EDM upgrade jump-starts shop: General Industry Coverage
Increase wire EDM capacity and cutting speed. Replace two old, technologically obsolete wire EDMs with two new ones.
END USER: Evansville Tool & Die Inc., (812) 422-7101, www.evansvilletoolanddie.com.
CHALLENGE: Increase wire EDM capacity and cutting speed.
SOLUTION: Replace two old, technologically obsolete wire EDMs with two new ones.
SOLUTION PROVIDERS: Innovate Technologies Inc., (877) 250-1770, www.innovatetec.com; MC Machinery Systems Inc., (630) 616-5920, www.mcmachinery.com.
A machine tool may function as effectively as it was designed to, but technological obsolescence dictates when it’s time to upgrade and sever ties. Evansville (Ind.) Tool & Die Inc. experienced that with two wire EDMs: one 25 years old, the other a year older.
The 15-person manufacturing service provider specializes in producing dies, thermoform molds, trim tools and production machining. Jack Droste, company owner, said the shop began wire EDMing in 1979, 20 years after the company was founded, and performs a multitude of wire EDM jobs in a variety of workpiece materials, including steel, aluminum, brass and graphite. “We do custom wire work and whatever can be done on a wire machine.”
The Mitsubishi MV2400-ST, as well as the MV2400-S (pictured), features a noncontact cylindrical drive system and the M700 series control with 15 ” touchscreen. Images courtesy MC Machinery Systems.
The Mitsubishi MV4800 wire EDM is capable of submerged cutting up to 20 ” deep with the support of an auto-threading system.
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August 2015
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