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Global Innovative Products Launches EDM Wire Online Store

Company to sell full line of EDM wires, including brass and coated

Global Innovative Products (GIP), a recognized leader in EDM wire technologies, has launched their EDM wire Online Store, www.gip-edmwire.com. High performance EDM wire provided by GIP enhances EDM operations, efficiency and performance for all types of EDM machines on the North American market today. As Ramesh Malhotra, owner of GIP, explains, “We are taking some very bold steps with this venture, but we did so for a very practical reason. Namely, our customers were often telling us they needed faster response to their wire needs and the convenience of an online store seemed a natural next step for us.”

The new GIP Online Store promotes the company’s full line of EDM wire types, including many patented and proprietary technology EDM wires, manufactured globally and made exclusively for GIP. Products offered here are produced by Thermo Compact and Bedra, two of the largest manufacturers of EDM wire in the world. Available products include brass wire (Bedra Boline Brass) and coated wires (PLASMA, KLEEN, GAMMA, BLAZE, EPSILON). GIP PLASMA™ is a hybrid-coated wire designed to improve cycle times and reduce operating costs. Customer testing has confirmed it is 20% to 30% faster vs. premium brass wire and is competitively priced.

All pricing is shown for the products in the GIP Online Store, something unique to the EDM industry, plus all major credit cards are accepted for fast, easy purchasing. In addition, GIP offers trial spools at discounted rates to all participants in the company’s GIP Wire Test Program, which can be engaged at the company’s website, www.gip-edmwire.com.


THE ADVANTAGES OF ONLINE BUYING

  1. Most consumers end up purchasing large quantities of wire and tie up valuable capital in inventory. The GIP overnight shipment program can assure customers get your wire when needed and not buy and sit on dead inventory.
  2. To assure security of supply, customer can place a large quantity order and set up scheduled delivery and pay as they draw from their reserved stock.
  3. GIP is getting its products produced by the two leading wire manufacturing companies, Thermo Compact and Bedra. This provides the end user the opportunity to access a diversity of supply through one channel.
  4. GIP believes in transparent pricing and lists each product price at its site, unlike traditional pricing, where customers do not know if they are paying more than the prevailing market price.
  5. GIP maintains profession metallurgist and experienced machine operation staff to provide technical support

For more information, please contact:

Barry Ramsay
General Manager
GLOBAL INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS
7697 Innovation Way
Suite 200
Mason, OH 45050
Phone: 513-701-0441
www.gip-edmwire.com
bramsay@gipintl.com

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Proprietary hybrid PLASMA coated brass wire from GIP

Clippard Uses GIP Hybrid Plasma Coated Brass Wire for EDM Operations, Realizes 15 to 20% Improvement in Speed

Market leader in high-precision pneumatic valves and other components machines 316SS and other materials, achieving better finish in less time with reduced power and less wire breakage, due to proprietary product from Global Innovative Products

Clippard EDM GIP

Trevor McCoy, CNC/EDM programmer at Clippard, runs a FANUC wire EDM with the GIP proprietary PLASMA coated brass wire. McCoy states he achieves better finish with 15 to 20% improvement in run time. (machine hood open only for photo purpose)

Clippard (Cincinnati, Ohio) is a world leader in fluid control products and other high-precision components, and the company prides itself on having been vertically integrated for decades, since its founding in 1941. The company operates two ISO certified manufacturing locations in Ohio and does advanced machining of all types to produce its extensive catalog of standard and custom product solutions for a myriad of markets worldwide. At the heart of its machining capabilities are 12-axis CNC Swiss machines, CNC milling centers and CNC wire EDM’s, plus numerous post-finishing operations, including anodizing, EN plating and thermal deburring. Various metal and thermoplastic materials are machined.

Recently, after extensive discussions with a local EDM supply distributor, a proprietary hybrid coated brass wire was presented to the Clippard Director of Operations, Robin Rutschilling and his CNC/EDM Programmer, Trevor McCoy by Barry Ramsay of Global Innovative Products (hereafter GIP), a Mason, Ohio supplier of consumables for EDM shops through their GIP distributor network, who also produces a variety of its own products for need-specific operations in electrical discharge machining. One such product is a PLASMA hybrid coated brass wire, comprising of a gamma-phase intermetallic zinc alloy coated wire with brass core. This proprietary GIP innovation had proven out in numerous lab testings but needed “real world” production validation. Barry Ramsay and GIP application engineer Brad Hansard approached the team at Clippard.

