Saturday 15 December 2018

TYPES OF EDM PROCESS Surface finish achievable with EDM




    It is an advanced machining process primarily used for hard and difficult metals which are difficult to machine with the traditional techniques. Only electrically conducting materials are machined by this process. The EDM process is best suited for making intricate cavities and contours which would be difficult to produce with normal machines like grinders, end-mills or other cutting tools. Metals such as hardened tool-steels, carbides, titanium, inconel and kovar are easily machined through EDM

  • Surface finish achievable with EDM




ra value  1.2µm     0.8µm    0.6µm     0.4µm    0.2µm   

 found that Ra value is reduced by increasing the number of cutting passes




  • Die Sinker or “Ram” EDM.
      


          Ram electrical discharge machining (EDM)—also known as conventional EDMsinker EDMdie sinker, vertical EDM, and plunge EDM, is generally used to produce blind cavities. See various machines in . When a blind cavity is required, a formed electrode is machined to the desired shape.








  • Wire or “Cheese Cutter” EDM.


using EDM Wire Cut, the machine features, process ... The wire is passed through the part much like a cheese cutter through cheese. The wire .
















  • Hole Drilling or “Hole Popper” EDM.



For some difficult drilling applications, like carbide, a starter hole can be drilled with small hole EDM and then machined with wire EDM. Small hole EDMing is also used for holes that cannot be deburred due to obstructions. Due to the high electrode wear, the depth of blind holes is difficult to control or broken taps removing can be use






it hole dia 1.524mm  








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