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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2004

Filed:

Oct. 21, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:

Hidetaka Katougi, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23H 1/00 ; B23H 7/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23H 1/00 ; B23H 7/20 ;
Abstract

An electric discharge machining apparatus having: a machining condition storage device ( ) including a machining condition database in which machining condition data are stored; an input-output device ( ) for reading either of shape data of a tool electrode ( ) and machining shape data of a subject (W) for machining; a shape computing device ( ) for extracting a plurality of sections from the shape data, mesh-dividing the sections into split elements, giving mesh data of solidness or hollowness and extracting machining shape characteristic from the mesh data; and a machining condition setting device ( ) for selecting a machining condition while making the machining shape characteristic correspond to machining condition data in the machining condition database of the machining condition storage device ( ). Even when the machining shape is complex, more efficient machining can be performed because an appropriate machining condition can be set.


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