8222 | d-8224 Wire Cutting:Tension Control Apparatus with CLUTCH |
| 8222 | d-8225 Wire Cutting: Tension Adjusted for amount of wire on wire reel |
| 8222 | d-8226 Wire Cutting: Tension Apparatus on both sides of the workpiece |
| 8222 | d-8227 Wire Cutting: tension apparatus downstream of workpiece |
| 8222 | d-8228 Wire Cutting: tension apparatus upstream of workpiece |
| 8222 | d-8229 Wire Cutting: wire tension fluctuations absorbing mechanism |
| 8222 | d-8230 Wire Cutting: tension kept constant |
| 8222 | d-8231 Wire Cutting: tension adjusted to a value to prevent wire breakage |
| 8222 | d-8232 setting wire tension by current according to hysteresis charact. of solenoid brake |
| 8183 | b-8235 Housing Features for the EDM Wire Electrode System |
| 8235 | d-8236 bed with plain bearings supporting column to prevent vibrations in wire electrode |
| 8235 | d-8237 bed made of copper or brass material |
| 8235 | d-8238 Column structure for wire EDM machine |
| 8235 | d-8239 Column structure for wire EDM machine with movable upper section |
| 8235 | d-8240 Column: with apparatus for moving upper wire guide |
| 8235 | d-8241 Column: with bellows used to protect apparatus for moving upper wire guide |
| 8235 | d-8242 Column for wire EDM machine connected to base by bolts |
| 8235 | d-8243 Column for wire EDM machine supports lower supporting arm |
| 8235 | d-8244 Column for wire EDM machine mounted on X-Y table |
| 8235 | d-8245 Column for wire EDM machine moving in a single (e.g. X) direction |
| 8235 | d-8246 Column: with heat exchanger to remove heat from column |
| 8235 | d-8247 wire EDM machine with gantry |
| 8235 | d-8248 wire EDM machine with faraday cage |
| 8183 | b-8250 EDM Wire Electrode Movement/Support/Orientation Multiplicities |
| 8183 | b-8252 Miscellaneous EDM Wire Electrode Movement/Support/Orientaion Facets |
| 8183 | b-8254 Auxiliary EDM Wire Electrode Movement/Support/Orientation Features |
| 8254 | d-8255 Wire Cutting: wire electrode is heated by joule effect (current) |
| 8254 | d-8256 Wire Cutting: using a tool to form initial or start hole in workpiece |
| 8254 | d-8257 Wire cutting: using pipe electrode to form initialor start hole in workpiece |
| 8254 | d-8258 Wire cutting: using wire electrode to form inital or start hole in workpiece |
| 8254 | d-8259 Wire Threading or Rethreading through hole or slit in workpiece |
| 8254 | d-8260 Wire threading using suction to thread wire electrode |
| 8254 | d-8261 Wire threading using positive fluid flow to thread wire electrode |
| 8254 | d-8262 Feeding wire through hole (or slot) in work using fluid |
| 8254 | d-8263 Wire threading: using pipe that guides the wire electrode |
| 8254 | d-8264 Wire threading: using vibrating pipe to guide the wire electrode |
| 8254 | d-8265 Wire threading: including annealing the wire electrode |
| 8254 | d-8266 Wire threading: including heating the wire to elongate and reduce wire diameter |
| 8254 | d-8267 Wire threading: including heating the wire to straighten the wire |
| 8254 | d-8268 Wire threading: including heating the wire by electric current |
| 8254 | d-8269 Wire threading: including cutting the wire electrode |
| 8254 | d-8270 wire threading: including straightening the wire by pulling on the wire |
| 8254 | d-8271 wire threading: including moving the table underneath the upper nozzle |
| 8254 | d-8272 conveyor for removing used wire from work zone area |
| 8254 | d-8273 wire EDM: with wire electrode and grinding disc on swiveable head |
| 8254 | d-8274 Apparatus for collecting used wire |
| 8254 | d-8275 Apparatus for flattening used wire |
| 8254 | d-8276 Wire after machining zone is housed in a container |
| 8254 | d-8277 Wire after machining zone is housed in a container supported by a turntable |
| 8254 | d-8278 Apparatus(e.g. blade or cutting element) for cutting used wire |
| 8254 | d-8279 wire is cut by knives |
| 8254 | d-8280 Wire is cut by blade(s) moving at speed sync. with wire feed rate |
| 8254 | d-8281 wire is cut by applyting tension force to wire electrode that has been partly melted |
| 8254 | d-8282 Wire: is cut by electric current in a miscellaneous or unspecified position |
| 8254 | d-8283 Wire after passing through machining zone is cut by electric current |
| 8254 | d-8284 Wire before passing through machining zone is cut by electric current |
| 8254 | d-8285 mutliplicity of receptacles or boxes for storing used wire or used wire fragments |
| 8254 | d-8286 box for collecting used wire located directly beneath work area |
| 8254 | d-8287 box for collecting used wire fragments |
| 8254 | d-8288 Wire Cutting: while rotating wire electrode about its axis |
| 8183 | b-8290 Purpose of EDM Wire Electrode Movement/Support/Orientation System |
| 8183 | b-8292 Specialized EDM Wire Electrode Movement/Support/Orientation Systems |
| 7314 | b-8296 Workpiece to which EDM is applied |
| 8296 | b-8297 EDM Workpiece Composition Facets |
| 8297 | d-8298 Workpiece: containing carbon |
| 8297 | d-8299 workpiece: diamond |
| 8297 | d-8300 Workpiece: glass |
| 8297 | d-8301 workpiece: electric insulator |
| 8297 | d-8302 workpiece: thermoplastic resin (e.g. foamed styrene) |
| 8297 | d-8303 workpiece: electrically conductive plastic |
| 8297 | d-8304 workpiece: final product: rotor |
| 8297 | d-8305 Workpiece: unspecified type of ceramic |
| 8297 | d-8306 Workpiece: cemented carbide |
| 8297 | d-8307 Workpiece: silicon carbide |
| 8297 | d-8308 Workpiece: aluminum oxide |
| 8297 | d-8309 workpiece: polycrystalline diamond |
| 8297 | d-8310 workpiece: diamond compact |
| 8297 | d-8311 workpiece: diamond coating layer |
| 8297 | d-8312 workpiece: diamond sintered alloy |
| 8297 | d-8313 workpiece: aluminum nitride |
| 8297 | d-8314 workpiece: cubic boron nitride (CBN) compact |
| 8297 | d-8315 workpiece: conductive thin film on a substrate |
| 8297 | d-8316 workpiece: sintered ceramic body |
| 8297 | d-8317 Workpiece: semiconductor |
| 8297 | d-8318 workpiece: silicon |
| 8297 | d-8319 Workpiece: nitride semiconductor crystal |
| 8297 | d-8320 workpiece: Mn-Zn ferrite |
| 8297 | d-8321 Workpiece: electrically insulating ceramic |
| 8297 | d-8322 Workpiece: electrically conductive ceramic |
| 8297 | d-8323 Workpiece: semiconductive ceramic |
| 8297 | d-8324 Workpiece:metal of unspecified type |
| 8297 | d-8325 Workpiece: aluminum |
| 8297 | d-8326 Workpiece: aluminum alloy |
| 8297 | d-8327 Workpiece: ferrous (e.g. iron) |
| 8297 | d-8328 Workpiece: steel |
| 8297 | d-8329 Workpiece: stainless steel |
| 8297 | d-8330 Workpiece: tungsten steel |
| 8297 | d-8331 Workpiece: carbon steel |
| 8297 | d-8332 Workpiece: brass |
| 8297 | d-8333 Workpiece: grain oriented steel |
| 8297 | d-8334 Workpiece: chromium alloy |
| 8297 | d-8335 workpiece: nickel |
| 8297 | d-8336 workpiece: nickel alloy |
| 8297 | d-8337 Workpiece: cobalt alloy |
| 8297 | d-8338 Workpiece: titanium |
| 8297 | d-8339 Workpiece: titanium alloy |
| 8297 | d-8340 Workpiece: lead alloy |
| 8296 | b-8342 General Geometrical Features of the EDM Workpiece |
