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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2013
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Noboru Urata, Osaka, JP;
Kimitake Okugawa, Osaka, JP;
Yoshiyuki Uchinono, Osaka, JP;
Takashi Shindo, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a hybrid ultraprecision machining device for manufacturing a micro-machined product from a workpiece, the machining device comprising: an electromagnetic-wave-machining means for roughly machining the workpiece; a precision-machining means for precisely machining the roughly machined workpiece, the precision-machining means being equipped with a replaceable cutting tool selected from the group consisting of a planar tool, a shaper tool, a fly-cutting tool, a diamond-turning tool and a micro-milling tool; a shape-measurement means for measuring a shape of the workpiece upon use of the electromagnetic-wave machining means and the precision-machining means; and a control means for controlling the electromagnetic-wave-machining means or the precision-machining means, based on information on the shape of the workpiece, the shape being measured by the shape-measuring means.