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Wire EDM machine from China

Most low-price Chinese wire EDMs are fast-wire machines that run a molybdenum wire back and forth, a different class from the single-pass brass-wire machines European toolmakers mean by wire EDM.

Ask about this machine ↗Where the numbers come from

Written and listings checked 30 September 2026. Every figure on this page names its source.

What you are actually comparing.

Two quotes, one machine name

What hides inside the price

Fast wire, medium speed or slow wire

Fast-wire machines reuse molybdenum wire, cheap to run, rougher finish. Medium speed adds skim cuts. Slow-wire machines use fresh brass wire once, in deionised water, for fine finish.

Generator and skim cuts

Ask the finish after the main cut and after the last skim.

Drives and taper head

Stepper drives appear on the cheapest machines. Ask for the drive type and the maximum taper angle.

Dielectric and filtration

Ask the fluid, filter type and who supplies the fluid in Europe.

Decode the model code.

Codes starting DK77 follow the Chinese convention for CNC wire cutting, usually fast-wire. The trailing digits are a size class, not a travel figure. One listing coded 55 stated 500 x 800 mm table travel. Read the travel table.

Before you ask for a price.

Send these with the enquiry. Without them, any number a factory gives you is a guess dressed as a quotation.

Your thickest part and the material, often hardened tool steel.
The finish and tolerance your dies or parts need.
Largest part footprint and weight.
Taper angles you cut.
Whether you need unattended overnight running.

Turn the claim into a demonstration.

Require this	A pass looks like
Cut your part in your thickest material, with the full skim sequence.	Size, taper and surface finish sit inside the contract values, measured by your inspector.
Cut a square punch and die pair to a stated clearance.	The punch enters the die evenly at the stated clearance.
Confirm the wire type on the machine.	Wire, generator and drive type match the contract.

The documents that must arrive with it.

EU Declaration of Conformity for this serial number naming 2006/42/EC, or Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 from 20 January 2027, with EN 12957 for electro-discharge machines among the standards applied.
Manual in the language of use, including the dielectric fluid data sheet.
Test cut record for this serial number.

When this is the wrong machine.

Buy something else if

Named, not hedged

You need mirror finishes and fine accuracy on precision tooling.

A slow-wire machine, which may be a used European one.

You cut blind cavities rather than through profiles.

A die-sinking EDM, which listings often mix in.

Where the numbers come from.

We name the kind of source, how many and when, and never the factory. Listed prices are asking prices, not landed cost. Where we do not hold a fact we say so: that is a GAP, not an estimate.

Listings · 10Ten priced marketplace listings for wire EDM machines, checked September 2026, asked US$4,500 to US$30,000 per unit. One stated medium speed and one high speed; one DK7755 listing stated 500 x 800 mm travel. Asking prices, not landed cost.
GAPGAP - no supplier quotations logged for this machine yet. Three to five quotations for one configuration would give a real price spread.

Related machines.

Surface grinding machine. Choose the surface grinding machine when you need flat, fine faces on die plates rather than cut profiles.
Vertical machining center. Choose the vertical machining center when parts are soft enough to mill and speed matters more than sharp inside corners.

Every machine we source in this area is on the Metal & CNC page. How a project runs, stage by stage, is on how it works, and what it costs is on pricing.

Straight answers

Questions buyers ask about this machine.

Chinese vs European wire EDM machine: what am I choosing?+

Usually a process as much as a make. Fast-wire and medium-speed machines are cheap to buy and run; slow-wire machines cost more and finish finer.

What belongs on a wire EDM inspection checklist?+

Wire type, generator, drive nameplates, your part cut with skims and measured, the punch and die test, and the fluid system.

Which CE papers does a wire EDM machine need?+

A Declaration of Conformity for this serial number citing the EDM standard, and a manual in your language.

Do I become the EU importer of a wire EDM?+

Buying directly from a Chinese seller, yes in most cases, with the duty to check the documents.

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