What is oxy fuel cutting used for?

Oxy-fuel cutting is used for the cutting of mild steel. Only metals whose oxides have a lower melting point than the base metal itself can be cut with this process. Otherwise as soon as the metal oxidises it terminates the oxidation by forming a protective crust.

What metals can be cut with oxy fuel gas process?

What metals can be cut with the oxyfuel gas process? Iron, Low Carbon Steel, Magnesium, Titanium, Zinc, and any metal that oxidizes rapidly.

What is the difference between plasma cutting and oxy fuel cutting?

Plasma cutting is made possible by introducing electricity into compressed air to create an ionized, imbalanced plasma gas. ... Oxyfuel cutting is where an oxygen fuel gas flame preheats the material to its ignition temperature, then a powerful oxygen jet is directed at the material.

What is drag in oxy cutting?

A uniform wide slot, called kerf, is cut by the high pressure stream of oxygen. The marking on the sides of the keft are called drag. If the speed of travel of torch is high, the bottom cut lags behind the top cut and the drag lines are curved.

How hot is oxy acetylene?

3150 °C Oxygen and acetylene together (oxy-acetylene) produces a flame temperature of 3150 °C, making it the hottest of all the fuel gases and the only fuel gas that can weld steel. In cutting, acetylene gives the fastest pre-heating and piercing times of any of the other fuel gas combinations.

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As a tried and tested process, oxy-fuel cutting has been around for many years and will be around for many more to come. Manufacturers often overlook the quality and productivity that a modern well maintained oxy-fuel cutting machine would bring.

Kerf supply and maintain a large range of oxy-fuel cutting machines from small single head machines right the way through to large multi-head machines. We are also able to offer support for older legacy products out in the field. Please contact Kerf Developments with your requirements and we will do what we can to help you;

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Typical Cut Size

1,500mm to 3,000mm cut width

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2,500mm to 4,000mm cut width

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3mm to 500mm

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Ideal for a wide range of industrial applications, oxy-fuel cutting has been enhanced and refined to make it often the most cost-effective method of manufacturing components.

In some instances, oxy-fuel can produce parts that other processes simply cannot. In other cases components can be produced more economically than through laser, plasma cutting or water-jet cutting.

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