ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,981, issued on April 14, was assigned to GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Guangzhou, China).

"WEDM machine tool for machining disc-shaped porous part" was invented by Guokang Su (Guangzhou, China), Yongjun Zhang (Guangzhou, China), Zipeng Zhong (Guangzhou, China) and Junfei Li (Guangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A WEDM machine tool for machining a disc-shaped porous part, comprises a workbench, a central stand column, a rotary device, a plurality of wire rack assemblies and a wire feeding mechanism comprising a bottom plate, a wire rack arranged on the bottom plate and a radial driving mechanism for driving the wire ...