| 8342 | d-8343 workpiece: completely unspecified |
| 8342 | d-8344 workpiece: structure disclosed for connecting workpiece to power supply |
| 8342 | d-8345 workpiece: metal base with outer layer of ceramic |
| 8342 | d-8346 workpiece: metal base with outer layer of undoped ceramic |
| 8342 | d-8347 workpiece: metallic with specified high resistance value |
| 8342 | d-8348 workpiece: with weld |
| 8342 | d-8349 workpiece shape: huge or very large |
| 8342 | d-8350 workpiece shape: ingot |
| 8342 | d-8351 workpiece shape: board |
| 8342 | d-8352 workpiece shape: sheet or plate |
| 8342 | d-8353 workpiece shape: pipe or tube |
| 8342 | d-8354 Workpiece shape: rod or shaft or bar or solid cylindrical object |
| 8342 | d-8355 Workpiece shape: plate or sheet or thin laminar body |
| 8342 | d-8356 Workpiece shape: strip or web |
| 8342 | d-8357 Workpiece shape: wire |
| 8342 | d-8358 Workpiece shape: wafer |
| 8342 | d-8359 workpiece shape: disc with a cental hole |
| 8342 | d-8360 workpiece shape: wheel |
| 8342 | d-8361 workpiece shape: hollow |
| 8342 | d-8362 workpiece shape: uneven or non-flat |
| 8342 | d-8363 Workpiece: laminated or multi layers |
| 8342 | d-8364 workpiece: honeycomb shape |
| 8296 | b-8366 Particular Product is subjected to EDM |
| 8366 | d-8367 workpiece: bone implant prothesis |
| 8366 | d-8368 workpiece: bone coupling material |
| 8366 | d-8369 workpiece: dental implant prothesis (e.g. crown) |
| 8366 | d-8370 workpiece: resistor |
| 8366 | d-8371 workpiece: resistive pattern on printed circuit board |
| 8366 | d-8372 workpiece: conductive pattern on printed circuit borad |
| 8366 | d-8373 workpiece: printed circuit board (PCB) |
| 8366 | d-8374 workpiece: probe or probes or probe array |
| 8366 | d-8375 Workpiece: metallic interonnect tape |
| 8366 | d-8376 workpiece: optical fiber ferrule |
| 8366 | d-8377 workpiece: solar cell |
| 8366 | d-8378 Workpiece: mask |
| 8366 | d-8379 Workpiece: stencil mask |
| 8366 | d-8380 workpiece: clutch |
| 8366 | d-8381 workpiece: transmission torque converter reactor thrust washer |
| 8366 | d-8382 workpiece: airfoil |
| 8366 | d-8383 workpiece: steam pipe or nuclear reactor |
| 8366 | d-8384 Workpiece: nuclear reactor equipment |
| 8366 | d-8385 workpiece: gas turbine engine component |
| 8366 | d-8386 workpiece: turbine blade or nozzle |
| 8366 | d-8387 workpiece: turbine blade |
| 8366 | d-8388 workpiece: turbine blade with ceramic coating or thermal barrier coating |
| 8366 | d-8389 workpiece: vane |
| 8366 | d-8390 workpiece: shroud for use in an aircraft engine |
| 8366 | d-8391 workpiece: golf club |
| 8366 | d-8392 workpiece: nozzle of unspecified type |
| 8366 | d-8393 workpiece: tool |
| 8366 | d-8394 workpiece: hob |
| 8366 | d-8395 workpiece: tool with teeth for finish machining a gear |
| 8366 | d-8396 workpiece: drill element or bit |
| 8366 | d-8397 workpiece: cutting blade or cutter or knife blade |
| 8366 | d-8398 workpiece: saw blade |
| 8366 | d-8399 workpiece: cutting tool with threaded outer surface formed by thread rolling die |
| 8366 | d-8400 Workpiece: grinding stone |
| 8366 | d-8401 Workpiece: bearing |
| 8366 | d-8402 Workpiece: implantable medical device (e.g. stent or catheter) |
| 8366 | d-8403 Workpiece: orthopaedic prosthetic component |
| 8366 | d-8404 Workpiece: gear |
| 8366 | d-8405 Workpiece: gear blank |
| 8366 | d-8406 workpiece: die |
| 8366 | d-8407 workpiece: punch and die |
| 8366 | d-8408 workpiece: extruding or extrusion dies |
| 8366 | d-8409 workpiece: cylindrical rotary die |
| 8366 | d-8410 workpiece: inner or interior surface of tube or pipe |
| 8366 | d-8411 workpiece: outer or exterior surface of tube or pipe |
| 8366 | d-8412 workpiece: roll |
| 8366 | d-8413 workpiece: magnetic head |
| 8366 | d-8414 workpiece: magnetic head slider or disc drive slider |
| 8366 | d-8415 workpiece: mold |
| 8366 | d-8416 workpiece: mold for golf club grip |
| 8366 | d-8417 workpiece: mold for tire or tyre |
| 8366 | d-8418 workpiece: brush seal |
| 8366 | d-8419 workpiece: split rotary seal ring |
| 8366 | d-8420 workpiece: ink jet printer nozzle or ink jet recording head |
| 8366 | d-8421 workpiece: fuel injector nozzle |
| 8366 | d-8422 workpiece: spinneret |
| 8366 | d-8423 Workpiece: spinneret |
| 8366 | d-8424 Workpiece: screw |
| 8366 | d-8425 Workpiece: bolt thread or spiral thread |
| 8366 | d-8426 Workpiece: gimbal suspension (i.e. ring) for a gimbal rotor |
| 8366 | d-8427 Workpiece: wire guide |
| 8366 | d-8428 Workpiece: electrode blank |
| 8366 | d-8429 workpiece: cathode or anode of an electron gun |
| 8366 | d-8430 workpiece: heat exchanger (e.g. with fins) |
| 8366 | d-8431 Workpiece: workpiece with reference hole(s) |
| 8366 | d-8432 wire cutting of a magnetic block to make magnetic head cores |
| 8366 | d-8433 Removal of bad teeth from a gear by wire edm |
| 8366 | d-8434 workpiece: identification tag (ID tag) |
| 8296 | b-8436 EDM workpiece multiplicities |
| 8436 | d-8437 workpiece: multiplicity |
| 8436 | d-8438 workpiece: plurality machined simultaneously |
| 7314 | b-8441 Movement, Support, or Orientation of the EDM workpiece |
| 8441 | d-8442 electrical contact or current feeder details with workpiece |
| 8441 | d-8443 Wire Cutting: control work feed so mean work voltage is constant |
| 8441 | b-8444 Table for EDM |
| 8444 | d-8445 table: miscellaneous or unspecified |
| 8444 | d-8446 table with rotary or orbital movement |
| 8444 | d-8447 table with gear connections to maintain parallelism |
| 8444 | d-8448 table: inclinable or tiltable |
| 8444 | d-8449 table: for wire cutting machining a taper cut |
| 8444 | d-8450 table: driven by motor of unspecified or miscellaneous type |
| 8444 | d-8451 table movable by pulse motor |
| 8444 | d-8452 table moved by servo motor |
| 8444 | d-8453 table moved by drive motor |
| 8444 | d-8454 table moved by micrometer adjusting screw |
| 8444 | d-8455 table with an electrode holding magazine |
| 8444 | d-8456 table: holding or supporting electrode |
| 8444 | d-8457 table: with opening to allow electrode to penetrate workpiece (breakthrough) |
| 8444 | d-8458 table: above lower arm of wire cutting discharge machine |
| 8444 | d-8459 X-Y table |
| 8444 | d-8460 X-Y theta table |
| 8444 | d-8461 X-Y-Z table |
| 8444 | d-8462 table movable in either X or Y direction (not both) |
| 8444 | d-8463 table: movable in Z direction (vertical) |
| 8444 | d-8464 table supported on wheels to be moved along track or rails |
| 8444 | d-8465 table : capable of holding a plurality of workpieces to be machined |
| 8444 | d-8466 table: with associated fixture or holder to keep workpiece in desired position on table |
| 8444 | d-8467 table: monitoring position and speed in the X-Y axes |
| 8444 | d-8468 table: made of ferrous material (e.g. stainless steel or iron) |
| 8444 | d-8469 table: made of granite |
| 8444 | d-8470 table: with associated sensor |
| 8444 | d-8471 controlling: feed rate of table movable in X/Y plane |
