Machining 15 FLAWLESS Parts Using a Brass Wire

[@bobbyshaftoe45]

EDM is so frigging magical.

[@-xirx-]

I prefer techno myself

[@donniehinske]

No matter how many times I see the EDM run it still absolutely fascinates me! Good video Trevor!

[@jmoore7678]

I inherited a 350 CUT and a 600 CUT from the previous operator at my company and I can say I was amazed I didn't think of using the 3 R chuck gives me work holding ideas rather than just clamping off the side or in a vice.

[@trevorgoforth8963]

Glad you can take something away from the video! That is the goal for us! You can also use rotary indexers to do the same thing but in that case it will index automatically!

[@Franklinguy759]

Programmed and ran a WEDM for years. One of the challenges for a parts like this is slug management. Great video my friends.

[@nategoodwin3329]

​@RepentandbelieveinJesusChrist5 No

[@Kumquat_Lord]

Ran an EDM setup similar to this where we made inserts for cast locks. Tolerance was about 10 microns, and we could hold it with ease. I love the process, it's beautiful.

[@markcasper6940]

I'm a first year apprentice here in Australia and I started on the edm wire cutters(fanuc). I got pretty good at these machines and making cam profiles. I could think of many uses for these machines. I mostly do internal splines and maag cutters in tool steel and tungsten carbide. Pretty interesting

[@rogersmith8480]

👍👍👍👍!!

[@travisjarrett2355]

Such a cool process! The versatility of the EDM never ceases to amaze!

[@Jessie_Smith]

I just love the elegance of wire EDM. It's such a clean process

[@YoSoyElQuesoGrande]

I wish i would have started working with wire 11 years ago when i started machining, instead of 2 and a half years ago haha. Its like machining, but the crashes are pretty low stakes

[@trevorgoforth8963]

I am loving our new Cut P 550 Pro! If you guys have any ideas of what you would like to see next, please drop them in the comments! Thanks for watching!

[@Jloyd18]

Can you do multi axis turn and burn with that machine?

[@trevorgoforth8963]

@@Jloyd18 Yes, we just need to get the rotary unit. System 3R makes them and they are compatible with this machine!

[@wiktorswitka8441]

I’d like to see how did you finish second op, because these cavities are very precise and when you cut off only with one cut it’s very hard to hold some tolerances

[@platin2148]

@@trevorgoforth8963And that answered my question 👍🏻

[@shaniegust1225]

EDM is so fascinating! Great video Trevor 💪

[@nathanbieri7060]

Wow I could watch EDM cuts all day!😅 Great video Trevor!

[@russellofcnc]

Okay, okay, okay, I really wanna see the EDM make a HEATSINK! My mind is pre-blown for real!

[@RadDadisRad]

Love this EDM content.

[@berntinulkshredder]

I love WEDM I programmed and ran a sodick wire and spark machines for one years untill our APT crashed and since we couldn't find a replacement I had to hand code for another one year, it was awesome now two years almost away from them. slug actually was amazing a times than the product. they are antiques though they got to be disposed. I believe a come back soon to those using cam systems.

[@christophervillalpando5865]

Great Job Trevor!

[@peakmachinesales]

Awesome content Trevor!

[@bradleywilkins4683]

Looks like they were reading the comments from the last WEDM video on not using a cutter to cut the wire LOL When I do mild inserts like that we use Hirschmann rotary’s. Really gains the unattended machine time versus having to manually index. Good video!

[@angrydragonslayer]

Plus the time saved by cutting all rows before breaking them off Might have just been unclear editing but looked like they cut one row at a time

[@markdavis304]

Great stuff Trevor!👏

[@Sara-TOC]

Great video, Trevor!

[@barrysetzer]

Looks like some medieval torture device 😂

[@adamhayes2528]

Such an awesome machine to watch work!

[@nicolespittler9530]

Love watching EDM videos! It’s always so cool what you do with those machines!

[@lavafree]

So beautiful…thanks for sharing

[@ricardo-iw9sq]

There's not enough EDM video's out there so more please, one thing I can't stress enough to customers that want me to wire cut some things is the machine's work in mm per minute and not meters per minute so thats why EDM ain't cheap, it would be great to see how you dial in and datum a job when you use the chuck,👍👍

[@sarge1178]

Wire EDM is insane... but it'd by amazing to see you guys get your hands on a Phillips Hybrid machine... A Haas UMC machine with a Meltio metal 3D printer attached

[@shaneschuller2513]

Amazing

[@wildin13]

Be carefull with those 3R mount you put on machine. We've got them for machining electrodes and found the outsides are not guaranteed square to the macro reference surfaces. Plus the 2 halfs are only bolted together, no dowels. So they could move if they ever get knocked or dropped. Basically dont trust the body to be square, always clock those references!

[@platin2148]

Can it rotate the holder also? That would allow for even crazier packing of different parts.

[@colintilbrook]

that's some wicked cool shit.

[@lelandphipps9192]

Im sure you can rough the parts to cut the run time down?

