The miniature titanium Eiffel tower project is used as a training mechanism for new undergraduate interns who are interested in manufacturing, specifically in the area of non-traditional machining processes like Wire-cut EDM. Students are responsible for preparing stock material, creating toolpaths using Esprit CAM, creating start holes using a small hole EDM, setting up the WEDM and then executing the prepared NC data.
Machining Data:
| Machine: | Sodick AQ327L WEDM |
| Work material: | Grade 5 Titanium (Ti-6Al-4V) |
| Dielectric: | De-ionized water |
| Wire: | 0.25mm hard brass |
| Work thickness: | 28mm |
| Surface roughness: | 3 um, Ry |
| Total cycle time: | 15 hrs |