| 8444 | d-8472 multiplicity of tables |
| 8441 | b-8474 Introduction of Workpiece to EDM Work Zone Details |
| 8474 | d-8475 Using robot or articulated hand to deliver workpiece |
| 8474 | d-8476 Using conveyor to deliver workpiece |
| 8441 | b-8478 Pallet Features |
| 8478 | d-8479 Position Correction of work pallet for machine tool |
| 8478 | d-8480 Arbitrary Pallet with coordinate system setting method |
| 8478 | d-8481 Pallet in association with Liquid Suction Device |
| 8478 | d-8482 Pallet: unspeccified or miscellaneous |
| 8441 | b-8484 Workpiece Support |
| 8484 | d-8485 Workpiece Support: miscellaneous or unspecified |
| 8484 | d-8486 cantilever support of workpiece |
| 8484 | d-8487 support of workpiece so that workpiece is not horizontal or vertical |
| 8484 | d-8488 Workholder: supercentering |
| 8484 | d-8489 Workholder: chuck |
| 8484 | d-8490 Workholder: conductive vacuum chuck |
| 8484 | d-8491 Workholder: magnetic chuck or electromagnetic chuck |
| 8484 | d-8492 Workholder: clamp |
| 8484 | d-8493 Workholder: electrically conductive clamp |
| 8484 | d-8494 Workholder: fixture |
| 8484 | d-8495 Workholder: tiltable |
| 8484 | d-8496 Workholder: supported by slide that also supports electrode holder |
| 8484 | d-8497 apparatus for rotating workpiece |
| 8484 | d-8498 apparatus for moving workpiece in Z direction |
| 8484 | d-8499 apparatus for vertically mounting workpiece |
| 8484 | d-8500 jig |
| 8484 | d-8501 jig: providing origin location |
| 8484 | d-8502 jig: including electrical insulation |
| 8484 | d-8503 Workpiece support : with magnet(s) |
| 8484 | d-8504 Workpiece support: with suction or vacuum |
| 8484 | d-8505 support of workpiece and part of workpiece being cut out |
| 8484 | d-8506 Workpiece Support: with indicator |
| 8484 | d-8507 Workpiece adhesively bonded to support to prevent movement during machining |
| 8484 | d-8508 Workpiece: held by improved vise (or vice) having jaws |
| 7314 | b-8511 EDM Process Feedback or Monitoring Hardware Details |
| 8511 | b-8512 Sensor Hardware/Type for EDM |
| 8512 | d-8513 stylus |
| 8512 | d-8514 laser interferometer |
| 8512 | d-8515 Light beam detection of perpendicularity of wire electrode |
| 8512 | d-8516 temperature sensor |
| 8512 | d-8517 Alignment of electrode to workpiece on a table by a microscope |
| 8512 | d-8518 CONDUCTIVE MEASURING PROBE CONNECTED TO HEAD OF EDM MACHINE |
| 8512 | d-8519 MACHINING DEPTH MEASURING DEVICE |
| 8512 | d-8520 gap voltage detector |
| 8512 | d-8521 monitoring: using monitoring (non-machining) pulse |
| 8512 | d-8522 monitoring: using low power machining pulse as monitoring pulse |
| 8512 | d-8523 Monitoring: electrode position by rotary encoder |
| 8512 | d-8524 Monitoring shape of hole in workpiece by X-rays using tomography |
| 8512 | d-8525 torque sensor |
| 8512 | d-8526 rotation speed detector |
| 8512 | d-8527 rotation angle detector |
| 8512 | d-8528 optical sensor |
| 8512 | d-8529 optical sensor: unspecified image pick up device or unspecified camera |
| 8512 | d-8530 optical sensor: with additional illumination (light) device(s) |
| 8512 | d-8531 video camera |
| 8512 | d-8532 CCD camera |
| 8512 | d-8533 3 dimensional digitizer sensor |
| 8512 | d-8534 sound or acoustic sensor |
| 8512 | d-8535 sound sensor: ultrasonic sensor |
| 8512 | d-8536 position sensor: miscellaneous or unspecified |
| 8512 | d-8537 position sensor: linear variable differential transducer (LVDT) |
| 8512 | d-8538 sensor: senses the cessation of of rotary movement of spindle |
| 8512 | d-8539 wire passage sensing means |
| 8512 | d-8540 tachometer |
| 8512 | d-8541 linear scale |
| 8512 | d-8542 magnetic flux sensor |
| 8512 | d-8543 voltage sensor or volt meter |
| 8512 | d-8544 current sensor |
| 8512 | d-8545 capacitance sensor |
| 8512 | d-8546 electric contact sensor |
| 8512 | d-8547 Sensor: vertical centering gage |
| 8512 | d-8548 Sensor: contact detecting ring |
| 8512 | d-8549 sensor: sensing resistor |
| 8512 | d-8550 rotary encoder |
| 8512 | d-8551 linear encoder |
| 8512 | d-8552 Sensor: microswitch |
| 8512 | d-8553 Sensor: electrically conductive probe |
| 8512 | d-8554 Sensor: limit switch |
| 8512 | d-8555 Sensor: fluid pressure sensor |
| 8512 | d-8556 Sensor: fluid level sensor |
| 8512 | d-8557 Sensor: monitors resistivity of fluid or liquid |
| 8512 | d-8558 Sensor: float switch |
| 8512 | d-8559 sensor: detecting wire disconnection |
| 8512 | d-8560 sensor: detecting wire insertion or threading |
| 8512 | d-8561 sensor: detects displacement of pulley or roller to determine wire tension |
| 8512 | d-8562 sensor: microscope |
| 8512 | d-8563 sensor: located opposite workpiece with respect to electrode |
| 8512 | d-8564 sensor multiplicity |
| 8511 | b-8566 Type of Output Signal from EDM Monitoring |
| 8566 | b-8567 Gap Conditon or Parameter Signals, independent of any discharge considerations |
| 8567 | d-8568 Monitoring for gap open circuit |
| 8567 | d-8569 Monitoring for gap short circuit |
| 8567 | d-8570 Monitoring: interelectrode gap voltage |
| 8567 | d-8571 Monitoring: no-load voltage at gap (before discharge) |
| 8567 | d-8572 Monitoring: no-load time |
| 8567 | d-8573 Monitoring: average no load (triggering) time |
| 8567 | d-8574 Monitoring: gap impedance |
| 8567 | d-8575 Monitoring: gap resistance |
| 8567 | d-8576 Monitoring: level of capacitance in the gap |
| 8567 | d-8577 Monitoring: contamination state in machining gap |
| 8567 | d-8578 calculating: gap width from machining voltage and machining current |
| 8567 | d-8579 calculating: gap width from the pulse voltage rise time |
| 8567 | d-8580 calculating: gap width based upon average triggering delay of electric discharges |
| 8567 | d-8581 calculating the machining area |
| 8567 | d-8582 Wire Cutting: Detecting Angle of change of path arc |
| 8567 | d-8583 Wire Cutting: Detecting radius of machining path arc |
| 8567 | d-8584 Wire Cutting: Computes width of working groove |
| 8566 | b-8586 Machining Discharge Parameter Signals |
| 8586 | d-8587 monitoring for initial discharge |
| 8586 | d-8588 monitoring: for start (or beginning) of electric discharge |
| 8586 | d-8589 monitoring number of discharges (of unspecified type) |
| 8586 | d-8590 monitoring number of satisfactory (normal) discharges |
| 8586 | d-8591 monitoring: number of abnormal discharges |
| 8586 | d-8592 monitoring: defective condition or abnormal pulse in machining gap |
| 8586 | d-8593 monitoring: occurence of discharge |
| 8586 | d-8594 monitoring: rate of occurence of abnormal discharges |
| 8586 | d-8595 monitoring: rate of occurence of normal discharges |
| 8586 | d-8596 Monitoring High Frequency element of Discharge for Arcing, Noise etc. |
| 8586 | d-8597 Monitoring: no discharge |
| 8586 | d-8598 Monitoring: continuous arc discharge |
| 8586 | d-8599 Monitoring: normal electric discharge |
| 8586 | d-8600 Monitoring: for abnormal current flow through gap |
| 8586 | d-8601 Monitoring: frequency of short circuits |
