Electric discharge machining is primarily used for hard metals or other materials that normally would be considered hard to machine with traditional methods. The materials are typically electrically conducted and materials such as titanium, hastelloy, kovar and iconel can be used with these machines.

Wire EDM machines have been developed for several different industries including the medical industry and the aerospace industry. There are several manufacturers who answer the needs of new technology and developments with molybdenum wire EDM machines that are required for the work of those industries.

One of the world's leading manufacturers of wire machines is Makino. Makino provides solutions for these industries when it comes to WEDM (wire electric discharge machining) needs and new technologies.
New advancements of WEDM that have been made by Makino includes: high tension wire technology, Surface Wizard, and advanced precision and economy technology libraries for the 0.012" wire. The new technologies and strides that have been made have allowed the manufacturing industry to produce a large variety of parts, faster. Better accuracies, surface finishes and surface integrity has been achieved under a wide variety of machining conditions. Recent studies have shown that the WEDM technology from Makino, leaves very little, if any at all, damage to the surface of a part that has been machined with this technology.