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    19BME073 Plasma Cutting Lab Report

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    The document describes an experiment to study and demonstrate the plasma cutting process. The key points are: 1) Plasma cutting uses a constricted arc between an electrode and workpiece to melt and remove metal material. The plasma jet reaches over 20,000 degrees Celsius. 2) Argon gas is typically used to generate the inert plasma but oxidizing gases can also be used with a copper electrode. 3) Plasma cutting is faster than oxy-fuel cutting and can cut a variety of conductive metals up to 6 inches thick. It produces cuts similar in quality but with more melting towards the top of the cut.

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    The document describes an experiment to study and demonstrate the plasma cutting process. The key points are: 1) Plasma cutting uses a constricted arc between an electrode and workpiece to melt and remove metal material. The plasma jet reaches over 20,000 degrees Celsius. 2) Argon gas is typically used to generate the inert plasma but oxidizing gases can also be used with a copper electrode. 3) Plasma cutting is faster than oxy-fuel cutting and can cut a variety of conductive metals up to 6 inches thick. It produces cuts similar in quality but with more melting towards the top of the cut.

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    The document describes an experiment to study and demonstrate the plasma cutting process. The key points are: 1) Plasma cutting uses a constricted arc between an electrode and workpiece to melt and remove metal material. The plasma jet reaches over 20,000 degrees Celsius. 2) Argon gas is typically used to generate the inert plasma but oxidizing gases can also be used with a copper electrode. 3) Plasma cutting is faster than oxy-fuel cutting and can cut a variety of conductive metals up to 6 inches thick. It produces cuts similar in quality but with more melting towards the top of the cut.

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    19BME073 Plasma Cutting Lab Report

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    Meet Lad
    The document describes an experiment to study and demonstrate the plasma cutting process. The key points are: 1) Plasma cutting uses a constricted arc between an electrode and workpiece to melt and remove metal material. The plasma jet reaches over 20,000 degrees Celsius. 2) Argon gas is typically used to generate the inert plasma but oxidizing gases can also be used with a copper electrode. 3) Plasma cutting is faster than oxy-fuel cutting and can cut a variety of conductive metals up to 6 inches thick. It produces cuts similar in quality but with more melting towards the top of the cut.

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    To study and demonstrate plasma cutting process

    Name: Meet Lad Roll No.: 19BME073

    Aim: To study and demonstrate plasma cutting process

    Equipment used: work piece, power source, Argon Gas ,torch and electrode

    Theory:
    The plasma arc cutting process is illustrated in Fig. 1 also it is the fastest cutting process on
    carbon steel, aluminum, or stainless steel.. The basic principle is that the arc formed between the
    electrode and the workpiece is constricted by a fine bore, copper nozzle. This increases the
    temperature and velocity of the plasma emanating from the nozzle.

    The temperature of the plasma is in excess of 20 000°C and the velocity can approach the speed
    of sound. The plasma gas flow is increased so that the deeply penetrating plasma jet cuts through
    the material and molten material is removed in the efflux plasma. The operating voltage to
    sustain the plasma is typically 50 to 60V, the open circuit voltage needed to initiate the arc can
    be up to 400V DC.

    In the conventional system using a tungsten electrode, the plasma is inert, formed using either
    argon, argon-H2 or nitrogen. Oxidizing gases, such as air or oxygen, can be used but the
    electrode must be copper with hafnium.

    Figure / Line Diagram:

    Fig. 1
    Machine specification:
    I-I330 cutmaster 25 manual Plasma cutting inverter 415V 3 phase 50/60Hz/16Amp.80A@ 40%
    duty cycle with SL60, 6.1M hand cutting torch work head 7-8910 cutting gudekit.

    Observations:
    The quality of the plasma cut edge is similar to that achieved with the oxy-fuel process.
    However, as the plasma process cuts by melting, a characteristic feature is the greater degree of
    melting towards the top of the metal resulting in top edge rounding, poor edge squareness or a
    bevel on the cut edge. As these limitations are associated with the degree of constriction of the
    arc, several torch designs are available to improve arc constriction to produce more uniform
    heating at the top and bottom of the cut.

    A handheld plasma torch can cut up to 38mm (1.5 inches) thick steel plate. Whereas, if you need
    something a bit more powerful, an industrial computer-controller torch can cut steel up to
    150mm (6 inches) thick. We also need to consider the type of metal that you are cutting. For
    example, if you are cutting a piece of mild steel, you will experience faster and thicker cuts than
    with alloys. For thinner plates it does not takes time and we get smooth and good quality cut than
    if we compare to thick plate.

    Electrode and nozzles are consumable in this process so we have to frequently change it. The gas
    flowing through the nozzle also serves as a medium to remove the molten metal heated by the
    ionized gas. Approximately 30% of gas is actually ionized (under optimum conditions) while the
    remaining 70% of the gas stream is used for material removal and cooling.

    Comments/Conclusions:

    From this experiment we get that plasma cutting is better than oxy acetylene cutting. It has
    ability to cut all electrically conductive materials. It is used on a work site for manual cutting as
    the equipment is portable and light weight. It is also more economically benefitable. Automation
    is readily achievable as with other cutting processes. CNC plasma cutting machines are able to
    cut complex shapes at high speeds. Effective in cutting metals up to 6” thick.

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