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.