Electrical Discharge Machines

New High-Speed Z-Axis Head Enhances Speed and Efficiency in Large Sinker EDM Applications

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Makino announces its new HS-Rib high-speed Z-axis technology for improved speed, lower electrode wear and more uniform finishes in large sinker EDM processes. When it comes to reducing sinker EDM cycle times, it is not the maximum jump speed that is important, but rather the acceleration speed. Makino’s new high-speed Z-axis technology has a jump…

SODICK launches large sized precision wire EDM machine

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With the high demands of today’s market for the latest innovative technology, Sodick, Inc. is continuously working on R&D for new machines that are faster, more accurate and achieve a greater surface finish. The most recent machine to be added to Sodick’s line-up is the VZ500LH. This machine originated from the highly successful VZ Series,…

New FORM 2000/3000 VHP machines master temperature fluctuations

GF AgieCharmilles’ new FORM 2000 VHP and FORM 3000 VHP represent a milestone in very high precision die-sinking EDM

GF AgieCharmilles new FORM 2000 VHP and FORM 3000 VHP machines bring very high precision in die-sinking electrical discharge machining (EDM) by mastering temperature fluctuations. The result is superbly precise machining of complex applications where there is no room for error. In engineering the FORM 2000 VHP and FORM 3000 VHP, GF AgieCharmilles Research and…

Revolutionary high speed EDM center announced

TT1-400A Eletrode Mill

Sodick Inc. is expanding their product line with a unique new high speed electrode machining center, the TT1-400A. Designed and built in Japan, the TT1-400A is ideal for the milling of graphite and copper electrodes with extreme precision. Sodick has been a manufacturer of high precision machining centers since 1988. They developed the TT1-400A based on…