| 8586 | d-8602 Monitoring: frequency of normal short circuits |
| 8586 | d-8603 Monitoring: gap voltage to determine the presence of arcing |
| 8586 | d-8604 Monitoring: average or mean gap voltage |
| 8586 | d-8605 Monitoring: peak discharge gap voltage |
| 8586 | d-8606 Monitoring: rise time of pulse voltage applied to machining gap |
| 8586 | d-8607 Monitoring: gap current |
| 8586 | d-8608 Monitoring: peak value of machining current |
| 8586 | d-8609 Monitoring: mean gap current |
| 8586 | d-8610 Monitoring: rate of change of current (delta) over time during discharge |
| 8586 | d-8611 Monitoring: concentration of electrical discharges |
| 8586 | d-8612 Monitoring: positions of electric discharges at predetermined time intervals |
| 8586 | d-8613 calculating average rate of discharges without delay time |
| 8586 | d-8614 Comparing Gap Voltage waveform to stored memory using A/D and Fourier Tr. |
| 8586 | d-8615 monitoring inductance fall component |
| 8586 | d-8616 monitoring: resistance fall component |
| 8586 | d-8617 calculating average no load or average delay time |
| 8566 | b-8619 System Hardware/Circuitry Parameter Signals |
| 8619 | d-8620 Monitoring: leakage or leaking current |
| 8619 | d-8621 Monitoring: charging current of capacitor |
| 8619 | d-8622 Monitoring: discharge current |
| 8619 | d-8623 Monitoring: discharge current time |
| 8619 | d-8624 Monitoring: level of charge present in capacitor |
| 8619 | d-8625 Monitoring: detecting completion of discharge of a capacitor |
| 8619 | d-8626 monitoring: machining conditions or (classified) machining state |
| 8619 | d-8627 Monitoring: detecting suspension of discharges during machining operation |
| 8619 | d-8628 calculating the processing finish time |
| 8619 | d-8629 Calculating the thermal deformation of the frame or machine |
| 8619 | d-8630 Wire Cutting: with computer monitoring life of expendable components |
| 8566 | b-8632 Fluid and Fluid System Parameter Signals |
| 8632 | d-8633 Monitoring: resistance level of dielectric fluid |
| 8632 | d-8634 Monitoring: the PH level (acidity or baseness) of the dielectric fluid |
| 8632 | d-8635 Monitoring: concentration of contaminants in machining fluid |
| 8632 | d-8636 Monitoring fluid pressure in nozzle |
| 8632 | d-8637 Monitoring: fluid pressure in supply line to nozzle |
| 8632 | d-8638 Monitoring fluid pressure in tank or near workpiece |
| 8632 | d-8639 Monitoring fluid pressure in supply line to electrode |
| 8632 | d-8640 Monitoring: liquid level of dielectric fluid in machining tank |
| 8632 | d-8641 Monitoring: liquid level of working fluid in storage tank |
| 8632 | d-8642 Monitoring: storage tank overflowing machining fluid (liquid) |
| 8566 | b-8644 Electrode Parameter Signals (physical, mechanical, non-electrical discharge) |
| 8644 | d-8645 Monitoring: interelectrode gap distance |
| 8644 | d-8646 Monitoring: length or diameter or dimensions of tool (electrode) |
| 8644 | d-8647 Monitoring: diameter of wire electrode |
| 8644 | d-8648 Monitoring: elongation of wire electrode |
| 8644 | d-8649 Monitoring: axial speed of wire electrode |
| 8644 | d-8650 Monitoring: position of wire electrode in threading operation |
| 8644 | d-8651 Monitoring: position of end of wire electrode |
| 8644 | d-8652 Monitoring: electrode wear |
| 8644 | d-8653 Laser Beam detection of Perpendicularity of wire electrode |
| 8644 | d-8654 Laser Beam used to detect position of wire electrode |
| 8644 | d-8655 Monitoring: vibration of a wire electrode |
| 8644 | d-8656 Laser Beam detection of vibration of wire electrode |
| 8644 | d-8657 Monitoring: passage of the wire electrode through the lower wire guide |
| 8644 | d-8658 Monitoring: z-axis position of upper wire guide |
| 8644 | d-8659 Monitoring: condition of used wire after machining zone |
| 8644 | d-8660 Monitoring: wire tension downstream of the workpiece |
| 8644 | d-8661 Monitoring: wire tension upstream of the workpiece |
| 8644 | d-8662 Monitoring: wire electrode torsion |
| 8644 | d-8663 Monitoring: wire electrode offset caused by changing wire electrodes |
| 8644 | d-8664 Monitoring: electrode position by miscellaneous or unspecified method |
| 8644 | d-8665 Monitoring: electrode position by linear scale |
| 8644 | d-8666 Monitoring: verticality of non- wire type electrode |
| 8644 | d-8667 Monitoring: detection of wire breakage or disconnection |
| 8644 | d-8668 Monitoring: level of verticality of wire electrode |
| 8644 | d-8669 Monitoring: magnetic flux density produced around a wire electrode |
| 8644 | d-8670 Monitoring: wear of wire guide or die guide |
| 8644 | d-8671 Monitoring: wear of current feeder to wire electrode |
| 8644 | d-8672 determining: z-axis reference plane of electrode from position of initial discharge |
| 8644 | d-8673 calculating: angular velocity of relatively orbiting electrode |
| 8644 | d-8674 calculating: electrode consumption based on machining pulse conditions |
| 8644 | d-8675 calculating: electrode consumption based on number of normal discharges |
| 8644 | d-8676 calculating: the electrode position in XYZ coordinate (dimension) system |
| 8644 | d-8677 Wire Cutting:calculating the remaining amount of wire electrode |
| 8644 | d-8678 Wire Cutting: calculating the length of wire needed for the next process |
| 8566 | b-8680 Workpiece Parameter Signals (physical, mechanical, non-electrical discharge) |
| 8680 | d-8681 monitoring: contact of electrode tip with workpiece to determine workpiece position |
| 8680 | d-8682 monitoring: determining whether cracking is occuring |
| 8680 | d-8683 Monitoring: size of the workpiece |
| 8680 | d-8684 Monitoring: height of workpiece on table |
| 8680 | d-8685 Monitoring: shape of workpiece |
| 8680 | d-8686 Monitoring: workpiece thickness |
| 8680 | d-8687 Monitoring: surface roughness of workpiece |
| 8680 | d-8688 Monitoring: presence of a burr on a workpiece |
| 8680 | d-8689 monitoring: size or shape of master model |
| 8680 | d-8690 Monitoring: position and inclination of starting hole for wire EDM |
| 8680 | d-8691 Monitoring: through hole completion or electrode breakthrough |
| 8680 | d-8692 Monitoring: width of a cutting groove in wire cutting |
| 8680 | d-8693 Monitoring: electric discharge point on the electrode or workpiece |
| 8680 | d-8694 Monitoring: distance from nozzle to workpiece in wire EDM |
| 8680 | d-8695 Monitoring: collision or contact of nozzle or wire guide with workpiece |
| 8680 | d-8696 Monitoring: travel deviation of a machining table |
| 8680 | d-8697 calculating the machining area based on changes of the relative feed speed |
| 8680 | d-8698 calculating the machining depth |
| 8680 | d-8699 Wire Cutting: calculating workpiece thickness |
| 8566 | b-8701 Temperature Signals in EDM environment |
| 8701 | d-8702 Monitoring: temperature of air |
| 8701 | d-8703 Monitoring: temperature of machining fluid |
| 8701 | d-8704 Monitoring: temperature of device or frame or machine |
| 8701 | d-8705 Monitoring: temperature of electrode(s) or electrode holder |
