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Plasma, Laser, Waterjet, EDM with edge or… E.cut?

Each of these cutting methods has specific areas where it is the best solution. Many metal cutting companies have one or more of these machines,

Almost always E.cut is a complementary machine to those already owned thanks to some characteristics that make it different.

First of all, the cost of an Ecut. One of the smallest models, the 32, which can cut a figure of 400×320 mm up to 300 mm thick, costs just over 30,000 euros, (a conventional wire erosion costs 5 to 10 times as much).

The hourly cost of operation, (consumables, spare parts and maintenance for one year, power consumption < 3KVA), is by far the lowest of all the methods seen above.

Just these two factors, which can be summarized in one; Cost of operation + cost of amortization = 3 euros / hour suggest how revolutionary E.cut technology is.

E.cut is therefore not an alternative to one of these methods, but it is complementary to them.

The ability to cut 300 mm thick pieces already from the smallest models (some E.cut models cut thicknesses up to 1000 mm!) is where the difference in cost compared to any other method is great, often huge.

For some E.cut owners the competitive advantage means acquisition of new orders, or significant gains!

The precise cutting characteristics, ( +/- 0,015 mm ), perfectly cylindrical, ( no barrel effect nor conicity ), without superficial alterations, ( no hardening nor micro cracks ), and completely free from burrs, are unique to E.cut.

The recent adoption of a new CNC, installed on an industrial PC with Windows XP, guarantees an exceptional control of the cut. Extreme working conditions (wear-resistant metal coatings with blowholes) are brilliantly managed to avoid wire breakage.

The remote control allows you to control, verify, and control the machine from the office, or… from any device where installed a remote control software, (IPad, Galaxy, … tablet that go into the network ethernet!).

Wire erosion NO, E.cut YES

Wire erosion is a useful technology in any metalworking business. The limit to its general use is given by the price and hourly cost of operation.
A cost of over 100,000 euros is normal for a machine that cuts up to 150mm. The hourly cost, between brass wire, demineralized water, resins, filters, and maintenance exceeds 10 euros per hour, which added to the amortization brings the hourly cost to 20/25 euros per hour.
Often there are no hours of wire erosion that justify the purchase. So it is done by third parties. Asking please, waiting, suffering,… and paying!
Sometimes you choose the used car, and often it’s another bloodbath. Obsolete technologies with very high costs are recycled hiding behind incredibly low used prices.

But at the same price you can buy an E.cut!

Thanks to an ultra-modern technology that takes full advantage of the possibilities of electronics, wire erosion becomes easy, and incredibly economical.
The basic idea is the use, indeed the reuse, of the same wire. The drum on which a spiral of molybdenum steel wire is wound and unwinds, allows a speed of sliding of the same 100 times higher than that of a normal erosion. The result is that there is no need to work with a submerged tank, no need for high pressure jets or sophisticated wire tensioning and retention systems. In concrete, a simple and rational structure, and… very important, of enormously lower cost.
The most Ecut bushes cut a thickness of 300 mm, and the largest ones reach 800 mm. And with a perfectly straight cut, without any barrel effect. The lack of a tank greatly simplifies the clamping. The processing is visible and always controllable.
The new BMXP CNC uses an industrial PC with XP operating system. The power of the whole guarantees a high control of the machining, and prevents the breakage of the wire. The company network, through a remote control program allows you to control and command the machine from the office, … or from home!
Ecut has a cost of operation + depreciation that does not exceed 3 euros per hour. That’s why more and more printers are adopting it!
Not only as a first wire erosion, but also to flank expensive wire erosion, which today are made to perform simple machining at an extremely high cost.
The machining of a mould of this size is prohibitive with a conventional wire erosion. Ecut 120×200 has X 2000, Y 1200 and Z movements up to 1000, with a capacity of 6000 Kg.