Wire electrical discharge machine and wire electrical discharge method for reducing machining damage during cutting machining and escape machining

• US 9,085,037 B2
• Filed: 11/29/2012
• Issued: 07/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fanuc Corporation
• Original Assignee: Fanuc Corporation
• Inventors: Yamaoka, Masahide
• Primary Examiner(s): Evans, Geoffrey S
• Application Number:
  US13/688,478
• Publication Number:
  US 20130220979A1
• Time in Patent Office: 964 Days
• Field of Search: 219/69.17, 219/69.12, 219/69.16, 219/69.19, 700/162
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B23H 1/02 Electric circuits specially adapted therefor, e.g. power supply, control, preventing short circuits or other abnormal discharges
• CPC Class Codes: B23H 7/065 Electric circuits specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B23H 7/20 for programme-control, e.g. adaptive programme-control systems in general G05B19/00
• CPC Class Codes: B23H 9/12 Forming parts of complementary shape, e.g. punch-and-die
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/45221 Edm, electrical discharge machining, electroerosion, ecm, chemical

Abstract

A wire electrical discharge machine includes an approach control unit. The approach control unit relatively moves a wire electrode with respect to a workpiece while inclining the wire electrode within a plane parallel to the machining surface to which the wire electrode approaches, in an approach section where the wire electrode performs cutting machining on the machining surface of the workpiece.

Claims

1. A wire electrical discharge machine for machining a workpiece, the wire electrical discharge machine comprising:

at least one wire guide configured to move a wire electrode with respect to the workpiece to machine the workpiece by discharge generated between the wire electrode and the workpiece; and

a numerical controller configured to cause the wire guide to relatively move the wire electrode with respect to the workpiece while inclining the wire electrode within a plane parallel to a machining surface to which the wire electrode approaches in an approach section, wherein

the wire electrode performs cutting machining on the machining surface of the workpiece, and

after the approach section, the numerical controller is configured to cause the wire guide to gradually reduce an inclination of the wire electrode within the plane parallel to the machining surface for performing machining on the machining surface.

2. The wire electrical discharge machine according to claim 1, wherein the numerical controller is configured to

set an inclination angle of the wire electrode for each cutting processing;

and

analyze a machining program and determine whether the wire electrode is located in the approach section or not,

wherein

when the numerical controller determines that the wire electrode is located in the approach section, the numerical controller is configured to cause the wire guide to incline the wire electrode based on the inclination angle for each cutting processing.

3. The wire electrical discharge machine according to claim 1, wherein the numerical controller is configured to cause the wire guide to incline the wire electrode according to an inclination command of the wire electrode described in a block of a machining program which corresponds to the approach section.

4. A wire electrical discharge machine for machining a workpiece, the wire electrical discharge machine comprising:

at least one wire guide configured to move a wire electrode with respect to the workpiece to machine the workpiece by discharge generated between the wire electrode and the workpiece; and

a numerical controller configured to cause the wire guide to relatively move the wire electrode with respect to the workpiece while inclining the wire electrode within a plane parallel to a machining surface, in which the wire electrode performs machining, in a section before an escape section where the wire electrode performs escape machining while escaping from the machining surface of the workpiece,

wherein the numerical controller is configured to cause the wire guide to gradually reduce an inclination of the wire electrode within the plane parallel to the machining surface while moving the wire electrode in the escape section.

5. The wire electrical discharge machine according to claim 4, wherein the numerical controller is configured to

set an inclination angle of the wire electrode for each cutting processing, and

analyze a machining program and determine whether the wire electrode is located in a section before the escape section or not,

wherein

when the numerical controller determines that the wire electrode is located in a section before the escape section, the numerical controller is configured to cause the wire guide to incline the wire electrode based on the inclination angle for each cutting processing.

6. The wire electrical discharge machine according to claim 4, wherein the numerical controller is configured to cause the wire guide to incline the wire electrode according to an inclination command of the wire electrode described in a block before a block of a machining program which corresponds to the escape section.

7. A wire electrical discharge method for relatively moving a wire electrode with respect to a workpiece according to a machining program and machining the workpiece by discharge generated between the wire electrode and the workpiece, the wire electrical discharge method comprising:

relatively moving the wire electrode with respect to the workpiece while inclining the wire electrode within a plane parallel to a machining surface to which the wire electrode approaches in an approach section,

wherein

the wire electrode performs cutting machining on the machining surface of the workpiece, and

after the approach section, an inclination of the wire electrode is gradually reduced within the plane parallel to the machining surface to perform machining on the machining surface.

8. The wire electrical discharge method according to claim 7, further comprising:

setting an inclination angle of the wire electrode for each cutting processing, analyzing the machining program and determining whether the wire electrode is located in the approach section or not; and

inclining the wire electrode based on the inclination angle for each cutting processing, when the wire electrode is determined to be located in the approach section.

9. The wire electrical discharge method according to claim 7, wherein inclining the wire electrode in the approach section includes inclining the wire electrode according to an inclination command of the wire electrode described in a block of the machining program which corresponds to the approach section.

10. A wire electrical discharge method for relatively moving a wire electrode with respect to a workpiece according to a machining program and machining the workpiece by discharge generated between the wire electrode and the workpiece, the wire electrical discharge method comprising:

relatively moving the wire electrode with respect to the workpiece while inclining the wire electrode within a plane parallel to a machining surface in which the wire electrode performs machining, in a section before an escape section where the wire electrode performs escape machining by escaping from the machining surface of the workpiece,

wherein an inclination of the wire electrode is gradually reduced within the plane parallel to the machining surface while moving the wire electrode in the escape section.

11. The wire electrical discharge method according to claim 10, further comprising:

setting an inclination angle of the wire electrode for each cutting processing, analyzing the machining program, and determining whether the wire electrode is located in the section before the escape section or not;

inclining the wire electrode based on the inclination angle for each cutting processing, when the wire electrode is determined to be located in the section before the escape section.

12. The wire electrical discharge method according to claim 10, wherein inclining the wire electrode in the section before the escape section includes inclining the wire electrode according to an inclination command of the wire electrode described in a block before a block of the machining program which corresponds to the escape section.