Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: EDM

From: <davemucha@...>

>In my reading, the whole idea of electrical discharge is that the
>electrical discharge turns the metal to be removed into a plasma.

some gets turned into a gas, most melts and gets flushed out as little
balls (so small it's really more like a powder then balls)

> I
> am not sure (yet) what happens as the part is turned into plasma, if
> the metal expands and that is what 'pushes' it from the cut. or if
> the elecrtrolite somehow helps the metal removal.

The electrolite fluid needs to flush the metal out of the cut. Good
flushing is critical to a good burn.