EDM
Highly-Automated Tool Shop Achieves Efficient, Precise Medical Device Manufacturing
When a basketball player needs a knee replacement, standard implants simply won’t do. With a total of 18 different additive manufacturing systems, the Aesculap division of medical company B. Braun is the place to go to have custom implants printed to size. However, the highly-automated tool and mold shop has much more to offer when it comes to producing injection molds, complex progressive dies as well as prototypes and fixtures for series production.
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New High-Speed Advanced, Automatic Wire Feed System Improves Threading Capability
The new Fanuc Robocut C800iB-20 wire EDM from Methods Machine Tools offers new features for increased accuracy, efficiency, and throughput.
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New Wire EDMs Feature Ergonomic Enhancements
The new GE-SAi and GE-SAiL AccuteX CNC wire EDM machines from Absolute Machine Tools feature ergonomic enhancements and a choice of either traditional ball screw or AccuteX linear motion axis drive systems.
Read MoreLarge Sinker EDM with Linear Motor Drives Enables High-Precision Mold Features
Sodick introduces the AG200L, its largest sinker EDM at nearly 10 feet wide with a work tank 15-percent larger than the AQ20L.
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EDM-Compatible Oil Captures Fine Graphite Particles
Dust-free graphite mills eliminate graphite dust while milling graphite electrodes.
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EDMMax Wire EDMs Designed for Metal 3D-Printed Part Cut Off
The EDM range is intended as an affordable option for removing metal 3D-printed parts from build plates.
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High Precision Oil Wire EDM Exceeds Expectations
MTD Micro Molding, a micro molding medical component manufacturer, is the first company in North America to own an MC Machinery MX600 oil wire EDM and expand on how this machine has allowed the shop to work with small component sizes and increase productivity.
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The Most Viewed Products of 2018
MoldMaking Technology wraps up the year by showcasing the most-viewed products of 2018.
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The Impact of 3D Printing on Wire EDM
3D printing impacts wire EDM workholding, cutting conditions and machine tool specifications.
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EDM Drill Provides High Production, Unattended Operation
With so much happening in a busy show year between NPE2018, Amerimold 2018 and IMTS 2018, MoldMaking Technology is revisiting some of the technology that was on display. In case you missed it: Current EDM Inc. had its FT300 five-axis CNC EDM drilling machine at IMTS 2018. It features the Siemens 840Dsl control.
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