Batten & Allen Make Big Investment in Agie Wire Edm Technology.
This latest investment – an Agiecut Vertex high-performance, duo-wire EDM machine has been installed in the company’s advanced technology toolroom where it is being used to produce complex and high-accuracy tooling and progression dies.
Tools and dies used to manufacture (stamp-out) miniature precision parts are characterised by their small size and their complex profiles. Intricate features – slots, apertures and tapers - to micron accuracy are not only expected…they are demanded.
The Agiecut Vertex has been designed to meet these production challenges.
Designed and constructed - similar to a measuring machine for high accuracy and repeatability – the Vertex rests on 3 shock-absorbing points.
High-accuracy is also ensured by controlling any threat of thermal distortion. As well as all potential heat source elements being well insulated and optimally cooled by air or water – they are also well away from the EDM working area.