Cut Complex Parts Faster, With Better Finish

FANUC iE wire EDMs are ideal for machining a wide range of materials, including cobalt-chrome, high-nickel alloys and titanium often found in challenging applications such as aerospace, medical and military.

Methods Machine Tools, Inc.’s (Sudbury, MA) FANUC RoboCut iE Wire EDM Series features a strong power supply for highly accurate and efficient cutting performance in challenging materials. Additional features include a re-designed lower arm and controls for improvements in efficiency, cutting speeds and energy savings. Offering the same capability for manufacturing complex components as the FANUC iD Wire EDM Series, the FANUC iE EDM machines offer seven-axis simultaneous machining as an option.

“The FANUC iE Wire EDMs are capable of better finishes, increased geometric accuracy to less than .0001 in and virtually no recast,” said Steve Bond, national sales manager for FANUC RoboDrill, RoboCut & EDM Products, Methods Machine Tools. “For example, recast is virtually undetectable at 1000:1 magnification in high nickel alloys like Inconel and Waspaloy. As a result, we have significantly broadened the range of EDM applications.”

The iE Wire EDMs are ideal for machining a wide range of materials, including cobalt-chrome, high-nickel alloys and titanium often found in challenging applications such as aerospace, medical and military.

These iE Series machines feature an upgraded Ai Pulse Control II, providing high speed and highly accurate cutting for stepped work pieces by enabling optimum control based on the accurately detected number of discharge pulses. The Ai pulse control also ensures a minimized witness line at both the wire approach and step point, in addition to improved oval shape and small round hole accuracy.