If you’ve ever short-circuited a car battery, you’ve seen the pitting and damage a few sparks can cause. Smart minds realised that controlled sparks could erode metal very accurately, in a process now ...

A lot has been accomplished in recent years to make wire EDM more efficient and reliable, but little has been done to make it faster. A big part of that limitation is just physics. A standard 0.010” ...

A new wire EDM machine is available form Absolute Machine Tools Inc.’s AccuteX EDM business unit. The SP-300iA 5-axis CNC machine is designed with advanced “microsparking technology,” the MST-II ...

A new hybrid EDM combines the high-speed machining of waterjet cutting with the ultra-high precision of wire EDMing on one machine platform. The combination is a system that reportedly rough cuts at ...