| 8566 | b-8707 Human Readable, Perveivable Signals related to EDM |
| 8707 | d-8708 display: unspecified or miscellaneous |
| 8707 | d-8709 television or monitor or cathode ray tube |
| 8707 | d-8710 discharge machine apparatus : with monitor or television or crt |
| 8707 | d-8711 numerical display |
| 8707 | d-8712 liquid crystal display |
| 8707 | d-8713 display: light emitting diode or LED |
| 8707 | d-8714 ALARM |
| 8707 | d-8715 Wire Cutting: display device for indicating locus of processing electrode |
| 8707 | d-8716 Wire Cutting: display device indicating remaining time in view of wire feed rate from bobbin |
| 8707 | d-8717 Wire Cutting: converting a NC program into display data |
| 7314 | b-8721 Misc. Hardware Digests pertinent to EDM |
| 8721 | b-8722 Computer or Digital Electronics Topics in EDM |
| 8722 | d-8723 Computer Control: With Fuzzy Logic and/or knowledge data base |
| 8722 | d-8724 Network: Internet |
| 8722 | d-8725 Computers: Multiplicity |
| 8722 | d-8726 computer: microprocessor |
| 8722 | d-8727 Computer Control |
| 8722 | d-8728 Computer with knowledge memory |
| 8722 | d-8729 Computer: with image processing of the workpiece |
| 8722 | d-8730 Memory: containing electrode configuration |
| 8722 | d-8731 Memory: database with table including workpiece material |
| 8722 | d-8732 Memory: made of magnetic tape |
| 8722 | d-8733 computer: with data base |
| 8722 | d-8734 computer: with memory of unspecified type |
| 8722 | d-8735 computer: with RAM |
| 8722 | d-8736 computer; with video RAM |
| 8722 | d-8737 computer: with ROM |
| 8722 | d-8738 computer: with PROM |
| 8722 | d-8739 computer: with program analyzer or program checker |
| 8722 | d-8740 computer: with control of X-Y table |
| 8722 | d-8741 computer: with control of upper wire guide in U-V plane |
| 8722 | d-8742 computer: with control of upper wire guide to move to UV axes origin |
| 8722 | d-8743 computer: with control of the upper wire guide position along the Z axis |
| 8722 | d-8744 computer: with control to move tank to an XY axes origin |
| 8722 | d-8745 computer: with control of wire tension |
| 8722 | d-8746 computer: with controlled variables |
| 8722 | d-8747 Computer control with each icon associated with a respective dialog window |
| 8722 | d-8748 Computer machining program is prepared based on CAD or CAM |
| 8722 | d-8749 Computer program is prepared based on machining conditions stored in data base |
| 8722 | d-8750 Computer program calculates the approaching machining conditions |
| 8722 | d-8751 Computer: predicts wire breakage or wire disconnection |
| 8722 | d-8752 Computer: with working history of NC program memorized in RAM |
| 8722 | d-8753 computer program with subroutine for jump control |
| 8722 | d-8754 NC Control: with user setting of wire electrode offset |
| 8722 | d-8755 NC Control: with user selecting sets of machining conditions |
| 8722 | d-8756 Computer: with Quality Control |
| 8721 | b-8758 Robotic Topics in EDM |
| 8758 | d-8759 unspecified robot details |
| 7314 | b-8762 Auxiliary or Accessory EDM Hardware |
| 8762 | d-8763 discharge machine apparatus: with mirror |
| 8762 | d-8764 apparatus: with associated measuring station |
| 7314 | b-8766 Special EDM systems for particular workpiece(s) or Applications |
| 0 | b-8769 EDM procedural aspects - methods and other non-hardware facets |
| 8769 | b-8770 EDM Processes |
| 8770 | b-8771 Regular EDM machining |
| 8771 | d-8772 machining copies from a master model or master mold |
| 8771 | d-8773 using end of wire for discharge machining |
| 8771 | d-8774 machining a pattern |
| 8771 | d-8775 regular discharge machining: unspecified type |
| 8771 | d-8776 regular discharge machining: simultaneously on both sides of a workpiece |
| 8771 | d-8777 regular discharge machining: alternately on both sides of a workpiece |
| 8771 | d-8778 regular discharge machining: a single workpiece with multiple electrodes |
| 8771 | d-8779 regular discharge machining: a plurality of workpieces with multiple electrodes |
| 8771 | d-8780 regular discharge machining: machining workpiece between two electrodes |
| 8771 | d-8781 regular discharge machining: with concurrent application of magnetic field |
| 8771 | d-8782 regular discharge machining with concurrent application of ultrasonic waves |
| 8771 | d-8783 regular discharge machining: rough and finish machining |
| 8771 | d-8784 regular discharge machining: roughening surface of workpiece |
| 8771 | d-8785 regular discharge machining: rough machining |
| 8771 | d-8786 regular discharge machining: finish machining |
| 8771 | d-8787 regular discharge machining: with positively charged electrode |
| 8771 | d-8788 regular discharge machining: finish machining to create a mirror finish |
| 8771 | d-8789 regular discharge machining: creating satin finish |
| 8771 | d-8790 regular discharge machining: finish machining to create smooth,glossy surface |
| 8771 | d-8791 regular discharge machining: removing tar(sludge) from workpiece or electrode |
| 8771 | d-8792 regular discharge machining: deburring |
| 8771 | d-8793 regular discharge machining: laser beam makes workpiece surface conductive |
| 8771 | d-8794 regular discharge machining: using laser beam to guide discharge to workpiece |
| 8771 | d-8795 regular discharge machining: polishing workpiece |
| 8771 | d-8796 regular discharge machining: removing damaged drills or taps or screws |
| 8771 | d-8797 regular discharge machining: trimming |
| 8771 | d-8798 regular discharge machining: forming groove(s) or slot(s) in workpiece |
| 8771 | d-8799 regular discharge machining: under numeric control |
| 8771 | d-8800 regular discharge machining: with repeated scanning of electrode over surface |
| 8771 | d-8801 regular discharge machining: in situ operation |
| 8771 | d-8802 regular discharge machining: portable machine |
| 8771 | d-8803 regular discharge machining: portable machine conained in box with handle |
| 8771 | d-8804 regular discharge machining: chamfering |
| 8771 | d-8805 regular discharge machining: taper |
| 8770 | b-8807 Traveling Wire Cutting Discharge Machining |
| 8807 | d-8808 TRAVELLING WIRE DISCHARGE MACHINING OF UNSPECIFIED TYPE |
| 8807 | d-8809 WIRE CUTTING: corner miscellaneous or unspecified details |
| 8807 | d-8810 Wire Cutting: inside or outside cutting issues recognized |
| 8807 | d-8811 Wire Cutting: causing electric discharges by vibrating electrode wire |
| 8807 | d-8812 Wire Cutting: taper machining |
| 8807 | d-8813 Wire Cutting: taper machining to form a tapered hole |
| 8807 | d-8814 Wire Cutting: with vibrating wire electrode |
| 8807 | d-8815 Wire Cutting: apparatus suppresses or prevents vibrations or deflection of wire |
| 8807 | d-8816 Wire Cutting: wire slidable on guide and both reels on same side of workpiece |
| 8807 | d-8817 Wire Cutting: groove(s) or slot(s) on workpiece surface |
| 8807 | d-8818 Wire cutting: portable machine |
| 8807 | d-8819 Wire cutting: a cone |
| 8807 | d-8820 Wire Cutting: entirely through workpiece |
