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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 1984
Filed:
Mar. 23, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Oliver A Bell, Jr, Wilmington, NC (US);
Randall C Gilleland, Troutman, NC (US);
Davey J Chance, Concord, NC (US);
Assignee:
Colt Industries Operating Corp., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219 / ; 219 / ;
Abstract
A programmable system for controlling machining current magnitude and reducing it in a step function as gap voltage falls indicating gap short circuit condition. A set of off-time numbers are computed and stored in an off-time counter. These numbers are recomputed each time a new on or off time is entered in the pulse generator. The original off-time is the normal cutting parameter. As the gap voltage drops, indicating problems, the off-time starts doubling or increasing in a like manner until it has reached many times its normal duration.