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The Agiecut Classic V series offers an excellent price/benefit ratio for precision applications. “V” Series IPG-V generator delivers surface finishes down to 0.2µm (or 0.1 µm Ra with SF) using low power and minimum space. Powered by Windows XP-based Agievision 5 control and equipped with the reliable Agiecut wire system that includes universal “V” guides, Agiejet auto threader, toroid pre-guide, and simple wire feed system, the Classic is a great choice.

Agiesetup 3D

Effortless. That describes workpiece setup when you’ve got an EDM system equipped with Agiesetup 3D. This unique technology, standard on the Agiecut Classic V Series, makes it easy to know where your workpiece is in 3D space. It uses a probing system that measures flatness and skew, eliminating laborious manual setup and improving accuracy and profitability. It’s truly 100% automatic and can be programmed off-line and executed unattended. Start saving an average of 20 minutes per part with Agiesetup 3D as compared to traditional methods of workpiece setup.

Profitability Exclusives

The Agieplanning feature included on the Agievision 5 control makes quoting jobs easier — just enter a few key job specs and this on-board planner provides and time-study valuable for estimating and quoting jobs. A Contact Manager feature makes it possible to remotely monitor and control your jobs in progress any time from office or home.

Features:

4-Sided Table

Four sided table with universal clamping frame.

Advanced Wire Offset™ (AWO)

Two independent offset values (upper and lower) can be programmed for each pass.

Agie Jogger

Handy, manual operations hand box used for set up functions, axis movements, cycle start/stop and emergency stop.

Agieduoflux™

Optimum machining performance, thermal stability, and predictable results are achieved by adding Agieduoflux water curtain flood around the primary coaxial flushing jet.

Agiejet™

The AgieJET wire-threading device provides reliable auto threading in a variety of cutting conditions with only two mechanical components (the wire cutter and the brake). The system uses a high-pressure water jet for 99+% threading reliability. The V-guide system allows Agie to thread and re-thread without annealing the EDM wire. This increases reliability and reduces wire threader maintenance.

Agieplanning™

Just enter a few key job specs and this on-board planner provides and time-study valuable for estimating and quoting jobs.

Agiesetup 3D™

Agiesetup 3D includes a probing system that checks the top surface of a workpiece and programs the angle of the EDM wire to match the A/B angle of the workpiece. After the wire is square to the work being machined, the wire picks up a specified side surface and then rotates the program to match the C-skew of the block. The system then uses the wire to pick up a reference on the workpiece using one of the pick-up macros in Agievision. These values are automatically loaded into the control under a specific file name. This feature can be programmed off-line and executed unattended. Agiesetup 3D saves an average of 20 minutes per part when compared to traditional methods of workpiece set up.

Agievision 5 Control

More power, less space requirement. Newly designed MMI has no learning curve. Enhanced 3D graphics and real time adjustments. Provides activity bar and task bar for direct selection of single activities and tasks. Runs on Windows XP with a Pentium M chip, 40GB hard drive and 512 RAM. Comes with USB interface and a CD/DVD drive.

Ball Screws / Linear Ways

Complementing the C-FRAME and TABLE ON TABLE construction are large diameter ball screws and THK linear guide ways. The quality of these components has a direct effect on mechanical accuracy and overall machine tool life. The high quality of these components ensures that the AGIE will provide years of production, with predictable, reliable results.

Cast Iron Components

All components of the machine tool are cast iron with the identical thermal expansion characteristics. The dynamic rigidity and thermal stability of cast iron components assures predictable and repeatable results.

CE Compliant Design

The completely enclosed, operator friendly design provides an electromagnetic (EMI) shield in compliance with all international (CE) safety standards. The enclosure also improves thermal stability over long periods of time.

C-Frame Table On Table

Agie's C-frame, table-on-table design positions the work piece, guide system and table axis in a central location that provides superior thermal stability, center of gravity and accuracy as compared to other designs, such as traveling column.

Contact Manager

All Agievision machine controls can be accessed off-line through the standard Ethernet connection. This unique feature enables the user to monitor or run the Agie system from a remote location. It also provides for real time support from the local applications and service agent. The result is maximum machine tool productivity and minimum down time.