| 8807 | d-8821 Wire Cutting: discharge position detector on wire |
| 8807 | d-8822 Wire Cutting: with means for positioning the wire electrode (e.g. vertical position) |
| 8807 | d-8823 Wire cutting: with vertical positioning jig to position wire vertically |
| 8807 | d-8824 Wire Cutting: disconnection position detection |
| 8807 | d-8825 Wire cutting under Numeric Control |
| 8807 | d-8826 Wire Cutting with different machining blocks under different conditions |
| 8807 | d-8827 Wire Cutting: using interpolation for path calculation |
| 8807 | d-8828 Wire Cutting: with an auxillary electrode to prevent rust (corrosion) |
| 8807 | d-8829 Wire Cutting: with concurrent application of magnetic field to machining gap |
| 8807 | d-8830 WIre Cutting: using magnetic field to deflect or move wire electrode |
| 8807 | d-8831 Wire Cutting core support or removal |
| 8807 | d-8832 Wire Cutting: core is supported by suction pads |
| 8807 | d-8833 Wire Cutting: core is supported using magnet(s) or electromagnet(s) |
| 8807 | d-8834 Wire cutting: coreless machining by gradually increasing size of hole |
| 8807 | d-8835 Wire Cutting: using magnet or electromagnet to remove cut off work chips |
| 8807 | d-8836 Wire Cutting: using wire cutting to finish machine hole |
| 8807 | d-8837 Wire Cutting: reducing wire flexture |
| 8807 | d-8838 Wire Cutting: with prevention of wire breakage |
| 8807 | d-8839 Wire Cutting: with current alternately sent to upper and lower current feeders |
| 8807 | d-8840 Wire Cutting: rough and finish machining |
| 8807 | d-8841 Wire Cutting: finish machining (only) |
| 8807 | d-8842 Wire Cutting: with apparatus for replacement of wire electrode |
| 8807 | d-8843 Wire Cutting: machining a single workpiece with multiple wire electrodes |
| 8807 | d-8844 Wire Cutting: simultaneous machining a workpiece with a plurality of wire electrodes |
| 8807 | d-8845 Wire cutting: simultaneously machining a workpiece with multiple segements of a single wire electrode |
| 8807 | d-8846 Wire Cutting: machining a single workpiece with discharge between two electrodes |
| 8807 | d-8847 Wire Cutting: machining multiple workpieces with multiple wire electrodes |
| 8807 | d-8848 WIre Cutting: machining multiple workpieces simultaneously with a single wire electrode |
| 8807 | d-8849 Wire Cutting: with different wires used for rough and finish machining |
| 8807 | d-8850 Wire Cutting: with rough and finish machining done in parallel in one operation |
| 8807 | d-8851 Wire Cutting: machining operations on different areas of workpiece |
| 8807 | d-8852 Wire Cutting: in situ machining |
| 8807 | d-8853 Wire Cutting: with positively charged electrode wire |
| 8770 | b-8855 Micromachining with EDM |
| 8855 | d-8856 EDM micromachining: finely shaping the surface of a workpiece at the atomic scale |
| 8855 | d-8857 Nanoscale electric discharge machining |
| 8855 | d-8858 micromachining: miscellaneous |
| 8770 | b-8860 Creation of Particles by EDM |
| 8860 | d-8861 creating particles from two electrodes |
| 8860 | d-8862 creating nanoscale particles |
| 8770 | b-8864 Drilling by EDM |
| 8864 | d-8865 drilling: by trepanning |
| 8864 | d-8866 drilling: forming pores |
| 8864 | d-8867 drilling: forming micron-sized holes |
| 8864 | d-8868 drilling: forming a tapered hole or conical hole |
| 8864 | d-8869 drilling: forming a helical bore or tap or screw threaded bore |
| 8864 | d-8870 drilling: unspecified forming hole(s) |
| 8864 | d-8871 drilling: forming a blind hole |
| 8864 | d-8872 drilling: forming a hole for subsequent wire threading |
| 8864 | d-8873 drilling: using EDM to form a hole in a guide prior to forming a hole in a workpiece |
| 8864 | d-8874 drilling: deep hole |
| 8864 | d-8875 drilling: forming a cavity |
| 8864 | d-8876 drilling: thin hole |
| 8864 | d-8877 drilling: small hole |
| 8864 | d-8878 drilling: small diameter hole |
| 8864 | d-8879 drilling: chamfered hole |
| 8864 | d-8880 drilling: hole with polygonal cross section |
| 8864 | d-8881 drilling: hole with an elliptical cross section |
| 8864 | d-8882 drilling: hole with a circular cross section |
| 8864 | d-8883 drilling: hole with a Y-shape |
| 8864 | d-8884 drilling: forming a hole with threads |
| 8864 | d-8885 drilling: curved hole |
| 8864 | d-8886 drilling: through hole |
| 8864 | d-8887 drilling: through hole drilling with backwall protection |
| 8864 | d-8888 drilling: forming a plurality of holes simultaneously |
| 8864 | d-8889 drilling: forming holes simultaneously |
| 8864 | d-8890 drilling: miscellaneous or unspecified holes |
| 8770 | b-8892 EDM surface processing |
| 8892 | d-8893 treatment of metal workpiece surface by electric discharges |
| 8892 | d-8894 miscellaneous surface processing by coating using electric discharges |
| 8892 | d-8895 surface processing by coating by scanning electrode in X-Y plane |
| 8770 | b-8897 Misc. EDM methods |
| 8897 | d-8898 electric discharge welding |
| 8897 | d-8899 PRESSURE WAVE FROM ELECTRIC DISCHARGE SHAPES WORKPIECE |
| 8897 | d-8900 MACHINING DISCHARGES CREATED BY CHANGING GAP WIDTH |
| 8897 | d-8901 DISCHARGE MACHINING WITHOUT USING WORKPIECE AS ELECTRODE |
| 8769 | b-8904 Preparatory or Pre-treatment activities associated with an EDM process |
| 8904 | d-8905 Preliminary treatment of placing a conductive layer onto the workpiece |
| 8904 | d-8906 Preliminary treatment of applying a photoresist layer on the workpiece |
| 8904 | d-8907 Preliminary treatment of workpiece by forming a layer of metal on workpiece |
| 8904 | d-8908 bringing the wire electrode into contact with the workpiece |
| 8904 | d-8909 preliminary treatment: welding blanks together |
| 8904 | d-8910 regular EDM: electrode initially strikes workpiece to provide datum position setting |
| 8904 | d-8911 preliminary treatment: ultrasonic machining through nonconductive layer |
| 8904 | d-8912 preliminary treatment: laser cutting or laser drilling |
| 8904 | d-8913 preliminary treatment: measuring the thickness of the workpiece |
| 8904 | d-8914 mechanically shaping the electrode |
| 8904 | d-8915 washing the electrode |
| 8904 | d-8916 shaping the wire electrode by using a drawing die |
| 8904 | d-8917 coating the wire eletrode to its original thickness for reuse |
| 8904 | d-8918 coating the workpiece |
| 8904 | d-8919 applying rust resistant material of wax or the like to internal surface of start hole |
| 8904 | d-8920 Adjusting machining coordinates according to actual workpiece position |
| 8769 | b-8922 Activity during the EDM process beyond the basic discharge machining |
| 8922 | d-8923 using laser beam to guide electric discharge |
| 8922 | d-8924 Wire Cutting: Along path arc changing machining conditions |
| 8922 | d-8925 Wire Cutting: Short circuit gap control for large width workpiece |
| 8922 | b-8926 EDM Wire Cutting, Corner Issues |
| 8926 | d-8927 Wire Cutting: Energy is gradually reduced and restored at Corner |
| 8926 | d-8928 Wire Cutting: Increase Pulse off-time at corner |
