Talk:CNC Plasma Cutter

Dross Issues

• https://www.hypertherm.com/en-US/customer-support/getting-the-most-from-your-products/cut-quality/too-much-dross/
• http://www.esab.ca/ca/en/education/blog/how-to-troubleshoot-plasma-cut-quality.cfm
• A PDF from Hypertherm about different quality issues with plasma cutting

Plasma torch issues

https://www.hypertherm.com/en-US/learn/articles/10-common-plasma-cutting-mistakes/

Torch configuration

Videos

• Introduction to SheetCam

Authorization / Training

Here's a link to the PS1-based authorization presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_R5lxeLWXO5RHv80kZ1pFGoYYbXbBwVFrAn_9t0GML8/edit?usp=sharing

Notes from Andrew

I've liked to jog around the extents of my part and set the lead in/ lead out to happen on the lowest part of the piece

Handy chart for the Hypertherm

Material	Thickness		Current	Maximum cut speed*
	inches	mm	amps	ipm	mm/min
Mild Steel	10 GA 1/4 3/8 1/2 3/4 1	3 6 10 12 19 25	45 45 45 45 45 45	175 75 40 25 10 5	4445 1905 1016 635 254 127
Stainless Steel	10 GA 1/4 3/8 1/2 3/4	3 6 10 12 19	45 45 45 45 45	150 55 32 18 9	3810 1397 813 457 229
Aluminum	10 GA 1/4 3/8 1/2 3/4	3 6 10 12 19	45 45 45 45 45	280 100 42 25 10	7112 2540 1067 635 254

Cheerfully taken from Hypertherm's site.