EDM

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EDM Technology From A User's Perspective

EDM (electrical discharge machining) is rapidly gaining popularity as more applications fit the "EDM umbrella. " With this in mind, I recently spoke to Tom Peltz, general manager of Advanced Precision, Inc.

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User Interface Helps Solve EDM Skills Crunch

Many shops would like to do more electrical discharge machining (EDMing) but don't have the skilled EDM operators to run the machines. Mitsubishi EDM (MC Machinery Systems, Inc. , Wood Dale, Illinois) recently introduced several new models, and the ones equipped with a new generation of control unit will appeal to shops in this situation.

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Wire, Ram And Small Hole Driller Help Build Specialty Injection Molds

The ram EDM runs unattended day and night, allowing the operators to perform other tasks. The ram has cut graphite costs nearly 50 percent, requiring fewer electrodes than its older equipment.

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Robots Join EDM and Graphite Mill for Fast Mold Production

An EDM plus a robot makes a dynamic duo. A graphite mill plus a robot makes another. Put them all together in one shop and you have a radical new way to speed mold production.

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Why We Couldn't Live Without EDM

A shop discusses some of the ways that EDM solves problems and creates opportunities in parts manufacturing. Wire EDM, ram EDM, and small-hole EDM all play a key role.

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Mass Producing Quantities Of One

It may sound like a contradiction in terms, but this Windsor, Canada, shop developed a production system for making prototype and limited production quantities of mold and die sets based on assembly line techniques. It's a concept that scales up or down and is applicable in a wide spectrum of shops.

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Arizona Manufacturer Finds Night And Weekends No Problem For Automated EDM

A Mitsubishi VX10 working in conjunction with a System 3R Workman Robot routinely operates unattended from Friday afternoon until Monday morning for this Arizona manufacturer.

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Installing That First EDM

This shop did it right. Their experiences provide useful guidelines for successfully installing a wire machine in a shop new to EDM.

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From Wire To Ram EDM With Success

Find out here how this Windsor, Ontario, job shop made a big move to ram EDM successfully.

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EDM Market Dictates New Machine's Features

Japanese EDM builder Sodick is introducing a new wire EDM model to the U.S. market at this year's Westec show in March, 1998.

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