Plasma Cutting Aluminum Plate

2 plasma cutting aluminum plate doesn t make sense because the technology can t meet tight tolerances.

Plasma cutting aluminum plate. It had the advantages over traditional metal against metal cutting of producing no metal chips giving accurate cuts and producing a cleaner edge than oxy fuel cutting early plasma cutters were large somewhat slow and expensive and therefore tended to be. Plasma cutting grew out of plasma welding in the 1960s and emerged as a very productive way to cut sheet metal and plate in the 1980s. If you plan to cut thick aluminum sheet your plasma cutter should feature a wider gap and bigger arcs among them. Consider a plasma cutter depending on the thickness of the aluminum sheet.

I generally use the 8 milwaukee metal cut saw with an aluminum blade. It is also a very loud process producing high intensity ultra violet light. Then the cutting of the aluminum plate will come out excellently. Take into account the high speed machining.

Plasma aluminum water hydrogen explosion hazard. That way the sheet goes straight from cutting to welding with little no additional prep. For people cutting aluminum plate such as for military vehicles or trailers or railcars it is a well accepted practice misconception no. In recent times plasma cutter can effectively cut aluminum plate at very fast rates per ampere while minimizing the heat level thereby leading to great results.

Higher rates of feed 25 inches min 635mm min small depth of cut 0 030 0 75mm max. Therefore many companies prefer to cut aluminum on a water table. Oxygen plasma gas reacts with carbon steel to produce a finer spray of molten metal each droplet having a lower surface tension. With that said i normally saw cut all my aluminum sheet.

Plasma cutting aluminum plate or stainless plate with oxygen plasma gas is not recommended. To cut the sheets of metal rathe. I do use the plasma pm 600 or pm 1250 for cutting irregular shapes out of aluminum.