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      </table><br><p class="para_topic"><img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/toolbars/wizards/electrode_design/manufacturing_geometry.gif" border="0"> Use <b class="uiTerm">Manufacturing Geometry</b> to add CAM attributes to electrodes for downstream tooling of the core/cavity area.<b class="uiTerm">EDM</b>, <b class="uiTerm">WEDM</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Hard Milling</b>, and<b class="uiTerm"> Grinding</b> operations can be identified with attributes.
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Electrical Discharge Machining</b> (the <b class="uiTerm">EDM</b> option) uses thermal energy from a precisely controlled spark to vaporize metals. The scope of this process can range from drilling holes smaller than a human hair to machining large industrial dies.
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Wire Electrical Discharge Machining </b>(the <b class="uiTerm">WEDM</b> option) vaporizes material using a wire burning longitudinally through the material. This technique is often used to cut punches and dies and to shape pockets.
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            <p class="para_item">The <b class="uiTerm">Hard Milling</b> option allows you to assign attributes for conventional CNC tooling operations where successive passes are executed to mill the cavity to a specified depth.
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            <p class="para_item"> The <b class="uiTerm">Grinding</b> option allows you to assign attributes for conventional grinding operations.
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