The difference between medium wire and fast wire [Zhikai CNC] professional answer
In the field of wire cutting machine tools, medium wire cutting and high wire cutting are two common cutting methods. They have obvious differences in the processing process and are suitable for different workpieces and needs. As a wire cutting machine tool R&D and manufacturing engineer, let us explore the characteristics and applications of these two cutting methods in depth.
1. Medium wire cutting
Medium wire cutting is a classic and mature wire cutting technology. In this cutting method, the electrode wire slowly passes through the workpiece and cuts the metal material by electric spark discharge. Medium wire cutting has the following characteristics:
- High Precision: Medium wire cutting is known for its highly precise cutting process, which can achieve tiny dimensions and high accuracy, and is suitable for the manufacture of parts with extremely high requirements on geometry and size.
- Wide range of applications: Medium wire cutting technology is suitable for a variety of metal materials, including carbide, stainless steel, copper, aluminum, etc., making it a universal and flexible cutting method.
- Excellent surface quality: Due to the slow cutting speed during trimming, the surface finish produced by medium wire cutting is extremely high, reducing the need for subsequent processing steps.
- Small thermal impact: Since the cutting speed is relatively slow during trimming, the thermal impact during medium wire cutting is small, which helps to avoid the problem of workpiece deformation.
2. Fast wire cutting
Relatively speaking, fast wire cutting is a more efficient and inexpensive wire cutting method. In this method, the electrode wire passes through the workpiece at a high speed and cuts through rapid electric spark discharge. Fast wire cutting has the following characteristics:
- Efficient and fast: Fast wire cutting is famous for its high-speed cutting. It is suitable for scenarios with high requirements for production efficiency and can greatly improve production speed. The reason why medium wire cutting is fast is that its working principle is to cut only once and there is no middle wire trimming function. It feels fast, but in fact, the speed is faster when using one cut, and the molybdenum wire loss is low.
- Suitable for thick materials: Due to its fast cutting speed, fast wire cutting is often used for quick and efficient cutting of thick metal materials.
- Lower roughness: Due to the relatively fast cutting speed and only one cut, the surface roughness produced by high-speed wire cutting is relatively high, and subsequent surface treatment may be required.
- Wide range of applications: Fast wire cutting is also applicable to a variety of metal materials and has certain versatility.
Selection considerations for medium wire and fast wire
When choosing medium wire cutting or fast wire cutting, the following factors need to be considered comprehensively:
1. Precision requirements: If the project requires very high precision, medium wire cutting may be more suitable.
2. Production efficiency: For mass production with moderate precision requirements, fast wire cutting may be more advantageous.
3. Material type: According to the specific metal material, choose medium wire cutting or fast wire cutting to meet the material characteristics.
4. Cost factor: Considering equipment investment, material waste and subsequent processing costs, choose a more economical and reasonable cutting method, and the total price of the high-speed wire cutting machine is low.
Application of wire cutting in Zhikai CNC
Among these two cutting methods, Zhikai CNC's wire-cutting technology stands out in a wide range of applications with its excellent performance. Its automated CNC system cool-cut wire cutting control system, high-speed cutting and high-precision advantages provide customers with an integrated cutting solution to help improve production efficiency and product quality. In my daily work as a wire cutting machine tool R&D and manufacturing engineer, I am well aware of the continuous evolution of technology and the promotion of industry development, and Zhikai CNC's wire-cutting technology is a vivid embodiment of this development.
In general, medium wire cutting and high-speed wire cutting each have their own unique characteristics, and choosing the right method requires comprehensive consideration based on specific needs. In this field, Zhikai CNC medium wire cutting technology has provided customers with reliable cutting solutions with its excellent performance, becoming one of the leaders in the field of metal processing.
