Affordable plasma cutters are becoming a popular step up from an angle grinder for cutting sheet metal in the home workshop, but cutting long straight lines can be laborious and less than accurate.

For consumable parts a typical shielded plasma torch has an electrode, a nozzle, and a shield. Many other torches are unshielded with an exposed nozzle and an electrode. The two consumable parts in ...

Mining, engineering and shaft-sinking equipment manufacturer Max Power Services has reduced its cutting costs by 40% after employing US plasma cutting systems and consumables manufacturer Hypertherm’s ...