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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2017
Fanuc Corporation, Yamanashi, JP;
Ryou Nishikawa, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Shouji Takahashi, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
FANUC CORPORATION, Yamanashi, JP;
Abstract
A wire electrical discharge machine which performs electrical discharge machining on a workpiece, includes: a worktable on which the workpiece is placed; a placement area detector that divides the top surface of the worktable into multiple areas and detects the areas where the workpiece is placed; a placement time measuring unit that measures placement time for which the workpiece is placed on each of the areas detected by the placement area detector; and a cumulative time storage that adds up the placement times measured by the placement time measuring unit for each of the areas as a cumulative time for the area.