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Using plasma arc cutting to clean-cut stainless steel sheet and plate: Variables to consider

By: Stephen St. Hilaire, Contributing Writer
To clean-cut stainless steel sheet and plate, fabricators first must choose the right CNC cutting equipment and then set the correct process-related variables. Precise machine motion controls, torch-to-material distance control, and the correct plasma and assist gases all are crucial to producing weld-ready plasma-cut edges on all stainless steel thicknesses.

Publish date: May 30, 2001

Tech cell: Plasma Cutting

Making plasma cutting easier: Using CNC automation technology

By: Brad Thompson and Kris Hanchette, Contributing Writers
For many people, the world of plasma cutting is a complex and daunting place, with a cryptic set of rules that can be mastered only by highly trained technicians after weeks of training. For every change of material or thickness being cut, a long process ensues of resetting gas mixtures, tweaking pierce heights and pierce delays, and manually calibrating every last parameter to ensure a reliable result.

Publish date: August 28, 2003

Tech cell: Plasma Cutting

Establishing a die setup recipe for progressive dies

By: Art Hedrick, Contributing Writer
Setting up a stamping die is one of the most critical steps in a successful stamping process. It's a fact: More damage is done to a die, especially a progressive die, in the first 10 hits than in the next 10,000 hits. Most die damage happens during initial setup, when the material is being fed into the die. Mistakes such as misfeeds, pilot piercing, double metal, sheared cutting sections, and stock hang-ups often occur.

Publish date: April 10, 2003

Tech cell: Tool and Die

Can I form a box that deep?

By: Steve D. Benson, Contributing Writer
There's no reason you can't form sharp, deep boxes with a press brake consistently. You just have to be familier with what your tooling can and can't do under certain circumstances.

Publish date: July 11, 2002

Tech cell: Bending