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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2007
Bruno Heck, Durmersheim, DE;
Bruno Heck, Durmersheim, DE;
IHT Automation GmbH & Co. KG, Baden-Baden, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a device for machining, particularly for cutting, of electrically conductive workpieces using a machining tool (), which can be displaced back and forth toward and away from a workpiece by means of a drive unit and which comprises an electrically insulated, metallic tool head () forming a first capacitance (C) with the workpiece, and comprising an analysis unit () for analyzing a characteristic value dependent on the first capacitance (C). The invention provides that a metallic connecting element () is attached to the tool head (), the element being connected to the analysis unit () and forming a second capacitance (C) with the tool head ().