The research activities of ONA within NEXT project are focused on the development of high technological and more environmentally friendly Electrical Discharge Machines (EDM). The activities are focused on covering two main objectives:

• Reducing the Environmental impact of Electrical Discharge Machine (EDM), during its whole product life cycle, e.g. development, use and disposal.

• Improving machine performances and efficiency.

The use phase of EDM machines, during its whole lifetime, has the most adverse influence on the environment. Filtration consumables, waste generation, and energy consumption are the major impacts that affect negatively to the environment. Therefore, the research activities of ONA are focused on:

• Improving machine performances.
• Reducing the environmental impact of products and processes.
• Optimising raw material consumption.
• Reducing energy use.
• Ensuring compliance with environmental regulations.
• Contributing to a better global environment.