Hypertherm, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA, introduces its HyPerformance Plasma™ metal cutting system now available with CNC controlled automatic gas delivery. The gas delivery system is completely controlled from the CNC interface. The automatic gas control supports all HyPerformance processes with closed loop control of process gases. All plasma parameters are adjustable at the CNC. These include current, plasma pre-flow and cut-flow, shield pre-flow and cut-flow, and gas type. Serial interface to HyPerformance auto gas will also provide diagnostic and monitoring capability with the display of many elements such as line voltage, chopper current, work lead current, system status, chopper, transformer and coolant temperatures, coolant flow, and pressure transducer readings. HyPerformance Plasma provides maximum flexibility with mild steel cutting up to 38mm mild steel edge-start cutting. Production pierce capability is 16mm with a maximum pierce of 25mm mild steel.
