Dear all
We would like to cut off parts “printed” or “built” on a plate by a laser/powder bed metal additive manufacturing process, using a wire EDM machine. Plates are around 10x10 ”. The shop is not a production environment so speed is not a priority. Cutting parameters have to change constantly as there could be various randomly distributed parts on the plate. In addition to that, so called support structures are “built” on the plate holding “printed” parts on the plate which look like a three dimensional mesh, these structures are filled with powder from the process which comes loose once the wire cuts into the structure. We looked at various different machines so far, Makino U6 HEAT, Sodick VZ500HL, Mitsubishi MV2400-S. All of them seem to be capable of doing the job – which I don’t think is a big challenge for the current generation of machines. We did not look into Agie or Fanuc machines yet.
Does anyone in the forum have experience using the wire EDM process to perform the above described machining process? Independent from that does anyone has an opinion or suggestion related to the above mentioned machines?
Thanks for your feedback.
We would like to cut off parts “printed” or “built” on a plate by a laser/powder bed metal additive manufacturing process, using a wire EDM machine. Plates are around 10x10 ”. The shop is not a production environment so speed is not a priority. Cutting parameters have to change constantly as there could be various randomly distributed parts on the plate. In addition to that, so called support structures are “built” on the plate holding “printed” parts on the plate which look like a three dimensional mesh, these structures are filled with powder from the process which comes loose once the wire cuts into the structure. We looked at various different machines so far, Makino U6 HEAT, Sodick VZ500HL, Mitsubishi MV2400-S. All of them seem to be capable of doing the job – which I don’t think is a big challenge for the current generation of machines. We did not look into Agie or Fanuc machines yet.
Does anyone in the forum have experience using the wire EDM process to perform the above described machining process? Independent from that does anyone has an opinion or suggestion related to the above mentioned machines?
Thanks for your feedback.