What are the consumable parts of a plasma torch?
Plasma cutting torch consumables include: a swirl ring, electrode, nozzle, retaining cap, and shield cap.
What are plasma cutting consumables?
For most manual plasma cutting systems, five different components comprise the torch consumables—the shield, retaining cap, nozzle, electrode, and swirl ring. The shield protects the rest of the consumables. With the plasma cutting process you tend to get an awful lot of sparks and molten metal.
What is a plasma torch used for?
The plasma cutter (or plasma cutting torch) is used to cut through electrically conductive metals such as steel and aluminum. It does this by using compressed gas to ionize the air into a plasma arc that actually melts the material being cut.
What can cause plasma torch consumables to burn up?
How to improve mechanized plasma consumable life
- Plasma cutter and consumables.
- Low coolant flow.
- Improper gas flow.
- Incorrect Pierce Height.
- Impurities in water or gas.
- Wrong electrode setting and parameters.
- Improper shutdown sequence.
- Crashing the nozzle on a plate.
Why is it called plasma cutter?
A plasma cutter or plasma cutting system uses a plasma stream to transfer energy to a conductive work material. This is why the process is often called plasma arc cutting. The plasma arc cuts the workpiece by first melting it, and then blowing away the molten metal.
What is plasma metal?
Plasma Cutting is a profile cutting technique which can cut through any conductive metal. This includes metals like steel, aluminium, brass, titanium and copper – both thick or thin. Plasma cutting can be done by hand, using a hand held plasma torch.
Are Hypertherm consumables are made from copper?
It is comprised of a copper holder that contains an emissive element of hafnium or tungsten— metals with high melting points that will sustain an arc. The emitting element is slowly eroded away by the heat of the arc, and the high velocity plasma gas stream.