PRECISION: Our high end Mitsubishi equipment and inspection equipment is able to hold very tight tolerances down to the micron level on gage applications for example. We can repeat those results with consistency, time and time again. With our temperature controlled environment and liquid cooled machine castings, we are set up to tackle those applications that require ultimate precision and attention to detail
HARDENED MATERIALS: If it conducts electricity, WDM can machine it. Materials such as hardened steel, graphite, carbide, titanium, powdered metals, etc. are all easily machined. Exotics such as nitinol and vascomax are also machined flawlessly with our technologies. Heat treating can be done BEFORE wire EDM so that finished dimensioned may be attained during the EDM process, eliminating another finish operation
COMPLEX GEOMETRY: custom tools, gears, splines, star shapes, etc. are all excellent candidates for wire EDM vs. other standard machining method
EFFICIENCY: Thinner parts can be stacked up and processed in bunches rather than individually, thereby saving set up times and allowing us to run unattended and even overnight. This reduces cost, as well as reduces lead times for finished parts. (EX: 1/8” thick gear shapes can be cut in batches of 25 per cut rather than individually when stacked 2.5” tall). Parts with LIKE FEATURES can also be fixtured and thereby stacked to reduce set up and processing times as well.
REDUCED LEAD TIMES: Because of Wire EDM’s unique ability to make cuts true to itself while not exhibit cutting forces on the material, we are often able to reduce fixturing time/cost. This partnered with reduced operations vs normal processes and we are able speed up the delivery date of the important prototype design, medical, aero or R&D part
MATERIAL CONSUMPTION: Because of the narrow cutting kerf and the lack of forces we exert on the material, we are often able to get many more finished parts out of a raw material blank than other machining operations. This can be extremely beneficial when dealing with expensive materials or exotics such as vascomax where the cost of the finished part may far exceed the cost of the machining operations
INTERNAL CORNERS: Wire EDM is capable of putting small internal corners that other machining options do not allow. Internal radii can go as small as .001” at WDM, greatly increasing your design and manufacturing capabilities
INTERNAL FEATURES: Wire EDM can put fully contained complex features and contours inside of materials. Molds and extrusions for example can utilize this technology. This is similar to broaching but with higher tolerances and no tooling required
PROTOTYPING: A first run of a part or prototype part can be expensive to tool up for with conventional machining. Wire EDM requires no other tooling so we can help prove out a concept cheaper without the costs of all the fixturing and tooling
SHARP CORNERS / LACK OF BURRS: Wire EDM does not throw a burr like other cutting technologies, thereby producing sharp edges while eliminating secondary operation that may also damage a precision part or take the part out of precision tolerance
PRODUCTION REPEATABITY: Once we have produced a first article part, wire EDM repeats those results accurately and reliably. Because our wire does not “wear” like normal tooling, you can be assured that with the EDM process and our CNC automated inspection capabilities, your project or production parts will yield the same results today, tomorrow and next year
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