
451Micromachining
TABLE 14.4
Accuracy of Parts Made by WEDG
Machine Agiecut 250 SF + F HSS Agiecut 150 HSS
Wire material Tungsten Tungsten
Wire diameter
30 μm 30 μm
Part Injection die Spray nozzle
Part material Inox
Sintered carbide 0.2 μm
Surface nish
0.15 μm 0.2 μm
Max. dimensional variations μm
±1 —
Machining time 47 min 2 min 36 s
Source: McGeough, J., Micromachining of Engineering Materials, Marcel Dekker,
New York, 188, 2002. Reproduced by permission of Taylor & Francis Group,
LLC.
End milling
600 µm
600 µm
FIGURE 14.6
Micromachining applications using a microtool made by WEDG: (a) end milling and
(b) drilling. (From Fujino, M., Okamoto, N. ...