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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 1991
Filed:
Feb. 07, 1989
Lars Johanson, Cedar Grove, NJ (US);
Frank J Bonavita, Carlstadt, NJ (US);
Ralph E Rudnick, Chester, VA (US);
Hurco Acquisition Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
A vectoring and orbiting control unit for electrical discharge machines (EDM). The unit is an adjunct to conventional EDM machines having a microprocessor-controlled electrical power supply/control unit that includes a gap detector/processor, position detector, and z-axis translator. The vectoring and orbiting control unit controls the electrode movement in the x-y, or polar, coordinate plane directly, and provides z-axis command data to the system controller of the power supply/control unit, the latter capable of moving the electrode along a z-axis. The vectoring and orbiting control unit displays a menu of various canned vectoring and orbiting modes available, permits the operator to select a desired mode, and enables the operator to input, in a verifiable, user-friendly manner, various machining values consistent with the mode selected by the operator.