Charmilles offers ultraprecise WEDM

GF AgieCharmillesreports that its CUT 1000 is the “world’s most accurate wire EDM.” Designed specifically for micromachining and ultraprecision applications, the CUT 1000 runs 0.02mm-dia. wire and achieves surface finishes down to 0.05 µm Ra in continuous operation.

GF AgieCharmilles' CUT 1000 wire EDM.

Thanks to Charmilles’ ACDuo wire-changing system, users can fit the machine with two different-diameter wires and switch from one diameter to the other automatically. Programmable via the machine control, the forward feed of the wires, just like the threading, takes place automatically and is monitored by patented sensors.

Charmilles constructed the CUT 1000 with a table design that separates the X and Y axes on a patented monobloc, eliminating mutual interference and tripping errors. A traveling table on the machine bed carries the work tank and moves the workpiece in the X-direction exclusively. A second axis slide, also movable in the horizontal plane on the machine frame, accommodates the upper part of the C-frame and moves the wire in the Y-direction.

The machine accommodates workpieces up to 77 lbs. and has X-, Y- and Z-axis travels of 8.66”, 6.29” and 3.93”, respectively. Additionally, CUT 1000 is equipped with the company’s Vision 5, an intuitive control system developed specifically for wire-cut EDMs.