In many industries, it is required to cut metals. This is necessary to obtain parts of a given form, technological holes, pipes of different lengths and with some other production processes.
The main types of machines
For metal cutting, several types of equipment based on different principles are used. Depending on the complexity of the technological process, the necessary performance, a specific type of machine tool and their power is selected.
Types of equipment:
guillotine,
Gas acid installations,
Laser machines,
Plasma machines.
Guillotine is used for cutting metals to parts of simple forms. Gas acid installations allow you to obtain parts of more complex shapes, but due to the thermal effects of the edge of the workpieces, they require additional processing.
Laser resonator machines allow you to get a fairly even edge of parts of any complexity. This equipment is difficult to use for some metals in connection with their reflective properties.
The most universal for many technological processes is the metal cutting machine. Thanks to the created plasma stream, you can cut most metals and alloys into parts of a complex shape.
Advantages of plasma equipment
This equipment was widely used due to high performance. It has a good burning speed compared to machines operating on other principles.
The thickness of the sheets of the processed metal can vary in a fairly wide range. The products received have a clean slice and do not require additional processing.
This equipment is safe for the operator, since it does not have an open flame. Using CNC machines allows you to fully automate the process and receive products with specified characteristics with minimal participation of a person.