PLASMA CUTTING

PLASMA CUTTING

Plasma Cutting is one of the most versatile and low cost methods to cut stainless steel. An electrical arc is formed through an inert gas that is focused from a nozzle to the cutting surface. The arc turns the gas into a precise plasma beam that accurately cuts through steel. As with water jet cutting, this process is completely automated and driven by the approved mechanical specification.High definition plasma delivers a constant high precision quality cut on thickness from 1mm to 20mm thick. Plasma cutting process is a method based on melting the steel or other material; the material must be able to conduct electricity. Electricity is used to heat the material and the melt is blown out of the cut with the plasma gas jet. This makes plasma cutting independent of the limitations of flame cutting, the method can therefore be used on steel and most metals. Selecting this process, it is important to consider many factors, including tolerance requirements, material size and thickness, desired edge quality, lead time, and also any additional processing that will occur after the cutting step.As compared to laser, water-jet, and saw cutting, in most cases plasma cutting will require greater material usage, the cost of the plasma cutting process itself is quite inexpensive. In order to accurately determine this, it is important to consider extra material that may need to be purchased to account for material that needs to be removed in secondary operations following the cutting process, kerf loss and skeleton loss.
 

Cut-To-Length

Shearing

Slitting