Services

EDM Machining Services

Wire and sinker EDM for hardened tooling, sharp internal corners and features that conventional cutting cannot reach.

EDM machined component with fine features

When the part is harder than the cutter

Electrical discharge machining removes material with a spark, not a cutting edge — which makes it the right process for hardened tool steel, carbide inserts, sharp internal corners and delicate features that would deflect or shatter under a milling cutter. Our wire EDM holds straight walls and fine corner radii; sinker EDM burns deep ribs, slots and textured cavities.

EDM also pairs with our milling and grinding departments: electrodes machined in-house, heat-treated parts finished after hardening, and every burn verified against the drawing with optical and CMM inspection.

  • Wire EDM for hardened steel, carbide and fine profiles
  • Sinker EDM for deep ribs, sharp corners and textures
  • Electrodes machined in-house to ±0.005 mm
  • Post-hardening finishing — no soft-state compromise
  • Optical and CMM verification of burned features
EDM machining equipment
EDM machining at GreatLight

Specifications

EDM capabilities at a glance

ParameterCapability
ProcessesWire EDM and sinker (die-sinking) EDM
MaterialsHardened tool steels, carbide, titanium, Inconel, conductive ceramics
Tolerances±0.005 mm on wire-cut profiles; fine corner radii from 0.1 mm
Surface finishRa 0.4 μm typical; finer with multi-pass burn
Typical partsMold inserts, punches, dies, nozzles, sharp-corner fixtures
Typical lead time5–10 working days depending on complexity
Quality systemISO 9001:2015 — optical and CMM verification

Mill + EDM + grind

One tolerance chain, three processes

Electrodes from our milling department, burns in-house, finishing on our grinders — the whole chain stays inside one quality system.