High-Column Wire EDM Machines Large Workpieces
Sodick has unveiled its VL600QH high-column wire EDM.
Sodick has unveiled its VL600QH high-column wire EDM. With a 500-mm Z-axis stroke, the machine is designed to accommodate large workpieces, making it ideal for large molds, as well as automotive and aerospace applications. It includes the company’s SuperJet automatic wire threader with pop-up search functionality, which enables unattended machining and improves multi-hole threading as well as the threading of curved surfaces. This larger machine also offers three-pass fine finishing technology.
The maintenance-free, friction-free rigid linear motor drive enables the company to offer a 10-year positioning accuracy guarantee.
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