Please accept all cookies to view the external content.

CUT X series

Extreme accuracy, simple and fast

Video and brochure

Please accept all cookies to view the external content.

100 years of experience condensed in the best-ever wire EDM machine

  • Extreme accuracy

    Optimized mechanics, new 3D-printed heads design and AI-based thermal management are the basis for unprecedented accuracy and surface quality.

  • Simple

    It means easy and flexible for experts as for beginners. Thanks to the collision protection, the wire annealing before threading, a new HMI and the option to change from open to closed guides in only few minutes.

  • Fast

    We cut at unbeatable speed with the Intelligent Power Generator with Direct Power Supply (IPG-DPS) and the unique Twin-wire technology.

Please accept all cookies to view the external content.

Revolutionary heads

Please accept all cookies to view the external content.

New design

The new heads made by Additive manufacturing are highly rigid and very compact.

Contour accuracy in complex shapes

The small size of the lower head allows cutting shapes close to intricate parts

Improved flushing performances

The flushing channels are optimized, minimizing reduction in water pressure

Easily exchangeable open and closed guides

Interchangeable cartridge

The guides are designed as a cartridge that can be easily and quickly exchanged

Please accept all cookies to view the external content.

Maximum flexibility 

You can choose the right guide for each different application

Extreme accuracy

The distance from guide to workpiece is reduced, improving the wire stability.

Clever thermal compensation

AI-based thermal management

Algorithms and sensors predict and reduce  thermal impacts and compensates for axis deformation

 

Ultra high pitch accuracy

Positioning accuracy of +/- 1 micron in environmental temperature changes up to +/- 2,5 Celsius

Please accept all cookies to view the external content.

Twin wire: Automatic Wire Changer (AWC)

Please accept all cookies to view the external content.

Automatic Wire Changer

Twin technology

The AWC shifts the wire board to one or the other of two identical symmetrical wire circuits

Longer autonomy

Two identical wire spools for unattended wire autonomy

Different wire for roughing and finishing

Use a thicker wire for a faster main cut and a thinner wire for finishing during trim cuts

AWT: Automatic Wire Threading

Please accept all cookies to view the external content.

Wire annealing

AWT’s annealing process heats the wire between the brake and the lower working head, then chills it with a jet of air and stretches it to reduce its diameter, annealing and extending the wire to a specific length. This produces burr-free thermal cutting and a conically shaped end that is easy to insert through the guides and the workpiece.

Benefits

  • Ensure job processing with correct rethreading even under the most difficult conditions
  • Automatically cut multiple openings in die blocks and progressive dies during unattended operation
  • Enable smooth automation implementation

Please accept all cookies to view the external content.

SMART wire spool

SMART Wire

SMART wire spools are equipped with radio frequency identification (RFID) chips to store wire characteristics and traceability-related data. This feature equips the CUT X and makes it truly a smart solution!

  • Improve your production process
  • Achieve full traceability
  • Share technical issues in an efficient manner
Learn more

UNIQUA HMI

 

Please accept all cookies to view the external content.

UNIQUA is the new GF Machining Solutions human/machine interface (HMI) for wire EDM machines. It represents the pinnacle of more than a century of EDM technology – and the perfect combination of optimal functionality and usability (ergonomics) from our previous HMIs.

Every skill level

UNIQUA is ideal for wire EDM experts and beginners alike. While experts use
its powerful functionalities, beginners can take advantage of its ease-of-use
and short learning curve.

Every approach

UNIQUA works the way you want to work. Control the details of sequential programming with an updated ISO-based functionality or leverage the flexibility of object-oriented programming.

Every user

Work offline or at the machine. UNIQUA ensures compatibility with major CAD/CAM programs and also provides a powerful graphic tool with integrated CAM.

X-Technologies

The X-technologies are a set of cutting technologies perfectly optimized for the CUT X design that condense the all values of the best-ever wire-cutting EDM machine.

Extreme accuracy

The X-technologies are dedicated to obtain ultra-high contour accuracy results thanks to the CUT X minimal distance from guide to work-piece and the revolutionary design of the flushing channels.

Simple

The operator does not need to compromise between accuracy, surface quality or speed. The X-technologies are designed to reach the best results in all 3 features with a unique set of technologies. Simple as that.

The operator just needs to select the wire, the work-piece material, the height, the guiding system (open or closed) and the mono or twin-wire circuit in the UNIQUA HMI. The X-technologies do the rest.

Fast

The X-technologies are also the fastest, ensuring a very high productivity and a short payback of the CUT X machine. And being fast also means being cost-effective sustainable, as the wire consumption is reduced to the minimum.

Sustainability

Discover our innovations that allow our new Wire-Cutting EDM CUT X machine to achieve reductions in daily energy consumption, compared to the previous generation.

