Air Plasma Cutter

Air plasma cutters are special instruments that make use of high energy gases to cut shape melt and otherwise manipulate various metals and materials.

Air plasma cutter.

Air plasma may sound complicated but its simply a state of matter. Weight provides easy portability for hvac and auto body work. Plasma cutting is used in cutting and gouging applications and requires compressed air and electricity to create plasma gas. Zfe quality spacer guide for air plasma cutter cutting wsd 60p sg 55 ag 60 pack of 5pcs 3 9 out of 5 stars 323.

A plasma cutter will use this electrically conductive gas to transfer energy from a power supply to any conductive material resulting in a cleaner faster cutting process than with oxyfuel. Plasma conducts electricity and plasma cutters include. In terms of cutting capacity it s rated to cut 3 8 steel at 10 inches per minute and can sever 5 8 at 5 inches per minute. This will cover units that are intended for up to 3 8 thick steel to large units that can handle 7 8 this steel.

Also there are some things to keep in mind when matching a plasma cutter to an air compressor. The powermax30 air from hypertherm is the best plasma cutter with a built in air compressor it dominates the competition when it comes to units designed with portability in mind. If your machine does not have this you can purchase an external air regulator to mount on your plasma cutter or your compressor. The basic plasma cutting process involves creating an electrical channel of superheated electrically ionized gas i e.

Plasma from the plasma cutter itself through the work piece to be cut thus forming a completed electric circuit back to the plasma cutter through a grounding clamp this is accomplished by a compressed gas oxygen air inert and others depending on material being cut which. The inverter design and 21 lb. Other familiar material states are liquids solids and gases. Miller plasma cutters can cut up to 7 8 inch steel and stainless steel material and up to 5 8 inch aluminum material.

The lincoln electric plasma 20 plasma cutter cuts the lincoln electric plasma 20 plasma cutter cuts sheet metal to 1 8 in. Some plasma cutters have a built in air regulator in the machine that will choke the air down to the correct pressure needed. Air requirements for a plasma cutter will require about 4 8 scfm delivered at 90 120 psi. Sungoldpower 50a air plasma cutter inverter dc digital display igbt portable cut50 welding portable machine cutting 50amp dual voltage 110v and 220v 4 3 out of 5 stars 88.

45amp air plasma cutting machine 220v plasma cutter 15mm 1 2 inch clean cut igbt inverter plasma cutter with plasma cutter kit cut45 3 7 out of 5 stars 16 249 00 249. Of course there are caveats to this. Material with a maximum capacity of 1 4 in. In stock on september 24 2020.

The plasma arc formation begins when a gas such as oxygen nitrogen argon or even shop air is forced through a small nozzle orifice inside the torch.