EDM

EDM

Wire EDM In The Extreme

Cutting metal with an energized strand of wire is still one of the most dynamic frontiers in metalworking, and this shop goes to extremes to keep up with the latest advances. It has even developed some of its own.

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Die/Mold

Die Maker Enjoys The Benefits Of Having EDM In The House

As a manufacturer of high volume, precision custom metal stampings for the automotive, computer, farm implement and household appliance markets, this company maintains a substantial in house die making department, empowered by EDM.

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EDM

New EDM Wire Is Tough To Break

In many aspects of life, the characteristics of strength and toughness are thought to be synonymous, and indeed that is often the case. However in the world of wire EDM, considering strength and toughness to be synonymous can result in a fair measure of disappointment when one is struggling with wire breaks caused by less than ideal flushing conditions.

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EDM

Breaking The Electrode Bottleneck

This company uses high speed machining to slash the time it takes to make graphite electrodes for EDMing of molds and dies. From days to hours. Sounds like a simple, straight-forward formula for cutting costs and lead times, doesn't it?

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EDM

Wired For Productivity

This shop successfully mixes high volume production jobs with prototype work by concentrating on high performance wire EDM.

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Job Shop Doubles Production With Wire EDM

  MIE rests its reputation on its ability to machine large parts quickly using GFAGIECHilles Technologies' ROBOFIL 300 and its newest wire EDM machine with a Fanuc control, the ROBOFIL 510F, Mr. McGrail said.

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EDM

Nothing Bland About Blanda Inc.

This shop doesn't look like your average shop, and the molds it produces do not always look like your average molds. One not-so-small reason is the small-hole EDM that the shop uses to a big advantage.

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Automation

Automated Wire EDM In Action

  From the ground up, this new shop was built around the concept of fully automated, fully palletized wire EDM.

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CAD/CAM

Need For Change Brings Unexpected Benefits

This manufacturing company was faced with a dilemma common to many companies in today's manufacturing environment. Change their process to include CNC or lose valuable customers.

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EDM

A New Angle On Wire EDM

This Dallas-based job shop specializes in the fabrication of very high taper pieces in stainless steel and aluminum. Often involved in larger profile work, they faced a challenge not uncommon in EDM: the tendency for some cutting wires to break.

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