WCA September 2007

Industry news

Diamond celebrations for Eder

Eder Engineering is celebrating its 60 th anniversary this year – and marking it with a look back at its past achievements.

1976 – swivelling die turntable invention – allowing mirror-polishing of PCD dies 1980 – first HGM wire type sizing/ polishing unit with unique speed of 900 strokes/minute 1988 – first PCD compacting die-tools – supplied to the Siemens Cable Group 2000 – design of the EDDS-system for marking of dies and to protect property rights 2006 – USP-TWIN: first ultrasonic die working machine offering two workstations to cut processing time and double output, while being handled by one only operator This year Eder has received an extraordinary amount of orders, which continued after a successful display at wire Russia 2007, where they were seen by 186 visitors. Eder Engineering GmbH – Austria Fax : +43 1367 494949

Some examples of Eder’s work are:

1968 – first PCD (compax) die-tools

1970 – first ultrasonic die working equipment with up to 600W power (USP-110) 1974 – dicamat EDM equipment to drill and shape PCD dies without needing laser

USP-TWIN - Ultrasonic ND/PCD die working machine with 2 workstations m

Email : office@eder-eng.com Website : www.eder-eng.com

HGM-21 – High speed wire-type ND/ PCD die sizing/polishing machine m

PCD compacting die-tool m

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Wire & Cable ASIA – September/October 2007