Electrical discharge machining provides a way to cut metal wires with intricate precision. Today this process serves a wide array of industrial purposes. BuntyLLC furnishes high quality wire EDM services to assist metal parts manufacturers.
The term “EDM” or “electrical discharge machining” refers to a technique based upon research performed centuries ago by the English physicist Joseph Priestley (1733-1804). In 1770 he commented upon the ability of electrical discharges to erode certain materials. At the time, scientists understood the process of electricity very poorly.
However, over the course of time, manufacturers learned to utilize electrical discharges in fabrication settings to cut metal parts with precision. Workers create a flow of electricity between a work tool and an electrode, using an electrified wire to cut desired shapes into the surface of parts precisely.
A process called “WEDM” or “wire electrical discharge machining” enables manufacturers to machine complex parts from materials which often do not permit machining using other techniques. For example, this process (also called “wire cutting” or “wire cut EDM”) allows cutting to help contour hard components, such as diamond, carbide and graphite.
Wire EDM machining typically involves the use of a narrow single strand of wire in conjunction with de-ionized water. As controlled electrical impulses flow through the wire, it produces sparks as it cuts contours in the surface of hard materials. The water flowing over the area cools the part and prevents melting, while also helping clean away tiny fragments of cut metal from the work surface.
Today, a multitude of useful industrial applications exist for the use of WEDM. Since cutting occurs with precision, this process assists the production of small, thin or highly detailed components which might not withstand other, more stressful, machining methods.
Machining helps manufacturers complete tools and metal components in a wide array of economic sectors. Just consider a few of the areas where WEDM makes important contributions to the fabrication of metal parts:
This process plays a vital role in the manufacture of some cost-effective prototypes because it will permit the reproduction of highly labor-intensive, complex machined metal parts economically. If your company desires to develop working prototypes of new metal components, then BuntyLLC’s excellent WEDM processes could provide important assistance.
WEDM also assists manufacturers in cutting and machining very hard materials. Components made from tempered steel, graphite, carbide and diamond sometimes prove difficult to machine with precision. This process permits the generation of finely contoured cut plates, dies, punches and other tools from these materials, for instance.
The process of WEDM assists manufacturers in making detailed machined molds and industrial parts, too. It can permit the creation of intricate features on surfaces, allowing the generation of very high quality molds. BuntyLLC employs WEDM processes frequently in creating durable, detailed dies and molds.
Long widely used in basic industrial and mold-making settings, today WEDM as a process has begun providing important machining capabilities to many innovative new products in other sectors, such as the automotive manufacturing industry. It also occurs with greater frequency in the electronics and aerospace industries. As companies utilize an increasing number of innovative, sophisticated components, the utility of WEDM will likely continue to increase in the near future.
What types of benefits does WEDM offer modern manufacturers? The impressive list testifies to the usefulness of this machining process today.
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