Wire-cut electrical discharge machining equipment

• US 4,808,787 A
• Filed: 11/17/1987
• Issued: 02/28/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/1986
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Institute of Technology Precision Electrical Discharge Works No 283 Shimohirama Saiwai-Ku Kawasaki-Shi
• Original Assignee: Institute of Technology Precision Electrical Discharge Works
• Inventors: Futamura, Shoji
• Primary Examiner(s): Pellinen, A. D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Evans, Geoffrey S.
• Application Number:
  US07/122,046
• Time in Patent Office: 469 Days
• Field of Search: 219/69 W, 219/69 D, 219/69 R, 219/69 V, 204/206, 204/224 M
• US Class Current: 219/69.12
• CPC Class Codes: B23H 11/00 Auxiliary apparatus or details, not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: B23H 7/02 Wire-cutting

Abstract

A wire-cut electrical discharge machining apparatus having upper and lower tables which are disposed on a bed and movable in such directions as to intersect orthogonally with each other, and a wire electrode which is movably stretched so that a workpiece placed on the upper table can be machined by an electrical discharge produced between the electrode and the workpiece, and characterized in that a through hole is provided at least in the upper table, and upper and lower wire guides are provided above and below the through hole respectively, or inside the same, so that the wire electrode can be discharged via the lower wire guide.

Claims

1. A wire-cut electrical discharge machining apparatus having upper and lower tables which are disposed on a bed and movable in such directions as to intersect orthogonally with each other, and a wire electrode which is movably stretched so that a workpiece placed on said upper table can be machined by an electrical discharge produced between said wire electrode and said workpiece, and characterized in that a through hole is provided at least in said upper table, and upper and lower wire guides are provided above and below said workpiece, said lower wire guide being positioned inside or below said through hole, so that said wire electrode can be discharged out of said apparatus via said lower wire guide.

2. A wire-cut electrical discharge machining apparatus as set forth in claim (1) wherein a through hole is provided in said lower table, and a lower wire guide is provided on said bed.

3. A wire-cut electrical discharge machining apparatus as set forth in claim (1) wherein a column is provided integrally with said lower table in an upright position, and an upper wire guide is provided on a girder portion comprising the upper part of said column, and a lower wire guide is provided on said lower table.

4. A wire-cut electrical discharge machining apparatus having upper and lower tables which are disposed on a bed and movable in such directions as to intersect orthogonally with each other, and a wire electrode which is movably stretched so that a workpiece placed on said upper table can be machined by an electrical discharge produced between said wire electrode and said workpiece, and characterized in that a through hole is provided at least in said upper table, a sealing means for preventing a working fluid from flowing out is provided on the bottom of said trough hole, and upper and lower wire guides are provided above and below workpiece, said lower wire guide being positioned inside or below said through hole, said wire electrode being discharged out of said apparatus via said lower wire guide.

5. A wire-cut electrical discharge machining apparatus as set forth in claim (4) wherein a through hole is provided in said lower table, a sealing means is provided on the bottom of any one of said through holes, and a lower wire guide is provided on said bed.

6. A wire-cut electrical discharge machining apparatus as set forth in claim (4) wherein a column is provided integrally with said lower table in an upright fashion, and an upper wire guide is provided on a girder portion comprising the upper part of said column, and a lower wire guide is provided on said lower table.

7. A wire-cut electrical discharge machining apparatus according to either claim 4, or 5 or 6 wherein said sealing means is a sealing member made of a material having flexibility and liquid impermeability.

8. A wire-cut electrical discharge machining apparatus according to either claim 4 or 5 or 6 wherein said sealing means is a fluid material having substantially non-solubility in said working fluid and higher specific gravity than said working fluid, the wetting property value of said fluid material is selected such that said working fluid is prevented from flowing out through the gap between said upper and lower tables and prevented from flowing out of the gap between said lower table and said bed.

9. A wire-cut electrical discharge machining apparatus having upper and lower tables which are disposed on a bed and movable in such directions as to intersect orthogonally with each other, and a wire electrode which is movably stretched so that a workpiece placed on said upper table can be machined by an electrical discharge produced between said wire electrode and said workpiece, and characterized in that a through hole is provided at least in said upper table, a sealing member having flexibility and liquid impermeability is provided on the bottom of said through hole, a protective cover formed above said sealing member so as to hang over said sealing member, and upper and lower wire guides are provided above and below workpiece, said lower wire guide being positioned inside or below said through hole, so that said wire electrode can be discharged out of said apparatus via said lower wire guide.