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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:
Apr. 05, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2001
Applicants:
Danny Gonnissen, Roeselare, BE;
Wim Van Vooren, Waregem, BE;
Inventors:
Danny Gonnissen, Roeselare, BE;
Wim Van Vooren, Waregem, BE;
Assignee:
N.V. Bekaert S.A., Zwevegem, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K026/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electrode for electric discharge machining comprises a high strength pearlitic steel wire having a carbon content higher than 0.6% and a tensile strength higher than 3000 N/mm2. The steel wire is coated with a copper free zinc or zinc alloy coating. The electrode is in particular suitable for high precision performance applications.