ESAB adds marking facility to plasma-arc cutter
December 22nd 2008 06:25 am By Web Development in India
ESAB Cutting Systems’s m3 plasma-arc cutting machine can now both cut and mark material with the same plasma torch, offering higher productivity from a simple-to-use system.
Users can now carry out high-speed, low-cost standard plasma cutting, precision cutting and marking, or just thick plate cutting - all with a single PT-36 Plasma torch.
200, 300, 400 and 600A systems are available with the facility to upgrade at any time.
The m3 system consists of the Plasma power supply, PT-36 Plasma torch, m3 flow control and quick-change consumables.
The m3 system has both ‘quality’ and ‘production’ cutting modes and can produce precision cuts on material as thin as 2mm and production standard cuts on material up to 160mm without any sacrifice of quality.
The plasma-arcv system produces a consistently superior cut face with low dross and requires minimal secondary operations.
The m3 plasma-arc system is also highly suited to bevelling operations, as the PT-36 torch design has high standards of concentricity and accuracy, leading to more consistent bevel angles and part size.
The torch is also robust with heavier, thicker nozzles, cups, shields and retainers suited to demanding bevelling applications.
The m3 system is fully integrated with the Vision CNC Controller, simplifying plasma-arc setup and operation.
This also allows fully automatic process switching from cutting to marking mode.
The operator simply selects the material type and thickness and the Vision CNC automatically selects and mixes the optimal start, cut and shield gas combination.
Process parameters for most plasma-arc cutting and marking applications are preloaded in the Vision CNC and custom parameter files can be easily created as needed.