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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:
Feb. 23, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 11, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rene Derighetti, Losone, CH;
Silvano Dresti, Cannobio, IT;
Assignee:
Agie SA, Losone, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219 6918 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for electroerosive machining (i.e. electric discharge machining) of workpieces is accomplished by supplying pulses of varying polarity to the gap between an electrode and a workpiece. Instead of a pause between pulses of the same polarity, the pulse generator inserts a pulse of reverse polarity whose duration is selected so that removal is at a maximum rate and wear of the electrode is still permissible. The reverse polarity pulses themselves cause machining of the workpiece. A fuzzy logic controller is used to optimize the pulse duration of successive pulses.