Adequate flushing is needed to keep EDM wires from breaking. This article explains why wires break, and how dielectric fluid delivered with sufficient flow and pressure can prevent these failures from occurring even in less than ideal conditions.
Imported from the CTE archive to seed discussion on MFGAxis.
Originally published on CTE: 1998-04-01
CTE source: https://ctemag.com/articles/why-do-edm-wires-break/
Legacy path: /articles/why-do-edm-wires-break