SPARK EROSION MATERIAL REMOVAL
BY WIRE OR FORMED ELECTRODE

Spark erosion permits processing of any electrically conductive material, regardless of its hardness or machinability. This method is therefore especially well-suited to executing difficult-to-produce concavities and through holes in hardened steels and hard metals. A distinction is made between spark erosion sinking and spark erosion cutting. Advantages of spark erosion:

- Sinks & through holes can be produced in hardened steels
- Form and tolerance precision in producing fitted parts
- Uniform surface quality with good lubricant adhesion
- High erosion performance, even with hard materials
   and metallic materials that are difficult to machine
- No effects on material structure

Sodick AG 400L

Technical data:

- X / Y axes: 400 x 350 mm
- U / V axes: 100 x 100 mm
- Z axis: 250 mm
- Max. workpiece dimensions
   750 x 500 x 270 mm
- Max. workpiece weight 680 kg

Sodick A500W (Wire erosion)

Technical data:

- X / Y / Z axes
  500 x 350 x 300 mm
- U / V axes: 290 mm
- 5 axis control
- Max. workpiece dimensions
  550 x 400 x 210mm
- Max. workpiece weight 680kg
- Wire diameter 0.1 – 0.3 mm
- Wire tension 3 - 23 N
- Max. wire advance 420 mm/sec.
- Taper angle +/- 15º

Sodick

Technical data:

- X / Y axes: 200 x 200 mm
- U / V axes: 80 x 80 mm
- Z axis: 200 mm
- Max. workpiece dimensions
  150 x 150 x 200 mm
- Max. workpiece weight 30 kg