ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,516, issued on July 28, was assigned to EDM Network Inc. (Sugar Grove, Ill.).
"Horizontal wire electrical discharge machining" was invented by Ron C. Vogel (Sugar Grove, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method provide for a horizontal wire electrical discharge machining apparatus, including a gantry frame positioned above a worktable to support a workpiece, a reciprocating cutting wire spooled to and from a single drum spool through wire guides and an automatic wire tensioner, wherein during operation the reciprocating cutting wire is pulsed with electric current to erode a surface of the workpiece and the worktable s...