| 8926 | d-8929 Wire Cutting: calculating a correction path at corner |
| 8926 | d-8930 Wire Cutting: inserting an arc path at corner |
| 8926 | d-8931 Wire Cutting: Pulse Energy changed according to Mach. Area at Corner |
| 8926 | d-8932 Wire Cutting: Relative movement speed of wire at corner is constant |
| 8926 | d-8933 Wire Cutting: Increases wire tension at Corner |
| 8926 | d-8934 Wire Cutting: velocity at corner does not exceed set maximum value |
| 8926 | d-8935 Wire Cutting: Varies relative speed of wire at corner |
| 8926 | d-8936 Wire Cutting: varies relative speed of wire at corner according to wire deflection |
| 8926 | d-8937 Wire Cutting: At corner gap is constant |
| 8926 | d-8938 Wire Cutting: controlling discharge rate at corner |
| 8926 | d-8939 Wire Cutting: decellerating table just before corner machining |
| 8926 | d-8940 Wire Cutting: Wire advance at start of corner halted to correct wire lag |
| 8926 | d-8941 Wire Cutting: at corner supply of fluid is a Func( shape of cutting path) |
| 8769 | b-8944 Post-EDM activities and treatment of the workpiece |
| 8944 | d-8945 post treatment: pickling |
| 8944 | d-8946 post treatment: sending air to machined hole to remove moisture |
| 8944 | d-8947 post treatment: screen printing a coating of low temp curing polymer ink |
| 8944 | d-8948 post treatment: electropolishing (ECM) to remove heat affected zone (HAZ) recast layer |
| 8944 | d-8949 post treament: electrochemical machining (ECM) (e.g. to finish machine workpiece) |
| 8944 | d-8950 post treatment: grinding |
| 8944 | d-8951 post treatment: polishing by magnetic polishing tool |
| 8944 | d-8952 post treatment: using abrasive particles to polish workpiece |
| 8944 | d-8953 post treatment: blasting |
| 8944 | d-8954 post treatment: shot peening |
| 8944 | d-8955 post treatment: liquid etching |
| 8944 | d-8956 post treatment: laser cutting or laser drilling or laser polishing |
| 8944 | d-8957 post treatment: electron beam |
| 8944 | d-8958 post treament: welding of miscellaneous or unspecified type |
| 8944 | d-8959 post treatment: laser welding |
| 8944 | d-8960 post treatment: butt welding |
| 8944 | d-8961 post treatment: sputtering |
| 8944 | d-8962 post treatment: ion plating |
| 8944 | d-8963 post treatment: washing the electrode |
| 8769 | b-8965 Environment in which EDM is carried out |
| 8769 | b-8967 EDM method multiplicities |
| 8967 | b-8968 EDM combined with other machining technology |
| 8968 | d-8969 EDM and mechanical machining simultaneously |
| 8968 | d-8970 Combined: EDM and laser machining apparatus |
| 8968 | d-8971 Combined: EDM and plasma machining apparatus |
| 8968 | d-8972 Combined: EDM and water jet nozzle cutting apparatus |
| 8968 | d-8973 Combined: EDM and ultrasonic machining by fluid |
| 8968 | d-8974 Combined: EDM or mechanical milling |
| 8968 | d-8975 Combined: EDM or mechanical grinding |
| 8968 | d-8976 Wire Cutting followed by laser beam to reduce surface roughness |
| 8769 | b-8979 Miscellaneous EDM method facets |
| 8979 | d-8980 << EXPERIMENTAL determining optimal machining parameters>> |
| 8769 | b-8982 Auxiliary or peripheral methods |
| 8982 | d-8983 method of making an electrode: miscellaneous |
| 8982 | d-8984 Simulation or Simulator or prediction of machining result |
| 8982 | d-8985 Wire Cutting: with TEST machining of machining parameters |
| 8769 | b-8987 Explicit Overall Purpose(s) of or Problem Solved by Disclosed EDM Arrangement; Teachings |
| 8987 | b-8988 Teachings in EDM document |
| 8988 | d-8989 either EDM or mechanical milling |
| 8988 | d-8990 either EDM or laser machining |
| 8988 | d-8991 either EDM or ECM |
| 8988 | d-8992 Teaching: EDM vs ECM |
| 8988 | d-8993 Teaching:desirability of using copper as electrode material |
| 8988 | d-8994 Teaching: graphite is capable of very low wear during EDM. |
| 8988 | d-8995 Teaching: graphite electrode machines 10X faster than metal electrode |
| 8988 | d-8996 Teaching: graphite electrode wears more quickly than metal electrode |
| 8988 | d-8997 Teaching: using linear motor instead of ball and screw to avoid backlash |
| 8988 | d-8998 Teaching: using pulse trains to reduce pool and spatter effect on workpiece surface |
| 8988 | d-8999 Teaching: using wire electrode with soluble(noble) metal to prevent burr creation |
| 8988 | d-9000 Teaching: electrode is rigid to prevent deformation if it collides with workpiece |
| 8988 | d-9001 Teaching: with the elapse of time the discharge column grows bigger |
| 8988 | d-9002 Teaching: control of energy released by a capacitor for discharge |
| 8988 | d-9003 Teaching: preventing electolytic action even though water is used as dielectric |
| 8988 | d-9004 Teaching: using same EDM unit for regular or wire cutting discharge machining |
| 8988 | d-9005 Teaching: stopping machine frame capacitance from harming machining accuracy |
| 8988 | d-9006 Teaching: piezoelectric devices compsenate for errors from bearings and supports |
| 8988 | d-9007 Teaching: using piezoelectric control to adjust gap during movement by step motor |
| 8988 | d-9008 Teaching: preventing electrolysis or corrosion |
| 8988 | d-9009 Teaching: cancels out electrolysis caused by stray current |
| 8988 | d-9010 Teaching: roughening surface to increase surface area |
| 8988 | d-9011 Teaching: roughening increases adhesion of surface to other workpiece or coating |
| 8988 | d-9012 Teaching: using frequency converter to change alternating current frequency |
| 8988 | d-9013 Teaching: stopping discharge by flowing inert gas into gap |
| 8988 | d-9014 Teaching: rotating wire electrode to expel chips from the gap |
| 8988 | d-9015 Teaching: discharge or ionization channel increases over time |
| 8988 | d-9016 Teaching: stopping machining when machine calculates machining is complete (finished) |
| 8988 | d-9017 Teaching: using transformer to reverse polarity |
| 8988 | d-9018 Teaching: producing current in gap to oppose short circuit current |
| 8988 | d-9019 Teaching: using shape of cable to reduce self inductance for increased speed |
| 8988 | d-9020 Teaching: charging the capacitor at a slower rate when the gap is deionizing |
| 8988 | d-9021 Teaching: sensing temperature of lower arm to set temperature of machining fluid |
| 8988 | d-9022 Teaching: having the pulse on time < 3x the pulse off time |
| 8988 | d-9023 teaching: storing wire coordinates and block number of wire breaking (disconnection) |
| 8988 | d-9024 Teaching: preventing undesired gaseous wire cutting electric discharge machining |
| 8988 | d-9025 Teaching: using ultrasonic waves to remove detritus or debris from gap |
| 8988 | d-9026 Teaching: reducing stray capacitance to improve surface roughness |
| 8988 | d-9027 Teaching: annealing the wire electrode to prevent wire breakage |
| 8988 | d-9028 Teaching: repairing wire electrode so that it can be used again (recycle) |
| 8988 | d-9029 Teaching: using magnetic fields to guide wire electrode without electrode wear |
| 8988 | d-9030 Teaching: applying compressed air through a nozzle to dry workpiece |
