IPC Main Group
B23H 7/00 Processes or apparatus applicable to both electrical discharge machining and electrochemical machining
Introduced: January 1985
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- Subclass:
- WORKING OF METAL BY THE ACTION OF A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF ELECTRIC CURRENT ON A WORKPIECE USING AN ELECTRODE WHICH TAKES THE PLACE OF A TOOL; SUCH WORKING COMBINED WITH OTHER FORMS OF WORKING OF METAL
8 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B23H 7/02 Wire-cutting
- B23H 7/12 Rotating-disc electrodes
- B23H 7/14 Electric circuits specially adapted therefor, e.g. power supply
- B23H 7/22 Electrodes specially adapted therefor or their manufacture
- B23H 7/26 Apparatus for moving or positioning electrode relatively to workpiece; Mounting of electrode
- B23H 7/34 Working media
- B23H 7/36 Supply or regeneration of working media
- B23H 7/38 Influencing metal working by using specially adapted means not directly involved in the removal of metal, e.g. ultrasonic waves, magnetic fields or laser irradiation
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B23, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- ITW (ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS) US 3,407
- FANUC JP 3,120
- DISCO ABRASIVE SYSTEM 2,777
- HAN'S LASER TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY GROUP COMPANY 2,629
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 2,468
- FANUC 2,273
- DISCO CORPORATION JP 2,267
- GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 1,611
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 1,534
- ISCAR IL 1,499