How fast is the wire edm cutting process?
Typically, the wire edm process is slower in material removal than other “conventional” machining processes. However, this does not necessarily mean that completing a part is slow. There are times when even though a part can be made using conventional machining methods, it can be made faster with wire edm. An example of this might be when a thin, delicate part has to be made from a large block of material due to its configuration — conventional machining would require all the excess material be machined away, whereas wire edm might be used to drop out all the excess material with one or two simple cuts. Direct comparison between conventional machining methods and wire edm can not be “generalized” however, and must be looked at on a case by case basis.
