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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2010
Hidetaka Katougi, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiyuki Kamiya, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Miyamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electrical discharge machine that performs electrical discharge machining on a workpiece by supplying a machining fluid to a machining gap between a machining electrode and the workpiece, the electrical discharge machine including: an air-bubble generation unit that generates air bubbles in the machining fluid; a storage unit that stores therein the machining fluid containing the air bubbles generated by the air-bubble generation unit; and a flow-rate adjustment unit that adjusts a flow rate of the machining fluid that flows in the storage unit, wherein the flow-rate adjustment unit adjusts the flow rate according to a diameter of the air bubbles contained in the machining fluid to be supplied to a machining tank in which the workpiece is placed.