ELECTRODE FOR ELECTROEROSION MACHINING SYSTEM

• Main Authors: LUO YUANFENG, HAYASHI STEVEN ROBERT, JOHN ANTHONY VOGEL, TRIMMER ANDREW LEE, LOMBARDO DALE R
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 28.12.2016
• Subjects: MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SUCH WORKING COMBINED WITH OTHER FORMS OF WORKING OF METAL; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OF METAL BY THE ACTION OF A HIGH CONCENTRATION OFELECTRIC CURRENT ON A WORKPIECE USING AN ELECTRODE WHICH TAKESTHE PLACE OF A TOOL

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electrode for an electroerosion machining system.SOLUTION: An electroerosion machining system 10 for trepanning and drilling operations includes an electrode assembly 24 configured to machine a desired configuration in a workpiece 12, a power supply 20 configured to energize the electrode assembly and the workpiece to opposite electrical polarities, an electrolyte supply 22 configured to pass an electrolyte between the electrode assembly and the workpiece, a working apparatus 14 configured to move the electrode assembly relative to the workpiece, and a control system 18 to control the power supply and the working apparatus. The electrode assembly further includes an electrode body in the form of a tube-shaped body, the tube-shaped body defining a hollow interior, and one or more replaceable inserts affixed to the electrode body at a working end thereof positioned adjacent the workpiece, the one or more replaceable inserts constructed to be selectively attachable and detachable from the working end of the electrode body.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】電食加工システム用の電極を提供する。【解決手段】トレパニング作業およびドリリング作業のための電食加工システム１０は、加工物１２を所望の構造に加工するために構成された電極アセンブリ２４と、互いに逆の電気的極性となるように電極アセンブリおよび加工物に通電するために構成された電源２０と、電極アセンブリと加工物との間に電解質を流すために構成された電解質供給部２２と、加工物に対して電極アセンブリを移動させるために構成された加工装置１４と、電源および加工装置を制御する制御システム１８とを含む。電極アセンブリは、中空内部を形作るチューブ形状の本体の形態の電極本体と、加工物の近傍に配置される、電極本体の加工端に固定された１つ以上の交換可能インサートであって、電極本体の加工端に／から選択的に取り付け可能かつ取り外し可能なように構成された１つ以上の交換可能インサートとをさらに含む。【選択図】図１