That blade will work at gentle feed, and huge coolant flow.
Will work as a grinder, really.
The gentle feed will remove Aluminum in small bits, and coolant will remove them.
Also, ask the operators...'I want this cut, how will you do it?'
That is very useful, taking their experience, they know a lot more than you think.
Spoke to a wire EDM owner, he says the normal steel wire is iffy, brass wire on a standard (not cheap) machine works on Aluminum, the steel wire tends to stick, some carbon brush attached to wire drum does improve things a little. Something to do with Earthing, the brush is connected to machine PE.
And the pulse generator in expensive machines is better than those in cheap machines.
So you need a shop with experience of Aluminum cutting.
Will work as a grinder, really.
The gentle feed will remove Aluminum in small bits, and coolant will remove them.
Also, ask the operators...'I want this cut, how will you do it?'
That is very useful, taking their experience, they know a lot more than you think.
Spoke to a wire EDM owner, he says the normal steel wire is iffy, brass wire on a standard (not cheap) machine works on Aluminum, the steel wire tends to stick, some carbon brush attached to wire drum does improve things a little. Something to do with Earthing, the brush is connected to machine PE.
And the pulse generator in expensive machines is better than those in cheap machines.
So you need a shop with experience of Aluminum cutting.
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I use a large wax candle (~300x75mm) as lubricant on my 100T tct blade when cutting aluminium. Just a touch on the spinning blade and you are good to go.