Capability

EDM services in Singapore

Electrical discharge machining removes electrically conductive material with controlled sparks, cutting hard metals and complex shapes without mechanical force. Wire EDM cuts profiles; sinker EDM burns cavities. Common for dies, moulds and hardened parts. Buyers select on tolerance, surface finish and material hardness.

Electrical discharge machining cuts metal not with a blade but with controlled electrical sparks, which is why buyers reach for it precisely where conventional cutting fails. Specification sheets turn on three families: wire EDM, which threads a fine brass wire to slice intricate through-profiles; sinker (die-sink) EDM, which burns a shaped electrode down to leave blind cavities, ribs and sharp internal corners no end mill can reach; and small-hole / fast-hole drilling for deep, high-aspect-ratio bores. What buyers evaluate is tolerance — the better Singapore shops quote ±0.002 mm on wire work — alongside surface finish down to a mirror sub-micron Ra, and the ability to hold fine features on unforgiving stock. Because EDM removes material by spark erosion, hardness is irrelevant: it machines hardened tool steels above HRC 60, tungsten carbide near HRA 92, and exotic alloys such as Inconel and titanium with no cutting stress and no burrs.

In Singapore, EDM is the quiet backbone of the tool-and-die trade and of high-value precision parts — nearly every serious mould maker and stamping-die house runs wire and sinker machines in-house. It clusters through Tuas, Woodlands, Ang Mo Kio and Bukit Batok, feeding mould and die, aerospace, semiconductor and medical-device work.

Also known as: electrical discharge machining · wire EDM · wire-cut EDM · sinker EDM · die-sink EDM · spark erosion · hole-drilling EDM

Capability specifications

Types: Wire EDM, sinker/die-sink EDM, small-hole drilling EDM
Materials: Tool steel, carbide, titanium, Inconel and other conductive metals
Tolerances: To ±0.002–0.005 mm
Applications: Mould and die cavities, tight-tolerance profiles, hardened parts
Certifications: ISO 9001

Companies with this capability in Singapore

AME Group — TQC Precision Engineering
A precision-engineering ecosystem of eight subsidiaries running 150-plus CNC machines; its TQC arm offers wire-cut and sinker EDM alongside 5-axis CNC, surface grinding and Class 10K assembly in metals, plastics, ceramics and exotics such as titanium and PEEK. Serves oil and gas, marine, aerospace, semiconductor and data centres.
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U-Fab
One of Singapore's largest dedicated grinding capacities — 12 surface and 3 cylindrical grinders within a 60-plus machine fleet that also runs CNC machining and wire and die-sink EDM. Holds ±0.005 mm across tungsten carbide, ceramics, hardened steel and aluminium; ISO 9001:2015. Serves semiconductor, medical, automotive and robotics.
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NVT Technology
An AS9100D and ISO 9001 precision firm for aerospace and defence, grinding down to 0.003 mm and Ra 0.03 µm on tungsten carbides to HRA 92 and hardened steels to HRC 65. Runs surface, cylindrical and jig grinding alongside wire and small-hole EDM.
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Elite Springs
A precision-spring maker whose catalogue runs to 5,000-plus springs, offering micro-cutting and wire-cut EDM components alongside spring manufacture. ISO 9001 and bizSAFE Level 3. Serves medical, aerospace, hard-disk and electronics, semiconductor, optics and defence.
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Woo & Woo Precision
A precision grinder and machinist offering surface, cylindrical and thread grinding plus honing on Japanese and German grinders and a Studer CNC ecoGrinder, working ferrous and non-ferrous shafts and precision plastics. Also runs wire-cut and conventional EDM. ISO 9001:2015.
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Zytonik Precision
A multi-axis CNC turning specialist (2-, 3- and 5-axis) with threading, wire-cut and finishing, in stainless, aluminium, titanium and exotic metals, and a high-precision sheet-metal line running laser cutting up to 20 mm, bending, welding and powder coating. Serves aerospace, medical, automotive, electronics and robotics, and industrial machinery.
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