Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re[1]: wire edm info ( was Safety/Reliability )

Ian Wright wrote:

> Hi Peter,
>
> Yes, I got the same impression when I watched wire EDMs but I suspect they
> must have various 'failsafes' built in to take care of the times when the
> wire shorts to the work as could concievably happen if the workpiece was of
> varying thickness or just through bad programming, and for the times when a
> wire feed jam or breakage occurs.

I suspect that if a short happens with wire EDM then either you sever the wire or it welds to the work and then breaks. :-(

I think wire works at about 70 V and 5 amps or so.. maybe not that much since the BIG wire is 0.012". But then it is moving and is
water cooled.

Dave