New eMachineShop.com Wire EDM Service Ideal For Intricate, Tight Radius Contours; Design, Price, Receive Metal Parts for as Little as $100

MIDLAND PARK, N.J.--Oct. 4, 2004--A new Wire Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) process from eMachineShop(www.emachineshop.com) allows individuals, small, and large companies to obtain metal parts for a little as $100.

According to Jim Lewis, eMachineShop.com president, "Wire EDM uses an electrically-energized thin brass wire to slice through metal - even difficult-to-machine materials. Any shape, including complex designs, can be created featuring cutouts and very thin walls. For short runs, single prototypes or when extreme thinness is required, Wire EDM is the ideal solution. eMachineShop.com is an online factory enabling anyone to design, price, and instantly order custom mechanical parts. From starting a design to placing an order, the entire process takes as little as 15 minutes.

"The Wire EDM process by eMachineShop.com," continued Mr. Lewis, "is perfect for cutting intricate shapes and tight radius contours. When the surface of the cut edge is small, or only a small quantity of parts is needed, Wire EDM is highly cost effective. In fact, parts can be designed, produced and delivered for as little as $100. EMachineShop.com allows customers to test new ideas for parts and do production runs at minimal cost."

Customers of the novel online factory have made parts for new products, existing products, inventions, special projects, and replacement parts. Applications range from automobiles, enclosures and electronic devices to robots, sculptures and medical devices. Wire EDM can machine steel, super alloys, titanium, aluminum, brass and most other metals. Typical surface finish is between 16 and 24 microinches. The edges of the finished product have no detectable burrs.

eMachineShop positions itself as an innovative web site offering the easiest, most cost-effective way to turn ideas into real 3D parts at both prototype and production quantities. The eMachineShop.com web site even offers a wide range of easy-to-understand tips and advice so that both engineers and non-engineers are able to successfully design and order custom parts.

Mr. Lewis added, "Whether you are designing a new part or need more of an existing part, getting custom parts is time consuming and costly. Until now, you had to buy and learn expensive and complex CAD software, make technical drawings, locate a machining facility, find a way to transmit the drawings to the shop, discuss the design with an accomplished machinist, sift through numerous price quotations, and eventually get your part - often paying thousands of dollars more than necessary while adding weeks of delay."

eMachineShop at-a-glance

To begin, users download eMachineShop's free CAD software. During the design phase, eMachineShop's automated machining expert analyses the shape, material and finish to keep the user informed of any physical limitations, thereby making it easy for engineers and non-technical people to design parts quickly and easily.

A 3D preview lets the user spin the object around on their screen to visualize the final part before ordering. From the customer's screen to delivery at the customer's door, eMachineShop takes care of everything totally transparently. "Although not as fast, it's almost like the transporter in Star Trek," said Mr. Lewis, "which can serve up anything from food to space ship parts."

eMachineShop currently offers CNC milling, turning, punching, blanking, laser cutting, plastic extrusion, thermoforming, tapping, bending, water jet cutting, and injection molding. Surface finishes include brushing, plating, powder coating, anodizing, polishing, grinding, and more. Materials range from a broad selection of metals, plastics, woods, composites and others.

eMachineShop is a subsidiary of Micro Logic, a privately held technology organization located at 666 Godwin Avenue, Midland Park, NJ 07432. Telephone 201-447-9120.

Web site: www.emachineshop.com.