WIRE EDM

Over 20 years experience in Wire EDM machining and small hole drilling!

We have over 20 years experience in Wire EDM Specialization, Lead Mold Making and Tool & Die Making.

Whether your application is prototype or high volume production,
Star Engineering believes that no Wire EDM job is too small, too large or too complex.

It is our goal to provide our customers with the quality they expect and deserve. We provide excellence at an affordable price with the turnaround time necessary in the fast paced market.
Our equipment allows us to make parts from any steel, aluminum, copper, graphite, brass, titanium, and carbide.

We invite you to contact us if you require Wire EDM expertise. Learn about all that we can offer you!

What is Wire EDM?

The wire-cut type of machine arose in the 1960s for making tools (dies) from hardened steel. The tool electrode in wire EDM is simply a wire. To avoid the erosion of the wire causing it to break, the wire is wound between two spools so that the active part of the wire is constantly changing. The earliest numerical controlled (NC) machines were conversions of punched-tape vertical milling machines. The first commercially available NC machine built as a wire-cut EDM machine was manufactured in the USSR in 1967. Machines that could optically follow lines on a master drawing were developed by David H. Dulebohn's group in the 1960s at Andrew Engineering Company[5] for milling and grinding machines. Master drawings were later produced by computer numerical controlled (CNC) plotters for greater accuracy. A wire-cut EDM machine using the CNC drawing plotter and optical line follower techniques was produced in 1974. Dulebohn later used the same plotter CNC program to directly control the EDM machine, and the first CNC EDM machine was produced in 1976.[6]

Commercial wire EDM capability and use has advanced substantially during recent decades.[7] Feed rates have increased[7] and surface finish can be finely controlled.[7]

From Wikipedia.