The AP450L Wire EDM machine represents the pinnacle of high-end, high-precision manufacturing from Sodick. This robust bridge-gantry style machine is built around Sodick’s Linear Motor Technology for the X, Y, U, and V axes, coupled with Absolute Glass Scale Feedback, ensuring backlash-free, precise axis movement and long-term accuracy. Sodick is so confident in this technology that they offer a 10-Year Positioning Accuracy Guarantee on the linear motor drives.

The machine is specifically ideal for producing small intricate precision parts requiring fine wire, supporting a diameter range from 0.002 inch to 0.010 inch. It uses oil dielectric, which ensures the minimum overburn possible, resulting in maximum cutting accuracy of 2 microns and a fine surface finish. The AP450L incorporates Eco-Cut O Technology and features a newly developed SPW power supply for perfect active control. Furthermore, it is an eco-friendly machine, capable of reducing average energy consumption by up to 60 percent compared to conventional EDMs. Efficiency is further boosted by the High Speed Automatic Wire Threader with Super Jet Annealing, which improves wire straightness and allows submerged threading without draining the work tank. The machine provides generous travel for its class, including an X-axis travel of 17.72 inches (450 mm), and can handle a maximum workpiece weight of 220.5 lbs (100 kg).