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Re: Outlawbabe post# 1947

Wednesday, 03/21/2007 5:30:49 PM

Wednesday, March 21, 2007 5:30:49 PM

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A plasma cutter is used to cut steel accurately:

Plasma cutting is a process used to cut steel and other metals (or sometimes other materials) using a plasma torch. In this process, an inert gas (in some units, compressed air) is blown at high speed out of a nozzle; at the same time an electrical arc is formed through that gas from the nozzle to the surface being cut, turning some of that gas to plasma. This plasma is sufficiently hot to melt the metal and moving sufficiently fast to blow molten metal away from the cut. The result is very much like cutting butter with a hot jet of air.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_cutting

Phil

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