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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 1988
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23H / ; B23H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219 / ; 2042 / ; 219 / ; 428677 ;
Abstract
A wire electrical discharge machining apparatus which cuts to a desired shape a workpiece placed on a workpiece table, using a discharge phenomenon occurring between the workpiece and a wire electrode opposite to the workpiece with a machining fluid in a space therebetween, characterized in that the workpiece table is made of cast iron having a coefficient of thermal expansion of less than 6.times.10.sup.-6 /.degree.C. and that a surface layer is provided on the workpiece table on which a workpiece is placed, the surface layer having corrosion resistance to the machining fluid and having a hardness higher than that of the material constituting the workpiece table.