Jay Cee
Hot Rolled
- Joined
- Apr 24, 2006
- Location
- North East Ohio
Can high volume flush increase electrode wear when using graphite?
I'm burning .15 down on a .375dia trode into a blind area. A tool maker here decided to do me a favor and make me trodes. He made them with through flush which I didn't feel was necessary given the depth. After not achieving the burn time he thought we should see, he came over and cranked up the flushing pressure/volume. It did nothing for the time what so ever. It did seem to wear the trode a LOT faster.
I know it seems as if I'm answering my own question, but he won't believe me until some of you experts confirm.
Can you help a brother out and set tool-boy straight???
Just enough flush to move the stuff around??
This application didn’t need through flush??
I'm burning .15 down on a .375dia trode into a blind area. A tool maker here decided to do me a favor and make me trodes. He made them with through flush which I didn't feel was necessary given the depth. After not achieving the burn time he thought we should see, he came over and cranked up the flushing pressure/volume. It did nothing for the time what so ever. It did seem to wear the trode a LOT faster.
I know it seems as if I'm answering my own question, but he won't believe me until some of you experts confirm.
Can you help a brother out and set tool-boy straight???
Just enough flush to move the stuff around??
This application didn’t need through flush??