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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2015
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Yuefeng Luo, Mechanicville, NY (US);
Shamgar Elijah McDowell, Simpsonville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An electrical discharge machining (EDM) system, control system and related methods. Various embodiments include a control system for controlling a plurality of electrode devices in an EDM system to form holes in a workpiece. The control system can be configured to perform a process including: initiating a hole formation program for each of the plurality of electrode devices; determining whether at least one electrode has completed formation of a corresponding hole in the workpiece; and separating at least one electrode from the workpiece in response to determining that at least one electrode has completed formation of the corresponding hole.