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Wire-cut electrical discharge machine having wire electrode cutting device

  • US 5,302,796 A
  • Filed: 12/14/1992
  • Issued: 04/12/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/27/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A wire-cut electrical discharge machine, comprising:

  • a fixed frame;

    a moving plate pivotally mounted to said fixed frame;

    a wire guide mounted on said moving plate and disposed between a supply of the wire electrode and a workpiece, the wire guide introducing the wire electrode into a processing passage in which the wire electrode moves toward the workpiece;

    a cutting means disposed between the supply of the wire electrode and the workpiece for cutting off the unusable length of the wire electrode;

    a disposal portion for storing a scrap wire electrode which is cut off by the cutting means; and

    a moving means for pivotally moving the moving plate so as to selectively position the wire guide in line with one of the processing passage and a disposal passage through which the scrap wire electrode moves to the disposal portion.

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