Wire EDM Machine Operation Introduction
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November 1984 Announced the PICA-2 ultra-fine-finish circuit for wire cutting.
Announced the AIC type CNC EDM system and the CNC power supply unit Mark VII.
February 1985 EPOC series announced in Tokyo and Osaka.
July 1985 Announced of the A5W (later named the H5) high-speed die-sinking EDM
system, using VITOL QL (Dielectric fluid).
November 1985 Introduced Mark X and XI series Gold-type numerical control systems.
February 1986 Sodick listed on the second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
October 1986 Announcement of the DiPro X automatic die-designing system and the
APM1 CNC electrode forming machine (for domestic customers).
March 1987 Complexion of Kaga plant.
August 1987 Announcement of A Series CNC wire-cut EDM and Mark X and XI series
Gold-type numerical control systems.
October 1987 German Mark-denominated corporate bonds issued.
December 1987 Ceramics production line completed at the Kaga Plant.
March 1988 Construction of the Technical and Training Center started in Yokohama.
Expanded Sodick Europe GmbH office at Frankfurt am Main in Germany. April
1988Announced the GT5 type CNC graphite milling machine and AP1R type CNC
EDM.
June 1988 Singned agreement with Japan ASIA Investment Co.,Ltd.(JAIC) to establish
Sodick (Thailand) Co.,Ltd. in Thailand.
October 1988 Announced the AP330 type CNC wire-cut type CNC electrode milling
machine and the MARK20 series power supply unit with built-in 32-bit microcomputer.
CNC wire-cut EDM A350 and A500 selected by the Ministry of International Trade and
Industry (MITI)as Good Design products for 1988 in the industrial equipment.
November 1988 Established Sodick (Thailand) Co.,Ltd. Capital in Thailand.
February 1989 Construction of the Sodick (Thailand) Co.,Ltd plant at Navanakorn
Industrial Estate in Thailand.
March 1989 Technical and Training Center completed In Yokohama.
August 1989 Ceramics R&D, expanded facilities in Kaga factory.
October 1989 Announcement of entering Injection Molding Machine manufacturing.
November 1989 Grand Opening of Technical and Training Center in Yokohama.
TR Division facilities completed in Kaga factory. Established Taipei branch office in
Taiwan R.O.C
.March 1990 The first machine A280L delivery to Europe form Sodick (Thailand) Co.,
Ltd.
May 1990 Announced the GT10 type large size CNC graphite milling machine and the
AH5 type CNC EDM.
April 1991 Japax Inc. became a group company of Sodick.
February 1992 Established 5 subsidiary companies. (Sodick Technical Service Co.,Ltd.,
Sodick Engineering Co., Ltd., Sodick Mechatech Co.,Ltd., Sodick Plastech Ci.,Ltd., and
Sodick New material Co., Ltd.)
March 1993 Announcement of NF series CNC power supply units for die-sinking EDM
systems eliminating CNC codes.
October 1993 The good will of Sodick Inc. and that of KGK International Corp, in the
U.S. integrated into one.
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