Current Contacts

The current contacts on the Agiecut machines serve two purposes. The contact acts as a third point that holds the EDM wire into the V-guide with zero clearance. The contact also supplies power from the HSS-C generator to the EDM wire. This system is simple, easy to index, and provides long contact life. The current contacts, combined with the V-guide provide for the lowest consumable guide and current contact cost in the industry.

Dielectric System

Four (4) filter canisters provide unattended operation and minimized maintenance.

DropTank

The Agie Drop Tank design makes it possible to gain access to the workzone from the front (manually for Progress and Classics) or from 2 sides of the machine tool (programmable for Vertex 2, Vertex 3 and HyperSpark Exact and manual for HyperSpark) or 3 sides (programmable for Vertex) for simpler loading of awkward parts. It improves the ability to set-up parts and check collision zones and simplifies robotic integration. It also makes cleaning and maintenance easier.

Dynamic Corner Control™

Dynamic corner control allows erosion at maximum cutting speeds at the specified accuracy, even in tight corners, based on dynamic and automatic adjustment of the wire path to compensate for wire drag and to optimize process parameters based on material type and thickness. Dynamic Corner Control uses a pre-programmed set of parameters -- wire diameter, material type and thickness as tested for wire bow. This reduces overall erosion time, without sacrificing part accuracy.

Easywork™

Quickly and easily establish simple machining programs using dialogue inputs that define workpiece material, accuracy requirements, wire type and size, as well as entry points using simply the computer mouse and point & click icons. All information is visible at a glance.

FormalCheck™

Verification of the data entered from EasyWork or PieceEditor for completeness. Missing information is displayed in plain text so that users with minimal EDM experience can produce good parts.

GrafiCheck™

Simulate the workpiece and machining operations. Monitor current machining progress, at any time, in 2D or 3D. Point and click, zoom, and rotate controles allow complete customization of the preference view.

High Resolution Drive System

The 0.1 micron (0.0000039”/0.0001mm) resolution of the system is accomplished using high performance AC servos, large 40mm diameter precision ground ball screws and linear glass scales and/or rotary glass encoders. The combination of these precision systems guarantees the highest degree of accuracy with a position deviation (Pa) of 4 micrometers and a mean positional variation (Pa) of maximum 1 micrometer.

IPG-V Generator

Modern design and technology delivers finer spark gap for better part geometry and surface finish. It also has low power consumption and takes up a minimum amount of space.

ISOConverter™

Read existing geometry files in ISO 100 and IS0 123 format.

Lotto™

The power of the Agievision control makes it possible to setup and run multiple workpieces on the table together. Each job is set-up and referenced as a separate file. Highlighting the files in Agievision is all that is necessary to link 3 or 30 work pieces in a single job. No external CAM programming or time-consuming command file is necessary. This saves an average of 15 minutes per LOTTO function used compared to other EDM systems.

Modular Design

Agie's modular design allows the sales staff to match a customers wants and needs with Agie features and benefits. The design philosophy based on machine tool standardization allows Agie to build an extremely high quality product at very competitive prices.

PieceEditor™

Object oriented data entry based upon job specifics such as workpiece material and height, and wire type/size, eliminates the need for programming codes. Select EDM specific machining techniques by clicking easy to understand icons with a mouse (e.g. reverse cutting entry and exit points, type of entry/exit strategy, etc.) Automatically completes the machining program based on simple entry of form tolerances (Tkm), corner tolerance (Te), and surface finish (freely selectable in micrometers Ra, microinches Ra (RMS), or VDI units).

PieceInsert™

Allows the "pausing" of a job in progress in order to "insert" and machine another (emergency) workpiece, with the click of a mouse. When finished, you can automatically return to the exact point where the previous job was paused and "resume" erosion.

Power Recovery

This system automatically re-threads after a wire break and restarts following a power failure.

Purecut™

The PURECUT machining strategy automatically prevents oxidation and rust formation on steel workpieces during EDMing. This circuit combines specific pulse packages with electronic isolation of the work zone, to improve cobalt leaching in carbides and PCD, and eliminate bluing in exotic alloys such as titanium.

