WIRES ENGINEERING

Interview to Emilio BROCCO: THE WIRES ENGINEERING SRL

How came the need to create a company that produced cutting machines?

In the early 80's we adapted a few machines present on the market so they could operate with the diamond wire. The machines on the market were projected to work with abrasive wires made of silicon carbide, therefore we adopted this technology to operate with the diamond wire, obtaining machines that could mount 1 or 2 wires.

In the 90's comes the idea to produce specific machines for the cutting with the diamond wire; so the first monowire saws are born and in the second half of the decade, the long multiwire saws.

In the 1997 I decide to establish the WIRES ENGINEERING that would project and produce saws for the diamond wire.

How did the cutting technology evolve in time?

The first multiwire saws were able to operate with 5-10 wires at the same time, so to cut a block it take 5-6 descents. They were large machines (long multiwire saws) and they were mounting 8mm diameter wires. There were realized long multiwire saws up to 30 wires. The excessive dimensions of this solutions pushed us to develop new technologies and in the 2005 is born the first compact multiwire. This new generation of saws overcome the problems of space and costs and allowed to bring the cutting of the blocks inside the industrial buildings.

The first compact multiwire operated with 5-10 wires at the same time. During the years we increased the productivity of the machines up to the development of the Epica 65 saw.