Plasma cutting – occasionally referred to as ‘plasma arc cutting’ – is a melting process that sees a high-temperature ionized gas jet used to melt the material and expel it from a cut. This ionized ...

Atmospheric pressure plasma processing and machining represent a transformative suite of techniques that utilise ionised gases, or plasmas, at ambient pressures to perform high-precision material ...

For consumable parts a typical shielded plasma torch has an electrode, a nozzle, and a shield. Many other torches are unshielded with an exposed nozzle and an electrode. The two consumable parts in ...

Torchmate’s Growth Series CNC cutting systems are an affordable design for smaller machine shops, fabricators, and sheet metal processors. Operators of current models may upgrade to the larger table ...

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