Benefits of Plasma vs. OxyFuel
Benefits of Plasma vs. OxyFuel
Greater Profitability:
Improved cut quality
More material flexibility
Higher productivity
Plasma
Lower operating cost
Oxyfuel
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Benefits of Plasma vs. OxyFuel
Benefits of Plasma vs. OxyFuel
Greater Profitability: Improved cut quality
Virtually dross free cutting significantly reduces
secondary operations
Smaller heat affected zone
Significantly better cut quality
on thin plate (<1/4 / <6mm)
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Benefits of Plasma vs. OxyFuel
Benefits of Plasma vs. OxyFuel
Greater Profitability: More material flexibility
Flexibility to cut mild steel, stainless steel and aluminum
OxyFuel is limited to mild steel only
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Benefits of Plasma vs. OxyFuel
Benefits of Plasma vs. OxyFuel
Greater Profitability: Higher productivity
Significantly faster cut speeds on material < 1 ź
100A- 200A- 200A- 200A- 200A- 200A-
(1/8 ") (1/4 ") (1/2 ") (3/4 ") (1 ") (1 ")
1/4
Oxyfuel 30 ipm 28 ipm 24 ipm 21 ipm 18 ipm 17 ipm
(Feedrate)
HySpeed HT2000 240 ipm 230 ipm 120 ipm 75 ipm 50 ipm 30 ipm
(Feedrate)
% Increase in Speed 700% 721% 400% 257% 178% 76%
Plasma does not require preheat time
Faster pierce times
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Benefits of Plasma vs. OxyFuel
Benefits of Plasma vs. OxyFuel
Greater Profitability: Higher productivity
Cut Volume Comparison
(1-Oxyfuel, 3-Oxyfuel, 1-HySpeed HT2000)
700
665
600
560
500
400
333
300
245
195
193
200
150
128
105
98
100
65
50
43
35
33
0
1/4" 1/2" 3/4" 1" 1-1/2"
Thickness (inches)
1-Oxy fuel Torch 3-Oxyfuel Torches 1- HySpeed HT2000
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Cut Volume (feet/hour)
Benefits of Plasma vs. OxyFuel
Benefits of Plasma vs. OxyFuel
Greater Profitability: Lower operating cost
Cost of Cutting Per Foot
$1.40
$1.20
$1.00
$0.80
$0.60
$0.40
$0.20
$0.00
1/4" 1/2" 3/4" 1" 1-1/2" 2"
Mild Steel Thickness
1-Oxyfuel Torch 3-Oxyfuel Torches 1-HySpeed HT2000
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$1.33
$1.21
$1.17
$1.07
$0.85
$0.68
$0.66
$0.59
$0.58
$0.50
$0.50
($) Cost per foot of Cutting
$0.38
$0.28
$0.23
$0.19
$0.15
$0.10
$0.05
Benefits of Plasma vs. OxyFuel
Benefits of Plasma vs. OxyFuel
Greater Profitability = Improved ROI
Assumptions:
OXYFUEL " Part size = 1 foot
BOTT 1/4" 1/2" 3/4" 1' 1-1/2" 2"
OM LINE
" Material thickness = ½
1-Torch Oxyfuel
" Profit/part = $1.00
Linear Feet Cut 65 50 42.5 35 32.5 30
" HySpeed HT2000 List price =
Cutting Cost ($/ft.) $0.50 $0.68 $0.85 $1.07 $1.21 $1.33
$28,500.00
3-Torch Oxyfuel
" Additional feet cut / hour with
Linear Feet Cut 195 150 127.5 105 97.5 90
1 plasma vs. 3 oxyfuel torches
Cutting Cost ($/ft.) $0.19 $0.28 $0.38 $0.50 $0.59 $0.66
= 270 feet (420  150 )
HySpeed HT2000
" Additional profit/hr = $270
BOTT 1/4" 1/2" 3/4" 1" 1-1/2" 2"
OM LINE
Linear Feet Cut 805 420 262.5 175 70 35
" $270 X 106 hours = $28,620
Cutting Cost ($/ft.) $0.05 $0.10 $0.15 $0.23 $0.58 $1.17
PAYBACK = 106 hours
HT2000 Calculations: 3-Torch oxyfuel Calculations:
" ½ mild steel cut at 120 ipm or 10 feet " ½ mild steel cut at 20 ipm or 1.6 feet
per minute x 60 mins = 600 ft/hr per minute x 60 mins = 99.96 ft/hr
(round up to 100 ft/hr)
" x 70% (utilization)
" x 50% (utilization w/ preheat time factor)
" = 420 ft/hr
" = 50 ft/hr x (3 torches) =150 ft/hr
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When is plasma most applicable?
When is plasma most applicable?
Material 1 ½ and below
Cutting a wide range of materials (mild steel,
stainless steel, and Aluminum)
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Benefits of Plasma vs. OxyFuel
Benefits of Plasma vs. OxyFuel
Greater Profitability:
Improved cut quality
More material flexibility
Higher productivity
Plasma
Lower operating cost
Oxyfuel
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