Plasma Arc Cutting Torch

The super heated plasma jet is focused through a constricted orifice or tip which directs the arc to the work piece.

Plasma arc cutting torch.

Another very common thermal cutting technique is plasma arc cutting. The plasma jet can be used for applications including plasma cutting plasma arc welding plasma spraying and plasma gasification for waste disposal. The plasma arc formation begins when a gas such as oxygen nitrogen argon or even shop air is forced through a small nozzle orifice inside the torch. Plasma cutting is a process that cuts through electrically conductive materials by means of an accelerated jet of hot plasma.

A plasma torch also known as a plasma arc plasma gun or plasma cutter plasmatron is a device for generating a directed flow of plasma. Plasma arc cutting also referred to as plasma fusion cutting or plasma cutting is a fabrication process which employs superheated ionized gas funneled through a plasma torch to heat melt and ultimately cut electrically conductive material into custom shapes and designs. Plasma arc cutting is a process in which an electronic arc ionizes a gas creating a super heated plasma arc column used to cut ferrous and non ferrous metal alloys. This process is based on an electrical arc between an electrode inside a torch and the workpiece.