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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2016
Applicant:
Fanuc Corporation, Yamanashi, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
FANUC CORPORATION, Yamanashi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23H 1/10 (2006.01); B23H 1/00 (2006.01); B23H 11/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G01N 21/94 (2006.01); B08B 3/02 (2006.01); B08B 9/00 (2006.01); B08B 9/093 (2006.01); B23H 7/02 (2006.01); G01N 21/90 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23H 1/00 (2013.01); B08B 3/024 (2013.01); B08B 9/00 (2013.01); B23H 1/10 (2013.01); B23H 11/00 (2013.01); B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); B25J 11/0085 (2013.01); G01N 21/94 (2013.01); G06T 7/001 (2013.01); B08B 9/093 (2013.01); B23H 7/02 (2013.01); G01N 21/90 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40607 (2013.01); G05B 2219/45221 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30164 (2013.01); Y02P 70/171 (2015.11);
Abstract
In order to prevent a reduction in the rate of operation and malfunction due to dirt in a machining tank, a wire electric discharge machine configured to perform electric discharge machining in the machining tank is provided with a camera for capturing an image of the inside of the machining tank and determining unit for detecting dirt in the machining tank based on the image captured by the camera. The dirt in the machining tank is detected by the determining unit.