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Cutting steel and other metals of different thicknesses (or sometimes other materials) using a plasma torch is called plasma cutting. To do this, an inactive gas (in some cases, compressed air) is turned into plasma by blowing it at intense speed out of a nozzle; at the same time an electrical arc is forged through that gas from the nozzle to the metal being cut. The plasma is flaming enough to melt the metal in the process of cutting.
There are two type of CNC plasma cutter. One is CNC cutting table and another one has the cutter built into the table. CNC tables vest a computer to control the torch head producing clean sharp cuts. Modern CNC plasma equipment is capable of multi-axis cutting of thick material, allowing opportunities for complex welding seams that are not possible otherwise. For thinner material, plasma cutting is being gradually replaced by laser cutting, because of the auspicious hole-cutting abilities of laser cutters.
CNC plasma cutting machines were initially using MOSFETs as transistor. But usage of IGBTs is now increased noticeably in this field. With assimilated MOSFETs, if one of the transistors activates untimely it can cause collapse of one quarter of the inverter. A later discovery, IGBTs, is not as subject to this failure mode. IGBTs can be generally found in high current machines where it is not possible to parallel sufficient MOSFET transistors.
This sector has been developed significantly in recent years. Traditionally the machine’s cutting tables were horizontal, but now vertical CNC plasma cutting machines are available, providing quicker operation, increased flexibility and maximum safety.
