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EDM diesinking
News Release from: OPS-Ingersoll Funkenerosion
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 03 December 2007
EDM generator design reduces electrode
wear
A fast CNC die-sinking EDM is claimed to have the first spark generator with adaptive current shape resulting in dramatically reduced electrode wear.
At EuroMOLD 2007 exhibition in Germany this month, OPS-Ingersoll will demonstrate its 'Gantry Eagle' die-sinking EDM machine tool concept OPS-Ingersoll said that from its experiences with high speed cutting (HSC) technology, it has developed an engineering concept, which is very compact and highly accessible and is suited for small and high-precision applications
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 22 Jun 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The Gantry Eagle 500 and Gantry Eagle 800 die-sinking EDMs are the most advanced developed 'sales hits' of the company, said OPS-Ingersoll to manufacturingtalk.com.
They carry out complex tasks relibaly and all of the machines are prepared for automation engineering and they can be connected to a handling system anytime.
With the MoldCenter 'Eagle Professional' thanks to the technology interconnection a die shop reach a productivity, which has never been achieved before, said OPS-Ingersoll.
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* Advanced generator technology - the powerful Eagle Power TEC-Control, developed for using graphite electrodes, can also be used with copper and tungsten copper electrodes.
OPS-Ingersoll also claim that the NC system fitted is the 'fastest on the market'.
The TEC-Generator is claimed to be the first spark generator to have adaptive current shape.
Each discharging impulse in the erosion gap has the optimum current shape, which results in dramatically reduced electrode wear, said OPS-Ingersoll.
The company also said that the removal rate for roughing with a graphite electrode can be doubled, thanks to the extremely high due process safeguards.
The Power TEC-Technology needs only a maximum of two electrodes, where several were previously required.
The electrode wear can be reduced to less than 0.01mm.
With the Eagle Powerjump technology, a significant reduction in processing time is possible.
The high 'jump-speeds' can be increased up to 18m/min, which, said OPS-Ingersoll, is a tremendous increase of 50%, reached optionally by working in free-space and at Path-EDM.
* Workshop training - besides maximum economical machining-conceptions the Eagle-strategy includes the OPS-Ingersoll 'Effi-Coach' program.
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