We are EDM

ONA EDM: We are the world’s most specialised EDM manufacturer

At ONA we are pioneers in EDM technology. Our over 70 years of history have made us the most specialised manufacturer in the world.

We guarantee our clients’ competitiveness and build long-term partnerships.

In our commitment to a personalised service, we accompany the client throughout the entire process of acquisition and deployment of each piece of equipment in any place in the world.

We design and create customer-specific solutions in order to be able to deliver the perfect solution.

We are world leaders in the manufacture of large machines and experts in special solutions.

In line with this personalized approach, we create automation solutions, and work on projects to deliver turnkey solutions.

We include the latest developments in Industry 4.0. and digitalization in all our equipment.

98%

overall equipment
effectiveness (OEE)

overall equipment effectiveness (OEE)

countries of 5 continents
with ONA machines

countries of 5 continents with ONA machines

15.000

machines installed all
over the world

machines installed all over the world

large machine
configurations

large machine configurations

PEOPLE

An expert team of specialists focused on your needs. Working hand in hand, with the diligence and flexibility you require and with the expertise and precision that more than 65 years in the world of EDM give us.

ONA is human capacity.

“In what looks set to be an uncertain future, we will continue to be focused on our customers, investing in development to continue leading in a technology we are passionate about and with full knowledge of its possibilities.”

JAVIER GONZALEZ,
CEO

“Customers who do not know about us are surprised at our high technological development”.

IBON JAIO,
Head of the Applications Department

“ONA bases its distinguishing value on its ability to offer tailored solutions to each customer. I would summarise it as proximity, flexibility and adaptation to its customers’ needs.”

MIKEL UNAMUNO,
National Call Centre Manager and Coordinator of the National Technical Service

“We work in close collaboration with our customers and we are always available to respond to any query or incident, and provide the guidance they need”.

MIKEL OCEJA,
General Service Manager ONA USA

“At ONA we dedicate between 8% and 12% of our annual turnover to R&D&I”.

JOSE MARÍA RAMOS,
Director of Technology and Innovation

“We’ve built up a relationship of trust with ONA. What we most value is their approachability and their capacity to listen. ONA is a solutions provider with very similar values to our own”

Yannick Suzanne, head of S.A. HOURAT (France)

“We’ve built up a relationship of trust with ONA. What we most value is their approachability and their capacity to listen. ONA is a solutions provider with very similar values to our own”

Yannick Suzanne, head of S.A. HOURAT (France)

TECHNOLOGY

Everything that comes with being pioneers in EDM, more than 65 years of experience and our commitment to developing our own technology, have enabled us to always provide you with the perfect and most profitable solution for your project. Our secret: combining the expertise of our two key departments; applications and R&D&i.

DEPARTMENT OF R&D&I

This is the department in charge of solving the challenges, tests and doubts our customers bring to us.

This is the best way to be in continuous contact with both the customer’s needs and the market’s requirements. The Department of Applications is the company’s technical nexus with the exterior, enabling us to be up to date with what’s going on in the industrial sector. A team formed by 7 technicians with more than 100 years of combined experience in EDM that exemplifies ONA’s skill.

DEPARTMENT OF APPLICATIONS

Research is key for the continuous improvement of our products. Our R&D&I department is focused on the development of our own technology, with the aim of increasing the capacity of our machines, improving their functionalities and anticipating our customers’ needs. We also collaborate with different Technological Research Centres and Universities around the world (ILT-Frauhofer and WZL-Aachen in Germany and Tekniker, Tecnalia, Ideko, Higher Technical School of Engineers in Bilbao, Spain), and participate in European Research and Development projects (PROSECO, SAPHIRE). A team formed by 25 people; multidisciplinary, responsive and with initiative, representing ONA’s knowledge.

“The great complexity of our moulds called for cutting-edge EDM technology to meet our highly stringent requirements”

Managing Director of Bukuma Mirko Schnur (Germany)

“The great complexity of our moulds called for cutting-edge EDM technology to meet our highly stringent requirements”

Managing Director of Bukuma Mirko Schnur (Germany)

PROFITABILITY

Yes, we give you the solution you need, but we strive to also make it the most profitable solution. Your success and long-term profitability is the cornerstone of each one of our proposals; offering you the most reliable solution with the highest profitability.

ONA optimises your investment.

PRODUCTIVITY IN ROUGHING OPERATIONS

PRODUCTIVITY IN FINISHING OPERATIONS

WEAR OF ELECTRODES

INCREASED PROFITABILITY THROUGH SAVINGS IN ELECTRODES

This is the department in charge of solving the challenges, tests and doubts our customers bring to us.

ONA HISTORY

1952

ONA is founded with the aim of manufacturing special machine tools.

1955

ONA develops its first die-sinking EDM: ONA WSM – 4,5 model.

1963

Second ONA die-sinking EDM generation: CM series.

1969

First ONA EDM family with transistorized generators: BA series.

1977

ONA develops its first wire-cut EDM family: ONAEBAGOKI series.

1981

ONA develops the first CNC exclusively for EDM in the world: ONA POLISPARK CNC.

1985

ONA develops its first generation of large bridge-type die-sinking EDM machine, with a load capacity on the electrode head of up to 3,000 kg.

1991

ONADATIC F series machine family, equipped with a new micro-fine finishing generator that allows to reach a final roughness of up to VDI 0 – Ra 0,10 µm).

1992

ONA is moved to new, more modern, high-performance facilities designed to offer a comprehensive service, bringing together the headquarters, the main production unit and the R&D and TS centers.

1993

ONA patents the first 100% ecological filter for wire-cut EDM, the ONA AquaPrima model, which is incorporated as standard in the entire ONAPRIMA machine family.

1999

ONA manufactures the world’s largest wire-cut EDM: The ONAARION K1000 model. It is the first wire-cut EDM that can cut up to a height of 600 mm thick and load parts up to 10,000 kg.

2002

First family of ONA high-speed die-sinking EDM: CS-HS series.

2005

Family of die-sinking EDM ONA NX series, which incorporate the new ONA-S64 CNC that allows working in 3D without limitations.

2006

Family of wire-cut EDM ONA AX Series, which incorporate the new ONA Easycut digital generator that allows maximum cutting speed of up to 540 mm2/min.

2008

Family of high-precision wire-cut EDM ONA AF25 and AF35 Series that provide a final roughness of 0.2 µm Ra.

2009

Families of large size wire-cut and die-sinking EDM with a modular design: MODULAR ONAAF and MODULAR ONANX. Each client may configure their own large machine with an incredible flexibility.

2011

The modular range increases cutting height up to 800 mm height in 100% submerged mode.

2014

Presentation of the new Premium range ONAAV of wire-cut EDM.

2016

New generation of die-sinking EDM ONAQX that incorporate a 100% digital generator.

2018

Incorporation of the latest advances in digitization and industry 4.0. in all equipment. ONA manufactures the largest double head die-sinking machine and incorporates two robots to automate works.