Cutting Tool Engineering captured a brief demonstration of the FI 240 CC high-speed wire EDM machine at the GF AgieCharmille booth during the EASTEC show this spring.
Among the features of the FI 240 CC:
- Traditional Swiss design and manufacture.
- CleanCut generator: speed and surface integrity.
- Due to its high intensity sparks, the CC generator enables considerable time savings to be made, especially during the machining of very high parts.
- The integrity of the surface is totally preserved.</li> <li>Expert systems.</li> <li>e-doc: documentation always at your fingertips.
Related Glossary Terms
- electrical-discharge machining ( EDM)
electrical-discharge machining ( EDM)
Process that vaporizes conductive materials by controlled application of pulsed electrical current that flows between a workpiece and electrode (tool) in a dielectric fluid. Permits machining shapes to tight accuracies without the internal stresses conventional machining often generates. Useful in diemaking.
- wire EDM
wire EDM
Process similar to ram electrical-discharge machining except a small-diameter copper or brass wire is used as a traveling electrode. Usually used in conjunction with a CNC and only works when a part is to be cut completely through. A common analogy is wire electrical-discharge machining is like an ultraprecise, electrical, contour-sawing operation.
