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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:
Jan. 28, 2014
Filed:
May. 20, 2011
Applicants:
Hiroyuki Abe, Yamanashi, JP;
Koji Suzuki, Yamanashi, JP;
Yushi Takayama, Yamanashi, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Fanuc Corporation, Yamanashi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23H 7/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A machining program used for machining a workpiece with a wire-cut electric discharge machine is used for measuring a shape of the workpiece. A wire electrode moved in a direction away from the workpiece by an offset command for machining is moved close to the workplace in workplace measurement after the machining. In other words, the wire electrode is moved in an opposite direction to an offset direction for the machining. Then, an end face position of the machined workpiece detected by a position of the wire electrode when the wire electrode comes in contact with the workpiece.