Gas cutting Machine

gas cutting (also referred to as oxyfuel cutting or gas cutting) is a rather popular variation of thermal cutting process applied at industrial level. There are several different variations of gas that can be used to perform this process, with a noticeable variation of the end results.

One of the biggest reasons for why it is so popular is the range of materials that it can cut – the material thickness that gas cutting can work with ranges from 0.5mm to 250mm. The equipment costs for gas cutting are also relatively cheap by industry standards, and the entire process can be performed mechanically, and not just manually.

Fundamentally speaking, the gas cutting process is relatively simple – in its most basic form, a gas cutting machinery is a nozzle that directs both the primary oxygen stream, as well as several secondary streams of the combination of oxygen and gas that serves as a fuel.

The metal piece in question gets preheated first using the combination of gas and oxygen (to about 700-900 degrees Celsius, a so-called “ignition” temperature). In this state, the metal piece is not hot enough to melt, but still hot enough for the cutting process to be conducted.