Sodick wins major Japanese design award

Sodick’s ground-breaking Premium range received further praise recently when the AQ327L was announced as a winner of the esteemed “Good Design Award” for product design in the machine tool industry field. This prestigious accolade, awarded by the Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization (JIDPO), recognises excellence in the field of innovation and technology and is judged on a broad spectrum of criteria such as making skilful use of new technology and meeting the needs of consumers.A winning design must also convey versatility and a high degree of functionality in an easily understandable way, offer a high level of performance and be user-friendly. Most importantly it should be good value for money and have a long useful life.The AQ327L Premium design is based on specific core technology which is the cornerstone of all Sodick machines; linear motors, ceramic components, sturdy Meehanite castings and Sodick Motion Control. These factors combine to ensure a long life, low maintenance, durability and performance. The addition of a high speed generator, vertical drop tank and Super Pika W fine finishing circuit have put Sodick Premium machines at the forefront of EDM manufacturing.Sodick will showcase the award winning Premium machines in Hall 8, Stand P42/O43 of Euromold 2005, together with other EDM machines from the high-technology, high-performance wire, sink and milling ranges. The show runs from 30th November to 3rd December at the Exhibition Centre, Frankfurt/Main.