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Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 22, 2016
Applicant:

Fanuc Corporation, Yamanashi, JP;

Inventor:

Shunichi Saito, Yamanashi, JP;

Assignee:

FANUC CORPORATION, Yamanashi, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/402 (2006.01); B23H 11/00 (2006.01); B25J 15/02 (2006.01); B25J 15/04 (2006.01); B25J 19/02 (2006.01); B23H 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/402 (2013.01); B23H 11/00 (2013.01); B25J 15/0253 (2013.01); B25J 15/04 (2013.01); B25J 19/023 (2013.01); B23H 7/02 (2013.01); G05B 2219/37555 (2013.01); G05B 2219/37582 (2013.01); G05B 2219/39468 (2013.01); G05B 2219/39484 (2013.01); G05B 2219/45043 (2013.01);
Abstract

A wire electric discharge machining system according to the present invention includes: a wire electric discharge machine that relatively moves a wire electrode and a workpiece to be machined according to a program, and subjects the workpiece to be machined to electric discharge machining by the wire electrode; at least one hand; a robot which mounts the hand on a head of an arm, and operates an object to be operated; and a visual sensor that detects a position of a machined workpiece in a machining tank, which has been cut from the workpiece to be machined by the electric discharge machining, wherein the robot performs an operation of removing the machined workpiece from the machining tank, based on the position of the machined workpiece, which has been detected by the visual sensor.


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