Benefits of Plasma Cutting

Plas­ma cut­ting has many ben­e­fits, which has made it an attrac­tive appli­ca­tion in many dif­fer­ent indus­tries. This cut­ting process uses a gas jet, charged at great speeds to cut met­al up to six inch­es thick at very high temperatures.

What is plas­ma cutting?

First, let’s dis­cuss what plas­ma cut­ting robots do. Robot­ic plas­ma cut­ting uses a high-veloc­i­ty ion­ized gas (plas­ma) to heat and melt met­als, which are then used to cut the piece. Plas­ma cut­ting can be used with pieces less than one inch thick and can cre­ate angled or curved shapes.

Check out our blog post with more details about plas­ma cutting.

Advan­tages of plas­ma cutting

The advan­tages of robot­ic plas­ma cut­ting are numerous:

Cut­ting Speed

Robot­ic plas­ma cut­ters are five times faster than tra­di­tion­al, man­u­al torch­es, and can cut up to 500 inch­es per minute.

Wide Range of Mate­r­i­al and Thickness

Plas­ma cut­ting robots can make pre­cise cuts in a vari­ety of met­als and thick­ness­es. These plas­ma cut­ters use nitro­gen, which enables them to cut steel, alu­minum, and oth­er metals.

Ease of Use

Robot plas­ma cut­ters require mar­gin­al train­ing, mak­ing them user-friendly.

Mul­ti-task­ing

Robot plas­ma cut­ting sys­tems are not just lim­it­ed to cut­ting. They can be used as gauges, lin­ing up mate­r­i­al perfectly.

Safe­ty

This cut­ting appli­ca­tion uses gas that is not high­ly flam­ma­ble, elim­i­nat­ing some of the safe­ty haz­ards with gas cut­ting procedures.

Eco­nom­i­cal

Plas­ma cut­ting is a cost effec­tive appli­ca­tion – it is less expen­sive than laser or water-jet cutting.

Keeps Mate­ri­als Cool

Despite oper­at­ing at high tem­per­a­tures, plas­ma cut­ting robot­ic sys­tems can keep the sur­face of mate­ri­als cool. This pre­vents warp­ing and dam­age to paint and oth­er coatings.

These advan­tages add up to an appli­ca­tion that will not only cut pro­duc­tion and labor costs but will also improve the qual­i­ty of your product.

Find a plas­ma cut­ting robot with Robots​.com

Robots​.com, a provider of refur­bished robots from Fanuc, ABB, Motoman, and KUKA robots, has sev­er­al plas­ma cut­ting robot mod­els avail­able to cus­tomers. Our team of engi­neers, design­ers, and sales­men will work with you to come up with the best plas­ma cut­ting option available.

For more infor­ma­tion about the ben­e­fits of plas­ma cut­ting robots, con­tact Robots​.com today by fill­ing out our con­tact form or call­ing us at 877−762−6881.