Method and device for electric discharge drilling

摘要

A method and device for monitoring the condition of an electrode in an electro-discharge machine, the device comprising an electrode detector operable to produce a position signal indicative of the position of an end region of the electrode in the nose-guide, and a signal processing unit connected to receive a position signal from the electrode detector and operable to determine from the position signal when retraction of the electrode into the nose-guide has occurred, the method comprises monitoring the position of the end region of the electrode and determining when retraction of the electrode has occurred.