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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 05, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bin Wei, Mechanicville, NY (US);
Hsin-Pang Wang, Rexford, NY (US);
John Peter Fura, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23H 9/10 ; B23H 3/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23H 9/10 ; B23H 3/04 ;
Abstract
An electrode used as a tool in an electrochemical machining process to generate raised areas or ridges in the walls of a predrilled hole in an electrically conductive workpiece has an electrically conductive cylinder partially coated with an electrically insulating material in a pattern defining the raised areas to be formed. The pattern may comprise a plurality of spaced apart rings. An electrochemical machining method of drilling bulbs in the walls of a predrilled hole uses the electrode of the invention to greatly increase process efficiency.