Wire electric discharge machine

• US 6,815,630 B1
• Filed: 03/20/2003
• Issued: 11/09/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Inventors: Ishihara, Shuichiro, Yamada, Hisashi, Otomo, Yoichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Evans, Geoffrey S.
• Application Number:
  US10/380,948
• Time in Patent Office: 600 Days
• Field of Search: 219/69.12
• US Class Current: 219/69.12
• CPC Class Codes: B23H 7/10 Supporting, winding or electrical connection of wire-electrode
• CPC Class Codes: B23H 7/108 Used wire disposal devices

Abstract

Wire electric discharge machine in which traveling direction of wire electrode is changed by lower roller arranged at lower portion of a workpiece, wire electrode is held and pulled by capstan roller and pinch roller, and electric power is supplied between wire electrode and workpiece while wire electrode is traveling so that workpiece is machined by electric discharge energy, capstan roller and pinch roller are arranged so that angle θ by which the traveling direction of wire electrode is changed by capstan roller and pinch roller, can be 0°<θ<90° directed upward with respect to traveling direction of wire electrode, direction of which is changed by lower roller. Breakage of wire electrode can be supressed. Feed of wire electrode can be automated. When wire cutter is used, entry of machining solution into wire cutter can be prevented. When wire cutter is not used, accommodation of used wire electrode can be enhanced.

Claims

1. A wire electric discharge machine in which a traveling direction of a wire electrode is changed by a lower roller arranged at a lower portion of a workpiece, the wire electrode is held and pulled by a capstan roller and pinch roller, electric power for machining is supplied between the wire electrode and the workpiece while the wire electrode is traveling so that the workpiece is machined by electric discharge energy, and the wire electric discharge machine is provided with a wire cutter for cutting a used wire electrode used in the process of electric discharge machining,

the wire electric discharge machine characterized in that:

the capstan roller and the pinch roller are arranged so that direction changing angle θ

of the wire electrode, by which the traveling direction of the wire electrode is changed by the capstan roller and the pinch roller, can be 0°

<

θ

<

90°

being directed upward with respect to the traveling direction of the wire electrode, the direction of which is changed by the lower roller; and

the wire electric discharge machine is provided with a wire guide for guiding the used wire electrode passing through between the capstan roller and the pinch roller to the wire cutter.

3. A wire electric discharge machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein direction changing angle θ

of a wire electrode is approximately 30°

.

2. A wire electric discharge machine in which a traveling direction of a wire electrode is changed by a lower roller arranged at a lower portion of a workpiece, the wire electrode is held and pulled by a capstan roller and pinch roller, and electric power for machining is supplied between the wire electrode and the workpiece while the wire electrode is traveling so that the workpiece is machined by electric discharge energy,

the wire electric discharge machine comprising:

a capstan roller and pinch roller arranged so that direction changing angle θ

of the wire electrode, by which the traveling direction of the wire electrode is changed by the capstan roller and the pinch roller, can be 0°

<

θ

<

90°

being directed upward with respect to the traveling direction of the wire electrode, the direction of which is changed by the lower roller;

a wire cutter for cutting the wire electrode after the wire electrode has passed through between the capstan roller and the pinch roller;

a wire guide having a set of piping for supplying gas to support to convey the wire electrode when the gas is supplied in a direction by which the wire electrode is conveyed to the wire cutter, also having a set of piping for supplying gas to suppress a machining solution from flowing out from a gap between the capstan roller and the pinch roller when the gas is supplied toward the gap between the capstan roller and the pinch roller, the wire guide guiding the wire electrode, which has passed between the capstan roller and the pinch roller, to the wire cutter; and

a compressed gas supply means for supplying compressed gas to the piping of the wire guide.

4. A wire electric discharge machine in which a traveling direction of a wire electrode is changed by a lower roller arranged at a lower portion of a workpiece, the wire electrode is held and pulled by a capstan roller and pinch roller, electric power for machining is supplied between the wire electrode and the workpiece while the wire electrode is traveling so that the workpiece is machined by electric discharge energy, and the wire electric discharge machine is provided with a wire recovery box for recovering a used wire electrode, the wire electric discharge machine comprising:

a capstan roller and pinch roller arranged so that direction changing angle θ

of the wire electrode, by which the traveling direction of the wire electrode is changed by the capstan roller and the pinch roller, can be 0°

<

θ

<

90°

being directed upward with respect to the traveling direction of the wire electrode, the direction of which is changed by the lower roller;

a wire guide for guiding the used wire electrode passing through between the capstan roller and the pinch roller to the wire recovery box; and

a set of piping for supplying gas to convey the wire electrode to the wire guide.

5. A wire electric discharge machine in which a traveling direction of a wire electrode is changed by a lower roller arranged at a lower portion of a workpiece, the wire electrode is held and pulled by a capstan roller and pinch roller, electric power for machining is supplied between the wire electrode and the workpiece while the wire electrode is traveling so that the workpiece is machined by electric discharge energy, and the wire electric discharge machine is provided with a wire recovery box for recovering a used wire electrode, the wire electric discharge machine comprising:

a capstan roller and pinch roller arranged so that direction changing angle θ

of the wire electrode, by which the traveling direction of the wire electrode is changed by the capstan roller and the pinch roller, can be approximately 30°

being directed upward with respect to the traveling direction of the wire electrode, the direction of which is changed by the lower roller; and

a wire guide for guiding the used wire electrode passing through between the capstan roller and the pinch roller to the wire recovery box.