Electrical Discharge Machining. It is a process you may not hear about it everyday, but you run into its many uses. EDM can be used for car parts, tools, electrical parts and so much more. By using electrical energy it is able to shape metal by essentially melting away the unwanted parts. By cutting and shaping metals with this method, many sizes can be created and they can be done so burr-free. Continue reading
It is often a wonder how far technology has come throughout the years. Man is capable of doing almost anything these days, from communicating around the globe to being able to travel to the moon and back. As technology continues to increase daily, it is exciting to imagine all of the things that may be possible in a few hundred years (assuming we didn’t destroy the planet on our way…). One way that technology has really grown is the way that we machine different items. Carving by hand has become a nuisance, especially because modern technology contains so many minuscule parts. For this reason new Continue reading
Perhaps it is because I am a history lover, but whenever I hear the word ram, I instantly revert to battering ram. Battering rams were used to break open the walls and gates of forts in ancient times. The original and simple form was a large log carried and propelled at the object with force by several people. Later, improvements were made and they could be swung from chains or ropes. However, when we are discussing ram EDM, we are Continue reading
The process of EDM, or electrical discharge machining, has been around for a long time and is becoming more popular everyday. EDM got its start in 1770 with an English physicist by the name of Joseph Priestly. Priestly was studying the damaging effect electrical discharge could have on different items that were exposed to it. After his work, not much happened for almost two hundred years until two Russian scientists by Continue reading
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In the medical industry countless improvements and discoveries have been made in the recent years. Artificial joints, surgical screws, breathing valves, ect, are all things that we give little thought to but the benefits of them are life changing. When I broke my femur a titanium rod and screw had to be placed inside to mend it, and they will remain there for the rest of my life. Items this important cannot be faulty. They are complex and intricate, and Continue reading
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Growing up, I was always fascinated by space. All the possibilities of what could be out there, be it other life forms, other suns or just the fact there are so many stars that you could never finish counting them. After numerous school trips to the planetarium, I realized I clearly wasn’t the only one who thought this way. A topic that inspired an intense race to space during the cold war, that has been debated and Continue reading
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On my drive to work (and anywhere else for that matter) I rarely think about how exactly my car works or all of the different parts that are required for it to function properly. I know there is a lot to it, and parts are manufactured in various places then sent to be assembled, but how do they make the parts? How much work is involved in each individual product? Most parts require quite a bit of work. One of the methods Continue reading
One of my earliest childhood memories is a small wood model boat my dad would work on every once and a while after work or on a rainy day. I believe he started working on it shortly after I was born. I’m twenty two years old now and the boat is still sitting on the living room floor unfinished. It is comprised of what seems like thousands of tiny little pieces, each need to be hand cut and formed perfectly. When finished it will be Continue reading
Imagine a spending a whole day without using your phone, your laptop or your radio. While twenty years ago this would have been easy, today it is next to impossible. Yet, how often do we take the time to appreciate the intricate detail they contain? Take for example, the small holes in our phone, computer or radio that allow sound to come out. Everyday we are running into products that EDM is able to make molds for. The process could easily be Continue reading
Around tenth grade, when I finally got sick of having to sit in the front of the classroom to see the board or else nudge the person next to me asking what it said, I decided to get glasses. Well, contacts, because I thought my head looked too weird in glasses, but eventually I did get glasses too. When I finally got my first pair I couldn’t help but notice the tiny screws that were in the sides of many, or Continue reading