A wire electrical discharge machine which performs electrical discharge machining on a workpiece, includes: a worktable on which the workpiece is placed; a placement area detector that divides the top surface of the worktable into multiple areas and detects the areas where the workpiece is placed; a placement time measuring unit that measures placement time for which the workpiece is placed on each of the areas detected by the placement area detector; and a cumulative time storage that adds up the placement times measured by the placement time measuring unit for each of the areas as a cumulative time for the area.

A rotary table includes a housing having a first groove, a second groove and a drainage channel connecting the first groove and the second groove, a motor, a shaft located in the housing and provided with a guide portion, and a leak detection belt set in an accommodation chamber in the housing and embedded in the second groove. In this way, if liquid enters the housing, the guide portion of the shaft guides the liquid into the first groove, so that the liquid reaches the second groove along the drainage channel. At this time, the leak detection belt can be used for leakage detection to protect key components.

A wafer processing system (1) is provided. The system (1) includes a processing tool (10) comprising at least one grinding member (16) used to remove material from a wafer substrate (80). The system (1) also includes an electrolyte supply line (361) used to supply an electrolyte to the wafer substrate (80). The system (1) further includes a holding module (20) for holding the wafer substrate (80). The holding module (20) includes a conductive base (21) and a conductive porous member (22) positioned on the top surface of the conductive base (21). A vacuum source (53) fluidly communicated with fluid channel (214) formed in the conductive base (21) to create a vacuum to hold the wafer substrate (80) on the conductive porous member (22). In addition, the system (1) includes an actuator assembly for driving a rotation of the grinding member (16) and a rotation of the conductive base (21), and a power supply module (45) to apply an electric current to the grinding member (16) and to the conductive porous member (22) through the conductive base (21).

An EDM machine includes a machine head, a wire guide, a machining wire extending from the wire guide to the machine head, a rotary table mounted to a first surface and a fixed table mounted to the rotary table, and a fixture mounted to the fixed table. The fixture includes a mounting portion substantially circumscribing the fixture. The mounting portion further includes a mounting surface. The mounting surface is closer to a first surface than an upper surface of the fixed table.

The invention relates to a fixing device for fixing workpieces and a wire erosion machine or a laser system that has a fixing device according to the invention. The present invention is supplemented by a method for wire eroding or lasing a plurality of workpieces.

The fixing device (1) serves in particular to fix workpieces (2) that are substantially rod-shaped and to be machined by wire erosion or lasing. It comprises a support apparatus (20) with a plurality of shaped elements (21) for accommodating and supporting a plurality of workpieces (2) in the correspondingly formed shaped elements (21), and for positioning and fixing the workpieces (2) in at least one translatory degree of freedom (22) in the shaped elements (21). The fixing device (1) has a clamping apparatus (50) by means of which pressure force (52) can be applied to a plurality of workpieces (2) accommodated in the shaped elements (21) so that the workpieces (2) are fixed in the clamping apparatus (50) at least in a friction lock due to the applied pressure force. The support apparatus (20) comprises a plurality of passages (30) as shaped elements (21) through which the workpieces (2) can be guided, or the support apparatus (20) comprises a plurality of first channel-shaped elements (40) as the shaped elements (21) in which the workpieces (2) can be accommodated, whereby the workpieces are blocked in their translatory degrees of freedom (22) which are oriented perpendicular to the directions of longitudinal extension (3) of the workpieces (2), or respectively also to the directions of longitudinal extension (23) of the shaped elements (21).

A method of securing an workpiece for machining the trailing edge. The workpiece has a platform from which extends an airfoil, the airfoil including a leading edge and a trailing edge, and a pressure side and a suction side. A fixture with at least one locating datum that relates to the platform and at least one locating datum that relates to the leading edge is provided. The fixture does not contact the trailing edge of the workpiece. The workpiece is positioned so that the platform is against the related locating datum and the leading edge is against the related locating datum. The workpiece is secured within the fixture, and the trailing edge of the workpiece is machined.

An electrochemical machining apparatus for forming turbine blades includes a main base, an upper seat and an electrode unit. The main base includes a working platform for allowing a turbine blade to be placed thereon. The working platform includes an upper step stage for resisting the turbine blade, and a lower step stage for keeping a predetermined working space from a portion of the turbine blade desired to be cut. The main base has a guiding channel for allowing an electrolyte to flow through the predetermined working space. The upper seat is configured to cover above the main base and to contact one side of the turbine blade to form an electrical connection. The electrode unit includes an anode electrode electrically connected to the upper seat and at least one cathode electrode disposed on the main base.

An electrochemical machining apparatus with a clamping device and an electrode aligned in the same direction includes a platen, a lower seat, an anode electrode and a cathode electrode. The platen and the lower seat are located relatively for clamping. A working space is formed between the platen and the lower seat for allowing a workpiece to be placed therein. The anode electrode is disposed on the platen and is electrically connected to the workpiece. The cathode electrode is disposed inside the lower seat and is corresponding to the working space. An isolation layer is disposed between the cathode electrode and the lower seat to avoid an electrical connection. A working gap with a constant distance is preserved between the cathode electrode and the workpiece for allowing an electrolyte to flow therethrough and performing electrochemical machining.

A rotation table of the present invention includes a seal mechanism portion including a sealing material arranged between a casing and a face plate, a casing-side grooved portion for forming a casing-side seal mounting groove which is formed on an end of the casing and retains the sealing material, and a seal holding plate for holding the sealing material, wherein a portion having the casing-side grooved portion and the seal holding plate are configured to be separable.

The invention refers to a chuck pallet (1.3) with solid groove-sidewalls (2.3) for clamping chucks (1.1), whereby the x-y-references (2.5) of the chuck pallet (1.3) are allocated in the same plane (2.1) as the z-references (2.1) and the x-y-references (2.5) are also allocated at the solid groove-sidewalls (2.3). The solid groove-sidewalls (2.3) have thereby a tapered profile.