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    Electrode design with CAD wizard 

    From part analysis to finished electrodes with Tebis

    Tebis supports the entire process sequence, from electrode design to sinker EDM for shorter throughput time and greater reliability,. Electrodes must be used when milling in certain areas of a mold reaches its limit. Electrode design in Tebis supports convenient creation of the complete electrode and relieves the user of tedious routine tasks.

    Integrated electrode design forms the basis for the automated electrode process. Reliable analysis allows you to automatically determine the eroding areas and extract burn surfaces with the click of a button. A wizard guides you through the design steps to complete the electrode. Tebis provides powerful CAD functions and libraries to finish the complete electrode.

    Automated analysis
    Use reliable analysis to automatically determine eroding areas
    Quick results
    Assemble complete electrodes of any complexity with a design wizard
    Integrated knowledge
    The electrode process is simplified by access to databases and libraries

    Quickly and reliably design electrodes

    How to quickly and easily generate electrodes automatically with Tebis

    You can create and manage object-oriented electrode projects directly in the CAD structure tree. The component and reference point are stored only once in the project, so that all electrodes in the project reference them. You can interactively adjust the conditions for individual electrodes as necessary. You can automatically generate multiple geometrically identical electrodes and combine them in an electrode family.

    Automatically detect eroding areas

    Let Tebis automatically show you the areas you still need to erode after milling for electrode design. The analysis is based on the smallest milling tool used. You can automatically determine eroding areas marked by color codes showing residual stock thickness: Red indicates large amounts, and green small amounts. You can also analyze the part for electrodes that have already been designed. 

    Extract surfaces

    The required surfaces are extracted as a negative form with the click of a button. You can derive the further design of the entire burn geometries based on this.

     

    Derive burn surfaces

    Powerful interactive graphical CAD functions are available for complete electrode design:

    • tangential extension,
    • limitation
    • and chamfering of the burn surfaces

    Design complete electrode

    Use digital twins from the libraries to quickly select suitable stock holders and blanks. Important design features are also stored there. The suitable holder and blank for the electrode are selected with a filter. The blank is automatically oriented to the burn surfaces.

     

    A wizard guides the user through automated assembly of the complete electrode for sinker EDM – including the probe frame, base, holder and the requisite raw material.

    We achieved a 60% increase in manufacturing efficiency using sinker EDM.

    Markus Rausch, Junior director and technical operations manager, Hermann Rausch Werkzeug- und Formenbau

    Further information 

    About the electrode process

    Senkerodieren

    Mit Tebis bekommen Sie die Komplexität des Senkerodierens in den Griff – vom automatischen Erkennen über die komfortable, datenbank-gestützte Konstruktion, die methodische NC-Bearbeitung bis hin zum Vermessen der gefertigten Elektroden.

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    Process measurement

    Check electrodes completely automatically: Establish the necessary process reliability and integrate quality controls into the machining process for production –with no reworking required. You can prevent errors, improve the quality of valuable individual parts and save time.

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    Automatisiert zum Formeinsatz

    "Im Bereich der Fertigung durch Senkerodieren haben wir 60% Effektivitätssteigerung erzielt." 

    Markus Rausch, Junior-Chef und technischer Betriebsleiter

    RAUSCH formenbau GmbH, Hösbach

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