Wire EDM cuts with electrical discharge — no cutting force, no heat distortion, no deflection. When your feature is in hardened steel, your profile is too complex for an end mill, or your tolerance stack leaves no room for error — this is the process. We run the Mitsubishi MV1200R at ±0.0001" in El Paso, TX.
Conventional machining is the right answer for most jobs. Wire EDM is the right answer when it isn't. Here's the difference.
Wire EDM removes material through controlled electrical sparks between a moving wire electrode and the workpiece. There is no physical contact, no cutting force, and no heat buildup in the workpiece itself.
The result: a part with zero residual stress, no work-hardening at cut edges, and dimensional accuracy that reflects the wire's path rather than the stiffness of a cutter under load. For engineers who understand tolerance stacks, this distinction matters enormously.
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