Machines on the stand will include no less than four wire EDM machines, with two brand new models, the ALC800G and VL600QH, as well as a Premium ALC600L, while Sodick’s extensive die-sinker EDM range will be represented by an automation-ready AG60L equipped with a robot, as well as one of its successful entry-level AD55L machines.
In addition, the company will be demonstrating its 3D metal additive manufacturing machine, with integral milling capability – the OPM250L.
The newly announced ALC800G, incorporates all the features and benefits of Sodick’s Premium wire range, as well as offering a three-sided automatic opening door and generous work tank with inner dimensions of 1,500mm (X) by 1,040mm (Y). The high-column option version of the machine also provides an extended Z-stoke of 800mm.
Meanwhile, the new VL600QH, which incorporates an extended Z-stroke of 500mm, making it suitable for tackling tall workpieces, is a development of the VL600Q linear motor driven wire-cut EDM, which has proved to be very successful since its debut at EMO Milan in 2015. The new machine retains all the features and benefits of the earlier model, including the FJ-type Automatic Wire Threader with ‘pop-up’ function to enable reliable automatic wire threading.
The ALC600G wire EDM machine incorporates all the company’s latest digital innovations, resulting in a machine capable of increased cutting speed, greater accuracy and improved surface finish. Integral to the machine is the Smart Pulse Generator, which significantly reduces the number of cuts necessary to achieve the required accuracy and surface finish, when compared to conventional machines.
The best-selling AG60L, which incorporates Sodick’s linear EDM technology, has been installed on shop-floors and in toolrooms around the world in sectors including automotive, aerospace, medical and pharmaceutical. The three-sided automatic rise and fall work-tank makes the machine ideally suited for automation, hence its appearance at EMO with a robot.
Making advanced EDM technology available to entry-level participants, the AD55L incorporates a plethora of leading Sodick innovations, including linear motors on X-, Y-, and Z-axes, as well as the K-SMC Sodick Motion controller, 1 gigabit/second communication technology, SGF nano-wear generator and ceramic work-zone.
Sodick’s metal 3D additive manufacturing machine with integral linear motor drive milling centre represents a one-step solution for the entire metal 3D additive manufacturing process. The OPM250L is ideally suited for applications in sectors including aerospace, automotive, defence and pharmaceutical. Recent developments include the new ‘function parallel’ mode, which enables simultaneous laser sintering of multiple locations by controlling a single laser at high speed.
In addition, the combination of a linear motor drive system with the machine’s gantry structure ensures excellent positioning and machining accuracy, while the dielectric chiller and surface level adjustment function ensure stable machining performance right from the very start.
Sodi-Tech EDM
www.sodi-techedm.co.uk
Hall 13, Stand A86