Single Frame Design

All components, such as machine tool, dielectric unit, control unit, generator, wire disposal, etc. are integrated onto a single suport frame. This fully enclosed design assures that installation floor space is minimized. Only four (4) outside connections (e.g. -- power, compressed air and two lines [in/out] for cooling water) are required for installation.

Teccut™

Teccut automatically provides at least ten proven erosion settings for the operator to consider (from the large on-board database) which allows the flexibility to decide cutting conditions based on accuracy, surface integrity, or speed.

Technology Settings

Every Agie EDM system includes an on-board database of up to 1500 proven technology power settings that provide the user with largest selection of wire and material types in the industry for predictable and repeatable machining results. This eliminates the need to make time-consuming test cuts that are necessary on other EDM systems. The Agie user can be absolutely confident that the manufacturing result needed at the time of job planning is always the result achieved after the machining process.

Toroid Pre-Guide

Located in the upper and lower guide head is a toroid pre-guide. In taper cutting conditions of over two degrees, the Agie guide system changes the angle tangency from the V-guide to the toroid pre-guide. The toroid has a large radius on the inside diameter that reduces the stress on the EDM wire. Even in a 30 degree taper (in 3.93" thick material) the Agie V-guide only sees a 2-degree taper. The toroid provides more accurate tapers with better surface finish than round guide systems.

Universal Wire Guide System

The patented, universal, non-clogging Agie V-guide provides the most reliable threading and the straightest cuts in the industry today and allows for the use of multiple wire diameters, without changing the diamond guide. The 3-points of contact ensure that there is a zero clearance condition for a more accurate guide than any competitive systems. The diamond pins can be indexed to 4 positions that give the Agiecut user the longest guide life in the EDM industry. The upper and lower guide blocks are designed with a minimum of working parts. The removal of four socket cap screws allows access, for complete guide maintenance. This system has superior reliability -- enabling the user to keep EDM production high and machine tool operation cost and guide maintenance time to a minimum. Agie V-guides may last as long as 20,000 hours (5,000 hours x 4 indexes).

UserSequence™

Allows the operator to define machining sequences (steps) independent of the CAM program. It allows the operator to freely choose and optimize the erosion steps between multiple parts and/or geometries.

UV Axes

The U-V axes are isolated outside the workzone on top of the column and protected from contamination and water. This design, coupled with the Toroid guides, assures precise tapering (up to 30 degrees in 3.93 inch/100mm thick material), and die-lands anywhere in the work zone.

Variocut™

Variocut is a closed loop, dynamically changing, generator function that will automatically monitor changes in work piece features and make real time adjustments of flushing and power supply parameters when varying material heights are encountered. This feature improves overall part geometry, surface finish and unattended operation of difficult to machine components. It maintains the specified surface finish (Ra) and accuracy (Tkm and Te) tolerances.

Wire Bending Control™ (WBC)

Improved process control gives you the best profile accuracies for cyclindrical parts, conical parts, stepped workpieces and small internal radii — without any loss of time. Virtually eliminates undercuts in small radii.

Wire Feed System

The Agiecut wire feed system combines a standard 55 lb. wire spool capacity with a simple to feed wire-loading system to provide up to 80 hours of erosion without changing wire spools (using 0.25mm diameter wire under average roughing and finishing conditions in general applications). The standard wire chopper is located in the back of the machine system and it gives the Agiecut a high level of unattended operation with a minimum amount of system maintenance. An added advantage is that the wire being used in the work zone never comes in contact with the used wire in the catch container. This improves part pickup accuracy and fine surface finish capability. Wire is removed from the lower head using a suction tube to deliver spent wire to the wire chopper. Chopped wire is deposited into a removable container which is on rollers for easy handling. An automatic wire transport system uses an air jet to move wire from the 55 lb. spool to the front brake for easy replacement or changeover.

WorkModel™

Conveniently store and recall recurring geometry or standard workpieces. For die-sinking applications, simplifies preparation of machining templates for repetitive work or family of parts machining. Workpiece groups, single jobs and electrode families can be stored as a Workmodel and called upon again at any time. Time is saved, since similar (job) data is stored in a user library of operations and electrodes.

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