Differences between Plasma, flame and laser

1. Plasma cutting

Cutting quality: excellent angle, heat affected zone is small, almost no slag, good to excellent cutting effect.

Production capacity: high speed when cutting metals with various thickness, perforation fast.

Operating cost: wearing parts long life, good productivity, cut quality good, resulting in a lower cost than other technologies in a single operation.

Maintenance mode: maintenance team in factory usually be appropriate for the maintenance of many components.

2. Flame cutting

Cutting quality: a good angle, a large heat affected zone, slag volume, need to rework.

Production capacity: cutting slowly, warm-up time will increase the number of perforated.

Operating costs: production efficiency is low and need to rework, resulting in a higher cost than plasma in a single operation.

Maintenance mode: maintenance team in factory usually is appropriate for the simple maintenance.

3. Laser cutting

Cutting quality: excellent angle, heat affected zone is small, almost no slag, good to excellent effect can be achieved under conditions of the narrowest curvature.

Production capacity: cutting torch can be quickly disengaged, improve production efficiency, high speed when cutting the metal material thickness less than 6mm.

Operating costs: as electricity and gas consumption when cutting thicker materials, maintenance costs are high and the cutting speed is relatively low, leading to the high cost of a single operation

Maintenance mode: need professional and technical personnel to complete the work of maintenance.