Clippard Wire EDM

Clippard uses wire EDM for the production of many components, including the tooling used in its conventional machine shops. All EDM work at Clippard is performed for internal production purposes, so one-offs are common, making speed a critical factor for the department.

As the product had been found suitable for all types of wire machines, with excellent auto-threading capability and increased performance, even at conventional brass wire settings, Ramsay felt confident the product would outperform what Clippard was currently using in its EDM shop, including other GIP wire. This new product was being offered in 0.008”, 0.010” and 0.012” (20mm, 25mm and 30mm) diameters, so Ramsay proposed giving the Clippard EDM department a supply for testing on one of its Fanuc wire machines.

Gamma phase brass is a brittle intermetallic alloy (Cu5Zn8) with a high zinc content (approximately 65% Zn) which can also be synthesized by a diffusion anneal. However, when such coatings are wire drawn subsequent to the diffusion anneal, the coating will fracture due to its brittleness and redistribute around the wire circumference creating a discontinuous layer sometimes described as a “porous layer”, which promotes turbulent flow enhancing the flushing of debris. However, it is zinc enrichment created at the surface combined with the elevated melting point of CuZn gamma phase (approximately 800ºC/1472ºF) which are the biggest factors contributing to the performance of Gamma Phase Brass coated wire.

The arrangement between the two companies actually began in a somewhat unconventional manner, as Trevor McCoy relates. “We have an Ocean hole popper (electrode/sinker EDM) and the circuit boards needed repair. Brad was able to do that kind of work, which I knew from previous experiences with him. So, he proposed exchanging the board servicing for the opportunity to test the GIP hybrid PLASMA wire. Seemed reasonable to us, so we agreed.” The FANUC wire EDM in the shop at Clippard seemed an ideal candidate for GIP, as well, as Barry Ramsay notes, “We knew they were running all types of materials and some very high-precision tooling used in their own machine shop for the production of various pneumatic components with very tight tolerances. It seemed a very good place to test our new wire, which had been proven out on our own EDM’s at GIP.” He further says it was a handshake deal, a “classic collaboration between two companies for their mutual benefit,” adding that application engineering supplied by GIP further enhanced the use of the product at Clippard, as the test learning process information was shared without reservation, so both companies benefited.

In this test case, many of the components were being run for the production of special parts being produced by Clippard for robotic arm articulation.

The testing immediately yielded positive results, as McCoy notes they were holding tolerances under a tenth, with a microfinish that was very important for the application. “We do a lot of custom work for our own use, over 50% of my production in EDM. Some of the hard tool steels are difficult to drill and we also run various others. The jobs require a lot of setup time and fixturing, so run time, finish and wire breaks all are critical for us.”

The goals for this proprietary wire testing were three, according to Barry Ramsay. “The characteristics of the PLASMA wire in production on the FANUC machine at Clippard were important, as the flushing of their precision components directly impacts quality. Further, we had our own test results galore but needed an outside house to validate what we were seeing. Lastly, we just wanted to help our friends at Clippard, who had been so cooperative and, in this case, needed our help with those circuit boards. It was a classic win-win for both of us, as all three goals were met.”

Multiple parts were EDM’d during the testing of this PLASMA wire, with full comparative data tracked on the test wire vs. conventional brass. One tool for a medical part was produced, for example, in :56 vs. 1:05 with five skim passes, a 16% improvement in overall production. McCoy notes, “We could apply more power to run faster. The GIP product consistently outperforms premium brass, based on my experience with both now.” He also cited a very practical advantage. “The PLASMA wire is as clean as conventional brass.” Ramsay adds the price point is also competitive, so there’s less of a premium to achieve these enhanced results.

Clippard is a third-generation, family-owned and operated company that has developed many pneumatic components for a variety of applications in industry, commercial and even fun applications. Clippard’s Chief Marketing Officer, Rob Clippard, developed this “air guitar” that operates with the company’s pneumatic valves and cylinders. See it in performance of the classic Pachelbel Canon in D below. A wonderful intersection of music’s magic with the technology of one very creative company!

Chris Agricola, Advertising Manager at Clippard, also contributed to this story.

 

For more information, please contact:

Robin Rutschilling
Director of Operations
CLIPPARD
7390 Colerain Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45239
Phone:  513-521-4261
www.clippard.com
r.rutschilling@clippard.com

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Barry Ramsay
General Manager
GLOBAL INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS
7697 Innovation Way
Suite 200
Mason, OH 45050
Phone:  513-701-0441
www.gipintl.com
bramsay@gipintl.com

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