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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1997
Fanuc, Ltd., Yamanashi, JP;
Abstract
An oscillating device is fixed to the lower end of a column of a profiling electrical discharge machining apparatus, and an electrode holder for holding a tool electrode is attached to the oscillating device. The oscillating device is composed of a block formed of a material with suitable elasticity and right- and left-hand piezoelectric elements embedded under a pilot pressure in the block. By alternately driving these piezoelectric elements, the tool electrode is subjected to a motion such that a displacement much smaller than the size of a gap between the tool electrode and a workpiece is repeated during a machining operation with a short period in a predetermined direction and a direction substantially opposite thereto.