Dartford-based Synergy (Kent) Ltd has invested in the latest EDM technology in order to improve its capacity and keep up with its growing order book.
The firm has invested in a Sodick AD35L from Sodi-Tech EDM, which has been set to work producing punches for the compaction industry that feature intricate and precise forms.
“Such has been our growing order book that it was clear we needed to increase our EDM capacity,” said one of the company’s owners, Ian Chambers. “For this reason, we decided to assess the market for an additional die-sink EDM.”
Now in its eleventh year of trading, Synergy (Kent) Ltd has carved out a strong niche fulfilling a range of toolmaking requirements. These include top and bottom punches for the compaction industry, which essentially compress metal powders into products such as magnets.
The AD35L has been assigned to deliver compaction punches made from Vanadis 30 tool steel and carbide with the requirement for a tight form sparked in the top face. It completes three punches every day.
“The tight form includes a maximum corner radius of 0.1mm,” said Mr Chambers. “We have to hold a tolerance on concentricity of 5µm, and 10µm on size, depth and profile shape, as well as a high level of surface finish. However, our new AD35L meets the specification day-in, day-out.”
“It’s fair to say that the market is a little variable at present, but we managed to achieve our best month ever in February 2017, which is encouraging to say the least.”
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