Hi G_Auto:
Now that's very interesting...I have no personal experience with either machine, but I have buddies who own them and have only good things to say.
I've subbed out work to them in the past and they did superb work for me on those machines...far better than I could have done on my Hansvedt.
Makino is known for extreme precision small sinkers...it's a big part of their brand.
I did a tiny mold once upon a time with features in the 0.010" range and with tolerances in the 0.0002" range, and the Makino guy was brilliant.
Everything was dead nuts accurate and beautifully burned...I was sooo envious of that guy's machine!
Sodick is the original linear motor sinker company...I did a job once (another mold) that used electrodes you could not put flushing holes in...no way, no how.
A "state of the art" Agie couldn't reliably burn these features, but the Sodick could, and it was the ram speed that did the trick: jump flushing this ridiculously complicated trode with ribs all over it, no sweat at all.
So I've always cherished a hard-on for either, but could never justify splashing out the coin for either with the small amount of sinker burning I do in a year these days.
What bad things have happened to you with the Makinos?
With regard to Mitsubishi...they are a well respected brand used and liked by many.
I believe RJT who posts on this forum is (or was) a Mits sinker guy.
Here's a link to his company...maybe he will put in his two cents' worth you if you contact him.
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Cheers
Marcus
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