Upper Guide Head

Assembly

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Carries the upper wire guide, flushing nozzle, and power contact on a U/V cross-slide that offsets the top of the wire from the bottom to cut tapers up to 30 degrees.

Direct parts	6
Total parts	60
Used in	1 assembly
Class	Assembly

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Carries the upper wire guide, flushing nozzle, and power contact on a U/V cross-slide that offsets the top of the wire from the bottom to cut tapers up to 30 degrees. A full specification article for this item is being written. Meanwhile its bill of materials and connections are below.

Upper Guide Head parts and their functions

6 top-level parts · 60 parts in total · full bill of materials below

Upper Guide Head parts diagram: 1 upper wire guide, 2 power feed contact, 3 upper flushing nozzle, 4 U/V taper slide, 5 upper guide block, 6 o-ring set. 60 parts in 6 top-level items. — Upper Guide Head parts diagram. Numbers match the table below; each box is one top-level part or assembly with what it contains.

#	Part	Qty	What it does
1	Upper Wire Guide	1×	Diamond or sapphire wire guide
2	Power Feed Contact	2×	Carbide power feed contacts
3	Upper Flushing Nozzle	1×	Upper flushing nozzle
4	U/V Taper Slide 4 parts	1×	U/V taper cross-slide
5	Upper Guide Block	1×	Guide and contact carrier block
6	O-Ring Set	1×	Nozzle and block seals

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Bill of materials for Upper Guide Head

6 top-level lines · 14 rows shown · 60 parts total · indented to 3 levels

#	Item / sub-assembly	Part no.	Qty/assy	Ext. qty	Parts	Type
1	Upper Wire Guide	wedm-upper-guide	1×	1	·	part
2	Power Feed Contact	wedm-power-contact	2×	2	·	part
3	Upper Flushing Nozzle	wedm-flush-nozzle-upper	1×	1	·	part
4	U/V Taper Slide 4 parts	wedm-uv-slide	1×	1	54	assembly
4.1	Ball Screw	ball-screw	2×	2	·	part
4.2	Linear Guide Rail	linear-guide	2×	2	·	part
4.3	Servo Motor 4 parts	servo-motor	2×	2	24	assembly
4.3.1	Stator Assembly 3 parts + deeper ›	stator-assembly	1×	2	3	assembly
4.3.2	Rotor Assembly 4 parts + deeper ›	rotor-assembly	1×	2	19	assembly
4.3.3	Encoder	encoder	1×	2	·	part
4.3.4	Motor Housing	motor-housing	1×	2	·	part
4.4	U/V Glass Scale	wedm-uv-scale	2×	2	·	part
5	Upper Guide Block	wedm-upper-guide-block	1×	1	·	part
6	O-Ring Set	oring-set	1×	1	·	part

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Where the upper guide head is used

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Machine Tools & Metalworking 1 Wire EDM Machine

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Sourcing: possible vendors

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Vendor	HQ	Specialty	MOQ	Lead time
🇨🇳Foxconn foxconn.com ↗	Shenzhen, CN	Electronics contract mfg	1,000 pcs	6–10 wks
🇸🇬Flex (Singapore) flex.com ↗	Singapore	Electronics contract mfg	1,000 pcs	6–10 wks
🇮🇳Dixon Technologies dixoninfo.com ↗	Noida, IN	Electronics contract mfg	1,000 pcs	6–10 wks
🇨🇳BYD Electronics bydelectronic.com ↗	Shenzhen, CN	Electronics contract mfg	1,000 pcs	6–10 wks
🇸🇬Venture Corp venture.com.sg ↗	Singapore	Electronics contract mfg	1,000 pcs	6–10 wks