[@constantinosschinas4503]

What about waterjet guided laser cutting? Would it perform faster in this case, with comparable results?

[@bradleywilkins4683]

Nowhere near the accuracy

[@dennisvendt196]

Do you know something about Ultra Precision Turning? Free Form Turning and off Axis Turning? Diamiond Turnig, we work with Precitech 700 nanoform and UPC300

[@bobbobski1660]

More EDM videos please!!!!

[@Autonate_42]

I've always wondered with EDM, what does the tank fill up with before it starts cutting and how does it help the process?

[@trevorgoforth8963]

The tank fills up with deionized water. It is deionized to lower the conductivity. There is also an upper and lower jet that shoots a stream of DI water through the burn gap and its purpose is to flush the swarf from the gap so you don't have wire breakages.

[@angrydragonslayer]

Slugs are often some of the prettiest things I know one place where they EDM copper and instead of just wasting the slugs, they become heatsinks Like 25 extra seconds in the machine plus some threaded holes and you got a $150 part instead of $15 of scrap

[@marcelL1605]

In the second op, didn't break the slug off and destroyed the wire, did it?

[@velvia7880]

Could a wire EDM be used to sharpen a knife?

[@angelitogancena8955]

Soon i want to operate that machine..im also wire cut operator and programer.. Mitsubishi brand is may machine 😁😁😁

[@jackwallace466]

I'm assuming that the 20 thou left on the part to allow you to break it off would need to be removed in some applications for proper fit in the mold once it's assembled. How would you ideal go about doing this?

[@bradleywilkins4683]

Usually a surface grinder will be used to remove the “holding tab”

[@sasasasa711]

Hi Admin, Can you do a tutorial series for guys from 3 axis basic machining ? Really wish to learn 4+ axis..!

[@TITANSofCNC]

We did… Go to Academy.titanic.com and start with the building blocks. When you click on a tutorial…. All the supporting documents pop up… it’s all free. Software is also almost free on our resources drop down. BOOM

[@nathanielwilson1899]

My first job at Hamilton Standard in Connecticut..in the 70,s

[@willvanderhorst9072]

Finished my apprenticeship in 2001 and had the same machines at school

[@XAqua27]

I was wondering about the total machining time on those piece?

[@edihrestak2037]

I'm beginner of the CNC

[@ryanclarke2161]

EDM is super cool but wow I did not know it was so slow. Beautiful parts though.

[@Gwydion_Wolf]

How exactly does a WEDM work?... is it using pure heat (even though its under water) to essentially 'melt away' thin layers of the metal? or is the Wire moving so fast that its acting like a toothless blade and 'slicing' through the metal?

[@markcasper6940]

It is using AC current to vaporise a region of material around the wire. The wire is not eaten away much and as it passes the cut zone new wire is constantly introduced to create a stable ark. Think of it like a plasma cutter that uses water instead of air. AI setting maintain the ideal cut parameters as per cam drawing calculations.

[@ginomaneri9703]

That’s nuts it was basically 15 hours an op.

[@samloos3531]

Those beautyshots are just straight up promnografy

[@PointingLasersAtAircraft]

Wire EDM would cut a nice cold plate for a CPU water block.

[@nagendranragesh3212]

I am also wire cut and vmc operating

[@Buget-Holodeck]

Now I'm looking at my FDM printer like it's dead to me.

[@constantinosschinas4503]

What is the accuracy? 1/10th of a mm? That would be pretty low for EDM.

[@trevorgoforth8963]

Accuracy is generally around .0001” or .00254mm. Although you can get even closer

[@constantinosschinas4503]

@@trevorgoforth8963 That is why i am asking. I was constantly hearing the presenter saying 1 10th. Maybe he meant 1 10th of a 1000th of an inch.

[@trevorgoforth8963]

@@constantinosschinas4503 I happen to be that presenter so I can provide context 😆 The phrase “one tenth” is often used to describe one ten thousandth of an inch or, .0001” does that help?

[@constantinosschinas4503]

@@trevorgoforth8963 lol. thought so. thanks for clarifying for us metric people.

[@nydrm90]

Lol, flawless EDM parts. I'll tell my boss who manages 28 edm machines that we shouldn't have any more rejects. Run it for three shifts with multiple operators and you'll find some flaws

[@YoSoyElQuesoGrande]

No side cuts this time eh? 😂

[@GORT70]

Takes a while, but yup.

[@alexlitvinov9335]

Я тоже так умею, не чего сложного

[@D-TRIL]

🤓

[@kevinspacey5325]

Fk that. . . . . Get an edm with an AWF (automatic wire feed). . . . Wire breaks all the time if you're running aggressive AI settings and if that machine isn't cutting that wire, threading it itself, and retracing the cutting path I'd straight up throw that whole machine in the trash bro. Get a fanuc robocut. . . . .

[@trevorgoforth8963]

This machine has an auto threader, it even has a probe for aligning the top surface of your part.