Wire Electric Discharge Machining [EDM]

Our Electric Discharge Machining (EDM) wire is especially designed for cutting hard metals using the EDM process. Featuring superior electric properties, EDM Wire is the first choice for high-speed machining and cutting projects requiring surface precision.

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Features

The wire is manufactured and quality-controlled in Japan.
Many W-EDM machine manufacturers recommend the use of our wire in their machines.
Stable discharging is enabled with our wire, as carefully selected materials are used.

How to select the PROTERIAL EDM wire

Well balanced cutting performance

⇒ HBZ-K/-U or HBZ-MU

For Line-mark control cutting

⇒ HBZ-SS

For Faster speed cutting

⇒ HBZ-B

For Better surface roughness cutting

⇒ HIH

Position of our EDM wire

	Cu65/Zn35 Brass	Cu60/Zn40 Brass	Cu57/Zn43 Brass
Standard EDM wire	HBZ-MU	HBZ-U	HBZ-B
Soft EDM wire	ABZ	-	-
Ultra soft EDM wire	ABZ-AT	-	-
Coated wire	HIH	-	-

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Product information

Hard wire

Product name	Wire size(φmm)	Paraffin wire	Non-Paraffin wire
HBZ-K wire HBZ-U wire	0.10	HBZ-U10	HBZ-U(N)10
	0.15	HBZ-U15	HBZ-U(N)15
	0.20	HBZ-U20	HBZ-U(N)20
	0.25	HBZ-U25	HBZ-U(N)25
	0.30	HBZ-U30	HBZ-U(N)30
	0.40	HBZ-U40	HBZ-U(N)40
HBZ-MU wire	0.10	HBZ-MU10	HBZ-MU(N)10
	0.15	HBZ-MU15	HBZ-MU(N)15
	0.20	HBZ-MU20	HBZ-MU(N)20
	0.25	HBZ-MU25	HBZ-MU(N)25
	0.30	HBZ-MU30	HBZ-MU(N)30
HBZ-B wire	0.20	HBZ-B20	HBZ-B(N)20
	0.25	HBZ-B25	HBZ-B(N)25
	0.30	HBZ-B30	HBZ-B(N)30
HBZ-SS wire	0.10	-	HBZ-SS(N)10
	0.15	-	HBZ-SS(N)15
	0.20	-	HBZ-SS(N)20
	0.25	-	HBZ-SS(N)25

Soft wire

Product name	Wire size(φmm)	Paraffin wire	Non-Paraffin wire
ABZ wire (Soft)	0.20	ABZ20	ABZ(N)20
	0.25	ABZ25	ABZ(N)25
	0.30	ABZ30	ABZ(N)30
ABZ-AT wire (Extremely Soft)	0.20	ABZ-AT20	ABZ-AT(N)20
	0.25	ABZ-AT25	ABZ-AT(N)25
	0.30	ABZ-AT30	ABZ-AT(N)30

Coated wire

Product name	Wire size(φmm)	Paraffin wire	Non-Paraffin wire
HIH wire	0.10	HIH10	HIH(N)10
	0.15	HIH15	HIH(N)15
	0.20	HIH20	HIH(N)20
	0.25	HIH25	HIH(N)25
	0.30	HIH30	HIH(N)30

Product specification

Please place an order according to the following format:

Product category	Product name	Standard size^*1 (φmm/inch)	Wire tolerance (mm/inch)	Tensile strength (MPa)	Elongation (%)
Standard EDM wire	HBZ-K/HBZ-U	0.10/0.004	±0.001/±0.00004	Min 980	Min 0.4
		0.15/0.006	±0.001/±0.00004
		0.20/0.008	-0.002~0/-0.00008~0
		0.25/0.010		Min 932
		0.30/0.012		Min 932
		0.40/0.016		Min 850
	HBZ-MU	0.10/0.004	±0.001/±0.00004	Min 980	Min 0.4
		0.15/0.006	±0.001/±0.00004
		0.20/0.008	-0.002~0/-0.00008~0
		0.25/0.010		Min 932
		0.30/0.012		Min 932
Special EDM wire	HBZ-B	0.20/0.008	-0.002~0/-0.00008~0	Min 883	Min 0.4
		0.25/0.010		Min 784
		0.30/0.012		Min 784
	ABZ	0.20/0.008	-0.002~0/-0.00008~0	Min 441	Min 15
		0.25/0.010
		0.30/0.012
	ABZ-AT	0.20/0.008	-0.002~0/-0.00008~0	Max 490	Min 25
		0.25/0.010		Max 450
		0.30/0.012		Max 450
	HBZ-SS	0.10/0.004	±0.001/±0.00004	Min 980	Min 0.4
		0.15/0.006	±0.001/±0.00004
		0.20/0.008	-0.002~0/-0.00008~0
		0.25/0.010		Min 932
		0.30/0.012		Min 932
Coated Wire	HIH	0.10/0.004	±0.001/±0.00004	Min 980	Min 0.4
		0.15/0.006	±0.001/±0.00004
		0.20/0.008	-0.002~0/-0.00008~0
		0.25/0.010		Min 932
		0.30/0.012		Min 932

Note:*1 Please contact us for the availability of custom sizes, other than standard sizes.

Q&A about Wire Electric Discharge Machining(EDM)

Q What is the difference between HBZ-U and HBZ-MU ?: A

Material composition differs.
EDM wire is made of brass which is an alloy of copper and zinc.
HBZ-U⇒Cu:60％ and Zn:40％
HBZ-MU⇒Cu:65％ and Zn:35％
The more zinc composition EDM wire can have more electric discharge,
resulting in better cutting performance.

Q What is the difference between Paraffin wire and Non-Paraffin wire ?: A

A paraffine wire is that a wire has lubricant paraffin on its surface.
It can help less wire snagging and less brass powder during EDM process.
Our product desicription shows (N) if it is a Non-parrafine wire. (ex.HBZ-U(N)20)
When there is not (N) of its description, it means a Parrafine wire. (ex.HBZ-U20)

Q would like to know the wire length

Please refer the below link about the relations between Spool weight and wire length