Hourly rate $$$ for EDM machining

[cncdigger]

Can any one fill me in on a ball park figure on what is the hourly rate charged to do Wire EDM'ing and/or Die Sinking.

Thanks

Alain

[roysol]

Some people will run unattended jobs with open tolerances as cheaply as $25.00/hr, and intricate small diameter wire work can be upwards of $100.00/hr.

What matters as a buyer or seller of EDM services is the piece price. There's no point in comparing hourly rates when one company is using a machine that cuts at 5 Square inches/hr, and the next guys machine is cutting 45 Sqaure inches per hour.

What are you actually trying to figure out?

Cheers!

[cncdigger]

Thanks roysol,

We are a college but we also have a kind of R&D department where we do some machining for prototypes and also to promote the benefits of various CNC machines. 5axes mill, lathes, water jets, etc.

Al

[RICHARD ZASTROW]

Al, If this helps any, back in 1989 we charged $35/hr. machine time and $35/hr. for programming plastic extrusion dies on a 4 axis Mitsubishi wire EDM. Programming while the machine was cutting = $70/hr. Not bad 18 yrs. ago.