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EDM Wire Enables High Cutting Speeds

Sodick has launched JQ (Japan Quality), a new line of EDM wire consumables, consisting of uncoated brass wire that enables high cutting speeds.

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Brass Coating Protects Carbide EDM Parts from Oxidation

Seibu’s EL coating, available from KGK International, protects carbide parts, resulting in longer tool life and more parts produced.

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Wire EDM Series Features Two Options for Surface Roughness

Global EDM Inc. introduces the Excetek VGPlus series of wire EDMs.

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Die-Sinking EDM Features Low Energy Consumption

Available from GF Machining Solutions, the AgiesCharmilles Form 20 EDM features Intelligent Power Generator (IPG) technology that gives it low energy consumption levels (3.7 kW/hr. at full power).

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Six-Axis EDM Drill Also Mills 3D Shapes

EDM Network offers Chmer EDM’s six-axis AD5L EDM Drill/Mill, a high-speed EDM drilling machine that can also mill 3D diffuser shapes required for air cooling in jet engines and industrial gas turbine generators.

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June 2017 Product Spotlight: EDM

This month’s Modern Equipment Review Spotlight focuses on a variety of electrical discharge machining equipment.

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New Tech, New Talent at GF Machining

This year’s annual open house marked the debut of not only a new series of wire EDMs, but also an apprenticeship program designed to serve as a pipeline of application and service engineers for years to come.

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MC Machinery Systems Officially Opens New Headquarters

Last week, MC Machinery Systems Inc. officially opened its new, larger headquarters in Elk Grove Village. Cynthia Kushtush from sister publication Moldmaking Technology was there to cover it. Here is a small sampling of what she saw.

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Theory and Practice of the Shop Visit

There is certain information that can only come from standing in the facility.

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A Stitch in Time—A New Core Retention Function for Wire EDM

When running a wire EDM such as the FANUC RoboCut C800iB, an automatic routine in the CNC program adds a "stitch" at a few strategically placed locations around the periphery of the core. By holding the cores in place until the entire job is finished, multi-workpiece cutting processes are able to run in an extended, unmanned mode.

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