Overview of Electric Discharge Machining
Mikros was first to provide EDM micro-nozzles to the industrial ink-jet market more than 20 years ago. To date, we have produced more than 100 million micro-nozzles for the top players in industrial ink-jet. Typically fabricated from stainless steel, our nozzle plates continue to set the standard for quality, durability and chemical compatibility.
Mikros unveiled its Gen-2 Micro EDM drilling platform in early 2012. With this introduction came capability which is both greatly improved & unparalleled in the marketplace:
Shaped nozzle in stainless steel foil
- Diameters ranging from 10 to 175 microns, with sub-micron accuracy
- Positions accurate to less than a micron
- Shapes in any profile of constant or descending diameter including straight bore, bell mouth and conical.
- Aspect ratios (diameter/thickness) as low as 10%, depending on application
- Substrates made from any electrically conductive material
- Surface finishes down to Ra=2 micro-inches or less.