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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:
Sep. 03, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B28D 1/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B28D 1/06 ;
Abstract
A method for cutting a rare earth alloy of the invention using a wire having abrasive grains stuck thereon is disclosed. The method includes the step of cutting the rare earth alloy while supplying a cutting fluid having a predetermined kinematic viscosity between the wire and the rare earth alloy. The method further includes the step of varying the temperature of a supplied amount of fresh cutting fluid in order to control the kinematic viscosity of the cutting fluid.