Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] EDM power supply

Oh well, too bad because those things are cheap and plentiful!
Joel

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Elson" <elson@...>
To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 11:33 PM
Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] EDM power supply


> Yup, this is kind of like an arc welder. AC and a lot of inductance to
keep
> the
> arc going. EDM is exactly the opposite. You DON'T want the arc to stay
in
> one spot, you want it to hop around and evenly remove metal all around the
> electrode. That's why the arc is interrupted, either by the discharge of
small
>
> capacitors or the pulsing system.
>