Wired for speed

Wire-cut EDM has come a long way from its commercial origins in the early 1970s, when top speeds of 10 mm2/min were employed almost exclusively for the manufacture of stamping dies and punches. Speed increased to approximately 30 mm2/min by the mid-70s, before surging rapidly to reach 300 mm2/min by the mid-90s. Some of today’s machines specify nominal speeds in excess of 500 mm2/min, and while actual average cutting cycle times are less than nominal speeds, these have also witnessed tremendous gains

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Andrew Allcock

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