| 8988 | d-9031 Teaching: applying a rust proof agent through a nozzle to prevent work from rusting |
| 0 | b-9035 General Document Characteristics |
| 9035 | d-9036 ROBERT WATSON |
| 9035 | d-9037 Patents examined in 269 that disclose EDM in specification or claims |
| 9035 | d-9038 USING HEATED WIRE FOR CUTTING |
| 9035 | b-9039 Improperly classified in EDM subclasses |
| 9039 | d-9040 improperly classified: welding patent |
| 9039 | d-9041 improperly classified: electrochemical machining |
| 9039 | d-9042 ECMing a turbine blade |
| 9039 | d-9043 improperly classified: laser machining |
| 9039 | d-9044 improperly classified: arc cutting |
| 9039 | d-9045 improperly classified: electron beam |
| 9039 | d-9046 improperly classified: performing action by mechanical deburring |
| 9039 | d-9047 improperly classified: water jet nozzle |
| 9039 | d-9048 improperly classified: grinding |
| 0 | b-9051 United States Subclasses associated with EDM |
| 9051 | s-9052 219/69.11 ...Electric spark machining |
| 9051 | s-9053 219/69.12 ....Wire cutting |
| 9051 | s-9054 219/69.13 ....Circuits |
| 9051 | s-9055 219/69.14 ....Dielectric composition and purification |
| 9051 | s-9056 219/69.15 ....Electrodes |
| 9051 | s-9057 219/69.16 ....Gap spacing control |
| 9051 | s-9058 219/69.17 ....Methods |
| 9051 | s-9059 219/69.18 ....Pulse |
| 9051 | s-9060 219/69.19 ....Safety circuits |
| 9051 | s-9061 219/69.2 ....Vibrating electrodes or workpiece |
| 9051 | s-9062 700/162 Electrical discharge machining (EDM) |
| 0 | b-14917 CPC subgroups associated with Electrical Discharge Machining ( EDM ) |
| 14917 | b-14918 Main group B23H1 |
| 14918 | s-14919 B23H1-00 Electrical discharge machining, i.e. removing metal with a series of rapidly recurring electrical discharges between an electrode and a workpiece in the presence of a fluid dielectric |
| 14918 | s-14920 B23H1-02 .Electric circuits specially adapted therefor, e.g. power supply, control, preventing short circuits or other abnormal discharges |
| 14918 | s-14921 B23H1-022 ..{for shaping the discharge pulse train} |
| 14918 | s-14922 B23H1-024 ..{Detection of, and response to, abnormal gap conditions, e.g. short circuits} |
| 14918 | s-14923 B23H1-026 ..{Power supply protection, e.g. detection of power switch breakdown} |
| 14918 | s-14924 B23H1-028 ..{for multiple gap machining} |
| 14918 | s-14925 B23H1-04 .Electrodes specially adapted therefor or their manufacture |
| 14918 | s-14926 B23H1-06 ..Electrode material |
| 14918 | s-14927 B23H1-08 .Working media |
| 14918 | s-14928 B23H1-10 .Supply or regeneration of working media |
| 14917 | b-14930 Various subgroups from Main group B23H5 |
| 14930 | s-14931 B23H5-00 Combined machining |
| 14930 | s-14932 B23H5-02 .Electrical discharge machining combined with electrochemical machining |
| 14930 | s-14933 B23H5-04 .Electrical discharge machining combined with mechanical working |
| 14930 | s-14934 B23H5-10 .Electrodes specially adapted therefor or their manufacture |
| 14930 | s-14935 B23H5-12 .Working media |
| 14930 | s-14936 B23H5-14 .Supply or regeneration of working media |
| 14917 | b-14938 Main group B23H7 |
| 14938 | s-14939 B23H7-00 Processes or apparatus applicable to both electrical discharge machining and electrochemical machining |
| 14938 | s-14940 B23H7-02 .Wire-cutting |
| 14938 | s-14941 B23H7-04 ..Apparatus for supplying current to working gap; Electric circuits specially adapted therefor |
| 14938 | s-14942 B23H7-06 ..Control of the travel curve of the relative movement between electrode and workpiece |
| 14938 | s-14943 B23H7-065 ...{Electric circuits specially adapted therefor} |
| 14938 | s-14944 B23H7-08 ..Wire electrodes |
| 14938 | s-14945 B23H7-10 ...Supporting, winding or electrical connection of wire-electrode |
| 14938 | s-14946 B23H7-101 ....{Supply of working media} |
| 14938 | s-14947 B23H7-102 ....{Automatic wire threading} |
| 14938 | s-14948 B23H7-104 ....{Wire tension control} |
| 14938 | s-14949 B23H7-105 ....{Wire guides} |
| 14938 | s-14950 B23H7-107 ....{Current pickups} |
| 14938 | s-14951 B23H7-108 ....{Used wire disposal devices} |
| 14938 | s-14952 B23H7-12 .Rotating-disc electrodes |
| 14938 | s-14953 B23H7-14 .Electric circuits specially adapted therefor, e.g. power supply |
| 14938 | s-14954 B23H7-16 ..for preventing short circuits or other abnormal discharges |
| 14938 | s-14955 B23H7-18 ..for maintaining or controlling the desired spacing between electrode and workpiece |
| 14938 | s-14956 B23H7-20 ..for programme-control, e.g. adaptive |
| 14938 | s-14957 B23H7-22 .Electrodes specially adapted therefor or their manufacture |
| 14938 | s-14958 B23H7-24 ..Electrode material |
| 14938 | s-14959 B23H7-26 .Apparatus for moving or positioning electrode relatively to workpiece; Mounting of electrode |
| 14938 | s-14960 B23H7-265 ..{Mounting of one or more thin electrodes} |
| 14938 | s-14961 B23H7-28 ..Moving electrode in a plane normal to the feed direction, e.g. orbiting |
| 14938 | s-14962 B23H7-30 ..Moving electrode in the feed direction |
| 14938 | s-14963 B23H7-32 ..Maintaining desired spacing between electrode and workpiece |
| 14938 | s-14964 B23H7-34 .Working media |
| 14938 | s-14965 B23H7-36 .Supply or regeneration of working media |
| 14938 | s-14966 B23H7-38 .Influencing metal working by using specially adapted means not directly involved in the removal of metal, e.g. ultrasonic waves, magnetic fields or laser irradiation |
| 14917 | b-14968 Main group B23H11-00 |
| 14968 | s-14969 B23H11-00 Auxiliary apparatus or details, not otherwise provided for |
| 14968 | s-14970 B23H11-003 .{Mounting of workpieces, e.g. working-tables} |
| 14968 | s-14971 B23H11-006 .{Electrical contacts or wires} |
| 14917 | b-14973 Main group B23H2300 |
| 14973 | s-14974 B23H2300-00 Power source circuits or energization |
| 14973 | s-14975 B23H2300-10 .Pulsed electrochemical machining |
| 14973 | s-14976 B23H2300-12 ..Positive and negative pulsed electrochemical machining |
| 14973 | s-14977 B23H2300-20 .Relaxation circuit power supplies for supplying the machining current, e.g. capacitor or inductance energy storage circuits |
| 14973 | s-14978 B23H2300-22 ..Circuits using or taking into account line impedance to shape the discharge pulse |
| 14917 | b-14980 Miscellaneous EDM subgroups |
| 14980 | s-14981 A61C13-0015 ...{using electrical discharge machining [EDM], e.g. spark erosion} |
| 14980 | s-14982 F16C2220-68 ..by electrical discharge or electrochemical machining |
| 14980 | s-14983 G05B2219-31405 ...EDM electronic data management |
| 14980 | s-14984 G05B2219-45043 ...EDM machine, wire cutting |
| 14980 | s-14985 G05B2219-45221 ...Edm, electrical discharge machining, electroerosion, ecm, chemical |
| 14980 | s-14986 G05B2219-49326 ...Drill on laser machine, transfer to edm for operation on hole, adjust position |
| 14980 | s-14987 G05B2219-49329 ...Combine edm and milling |
| 14980 | s-14988 G05B2219-50331 ...Electrode, wire gap compensation in edm, wire cutting |