Produce The Best Results With Profile Cutting

Written on June 15, 2011 – 9:55 pm | by Admin

Profile cutting is the process by which metal can be cut to a desired shape using a torch which uses a flame produced either by gas or by plasma. The process enables large thicknesses of metal to be cut cleanly and efficiently with little wastage of metal. Whereas blades are limited in the depth of metal that they can effectively cut, profile cutting is able to efficiency cut through metal even of significant thickness, thus enabling the rapid mass production of large metal components for heavy industries.

Plasma cutters can be utilised in two primary fields of metalwork industry: mass production in heavy industry and one off production in light industry. Profile cutting is ideally suited to work in large factories, producing huge quantities of the same component over and over. The efficiency of the cutter enables the same cut to be made repeatedly in different components within a very short period of time. Moreover, by combining profile cutting with a CNC machine businesses can introduce a level of automation to the plasma or gas cutting process. This level of automation is ideally suited to robotic production lines where components are massed produced for use on larger manufactured products at a later date. Profile cutting using plasma torches enables a rapid production process which can be programmed into a computerised interface and simply left to run. However, such systems are not portable and must therefore be used in a fixed location.

Conversely, profile cutting can be used within light industry where relatively small components are produced on a one off basis. The portability and versatility of handheld plasma cutters means that the cutters can be repositioned as required as many times as required and adjusted to meet the requirements of the project. Profile cutting is used within a wide variety of businesses, some on a large scale where CNC machine and some on a small scale level where handheld plasma cutters are ideal. Profile cutting is used commonly by car manufacturers on a large commercial scale to produce car bodies and cut large sheets of metal for doors and other car parts. However, profile cutting can also be implemented on a small scale basis too. Profile cutting may also be used for purposes other than in a professional capacity.

Plasma cutters may be bought by those interested in art and profile cutting can be used as a method to create individual and unique pieces of artwork with a small handheld plasma torch. Overall, whether used by professionals or by amateurs, plasma cutters are effective in helping anyone to carry out profile cutting with precision and accuracy. Profile cutting can not only benefit large businesses where mass production of a product needs to be quick and efficient but small businesses and amateurs too can greatly benefit from this innovative and efficient way of cutting through metal with ease and accuracy. Profile cutting and the technologies that enable it to happen will no doubt increase in use as we discover more about plasma and its unique and marvellous properties.

This post was written by R. Deans on behalf of Westermans International, experts in profile cutting equipment. For more info on profile cutting equipment please visit westermans.com

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