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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 26, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Heinrich Groos, Herborn, DE;
Hans Hermanni, Sinn-Fleisbach, DE;
Assignee:
Berkenhoff GmbH, Heuchelheim, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23H / ; B23H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219 6912 ;
Abstract
A wire electrode for cutting of workpieces by means of spark erosion, which consists of an eroding wire with or without a jacket, with at least the jacket containing one or several metallic alloy parts having a low volatilization temperature, such as zinc, cadmium, lead, antimony, bismuth, graphite or the like, the wire electrode is, in order to yet further increase with little increased expense the removal performance and the finished surface quality, coated with a surface layer of an electrically highly conductive material, as for example silver, gold, rhodium, palladium or iridium or a very thin layer thickness of its alloys.