Please accept all cookies to view the external content.

Electrical cabinet

Improvement of the cooling system by replacing the 400 VAC fan with a 24 VDC speed-controlled fan. Introduction of a high-efficiency Beckoff driver to improve the overall energy efficiency.

EDM technology

Time reduction during the main cut thanks to improvements on the EDM technology, especially for complex machining.

Hydraulic pumps

Using higher energy-efficient pumps reduces the energy consumption.

Econowatt

Smart module enabling energy-saving standby mode and programmable fast reactivation (“wake up” option). Energy is not wasted during non-productive time. Every morning the equipment is prepared and ready to carry out the requested tasks.

Learn more

Specifications

CUT X 350
Machine
 
Machine  
Type of machining Submerged wire cutting
Dimensions of complete equipment * 2520 x 2340 x 2154 mm
99.21 x 92.12 x 84.8 in
Total weight of the equipment without dielectric 3900 kg
8598 lbs
Machining Area
 
Machining Area  
Work tank Automatic drop tank
Accessibility Front + Left sides
Max. workpiece dimensions * 800 x 550 x 250 mm
31.49 x 21.65 x 9.84 in
Max. workpiece weight without bath 450 kg
992 lbs
Dimensions of table ** 680 x 450 mm
26.77 x 17.71 in
Floor-to-table distance 1000-1100 mm
39.37-43.3 in
Total volume of dielectric fluid 700 l
185 gal
Dielectric level adjustment 0 – 250 mm (automatic)
0 – 9.84 in (automatic)
Dielectric type Deionized water
X, Y, Z and U, V axes
 
X, Y, Z and U, V axes  
X, Y, Z travel * 350 x 250 x 256 mm
13.78 x 9.84 x 10.08 in
U, V travel ** ± 70 mm
2.75 in
Max. speed (X, Y and U, V axes) 3 m/min
9.84 ft/min
Max. manual position speed 2 m/min
6.56 ft/min
Linear glass scales Standard on 4 axes (X,Y,U,V)
Integrated Collision Protection (ICP) Standard on 5 axes (X,Y,Z,U,V)
Taper machining
 
Taper machining  
Max. taper 30°/100 mm
3.94 in
Electrical supply (machine)
 
Electrical supply (machine)  
Three-phase input voltage 400 V ±10%
Maximum consumption 10.4 kVA
Compressed air connection
 
Compressed air connection  
Pressure 0.6 – 0.8 Mpa
87-116 PSI
Maximum consumption 150 l/min
40 gal/min

* Width x depth x height   ** Width x depth 

 

Technical drawings

cut x 350 layout front
cut x 350 layout profile
cut x 350 layout top

CUT X 500
Machine
 
Machine  
Type of machining Submerged wire cutting
Dimensions of complete equipment * 2822 x 3533 x 2444 mm
111.1 x 139.09 x 96.22 in
Total weight of the equipment without dielectric 4700 kg
10362 lbs
Machining Area
 
Machining Area  
Work tank Automatic drop tank
Accessibility Front + Left sides
Max. workpiece dimensions *  1050 x 700 x 250 mm
41.34 x 27.56 x 9.84 in
Max. workpiece weight without bath 800 kg
1764 lbs
Dimensions of table ** 850 x 450 mm
33.46 x 17.71 in
Floor-to-table distance 1000-1100 mm
39.37-43.3 in
Total volume of dielectric fluid 950 l
251 gal
Dielectric level adjustment 0 – 250 mm (automatic)
0 – 9.84 in (automatic)
Dielectric type Deionized water
X, Y, Z and U, V axes
 
X, Y, Z and U, V axes  
X, Y, Z travel * 500 x 350 x 256 mm
19.68 x 13.78 x 10.08 in
U, V travel ** ± 70 mm
2.75 in
Max. speed (X, Y and U, V axes) 3 m/min
9.84 ft/min
Max. manual position speed 2 m/min
6.56 ft/min
Linear glass scales Standard all axes (X,Y,U,V)
Integrated Collision Protection (ICP) Standard on 5 axes (X,Y,Z,U,V)
Taper machining
 
Taper machining  
Max. taper 30°/100 mm
3.94 in
Electrical supply (machine)
 
Electrical supply (machine)  
Three-phase input voltage 400 V ±10%
Maximum consumption 10.4 kVA
Compressed air connection
 
Compressed air connection  
Pressure 0.6 – 0.8 Mpa
87-116 PSI
Maximum consumption 150 l/min
40 gal/min

* Width x depth x height   ** Width x depth 

 

Technical drawings

Video and brochure

CUT X series video

Please accept all cookies to view the youtube video content.

Keep me updated

Please accept all cookies to view the external content.