Here is a thought I am having. We need to make specialty shims for fuel nozzles. We want the shims to be in .001" increments starting at .020" up to .032" thicknesses. My thought was to machine the ID and OD of 347SS bar stock to size using 6" longs chunks. Then slice the shims off using WEDM. We want to hold +/-.00025 thickness tolerance. OD = 0.390" +-0.005 ID = 0.2705" +-0.0025
I have very minimal experience with WEDM so I am not sure if this would be a feasible way of doing this, or if it would take too long.
This method would replace our purchased shims and would allow us to have less inventory, more control, and versatility.
For those with more experience than I.....what do you think?
I have very minimal experience with WEDM so I am not sure if this would be a feasible way of doing this, or if it would take too long.
This method would replace our purchased shims and would allow us to have less inventory, more control, and versatility.
For those with more experience than I.....what do you think?