New Tech on Largest MACH Stand Ever for Sodick

With more new machines, more new technology and more to shout about, Sodick Europe, together with sole UK distributor Sodi-Tech EDM, has taken its largest stand ever at MACH 22.  After a bumper couple of years – despite the upheavals and uncertainties, Sodick is looking forward to demonstrating a wide range of the latest technology.

Sodick machines on the stand will include the latest wire EDM machines: the ALC400P and ALC600G both with iGroove technology, the VL400Q precision wire machine, an AL60G die sinker configured with an Erowa Robot and a Zeiss measurement machine, the AD35L die sinker, the UH650L high speed milling machine, the new K4HL aerospace and energy focused small hole driller and the GL30A injection moulding machine.

Seen for the first time in Europe, the new K4HL 5-axis EDM small hole drilling machine, has been developed specifically to meet the needs of the aerospace and energy industries, for the high-speed drilling of the thousands of small, high-precision holes in exotic materials for jet engine and other turbines. 

Also making their first appearance at a European exhibition, the two new wire machines, the ALC400P and ALC600G are equipped with Sodick’s unique iGroove technology.  This new mechanism, patented by Sodick, rotates the wire during the skim cut operation, so that workpieces are machined from top to bottom with the “unconsumed” surface of the wire. Conventionally, wire electrodes are controlled solely by tension and running speed, while being constrained by a die.  Sodick’s iGroove rotation mechanism provides additional control over the wire, resulting in increased surface quality and improved geometric accuracy, whilst at the same time minimising wire consumption – combining the best ecological solution with the highest quality of EDM machining.

Sodick’s new model AL60G combines Sodick’s advanced technologies and latest innovations to provide unrivalled machining performance.  In addition to linear motors and absolute linear scales on the X, Y, Z axes, the machines include a linear motor cooling unity, dielectric fluid cooling unit, nano-wear discharge unit and a wealth of other productivity-boosting technology. See these and more at MACH 2022.