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===Dross Issues=== | ===Dross Issues=== | ||
* https://www.hypertherm.com/en-US/customer-support/getting-the-most-from-your-products/cut-quality/too-much-dross/ | * 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 | |||
*[[Media:QSC_893370.pdf | A PDF from Hypertherm about different quality issues with plasma cutting]] | *[[Media:QSC_893370.pdf | A PDF from Hypertherm about different quality issues with plasma cutting]] | ||
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===Torch configuration=== | ===Torch configuration=== | ||
[[File:Bevel.jpg]] | [[File:Bevel.jpg]] | ||
== Videos == | |||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcJ7QNc6wG4&t=1054s 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 == | |||
<table class="cssborders" style="border: 1px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); width: 55%; background-image: url(https://hypermax.3dcartstores.com/admin/html_editor/scripts/saf/undefined); background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse;" align="center" width=""><tr><th style="border: 1px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); padding: 3px; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" width="25%">Material</th><th colspan="2" style="border: 1px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); padding: 3px; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Thickness</th><th style="border: 1px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); padding: 3px; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" width="15%">Current</th><th colspan="2" style="border: 1px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); padding: 3px; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Maximum cut speed*</th></tr><tr><th style="border: 1px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); padding: 3px;"> </th><th style="border: 1px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); padding: 3px;">inches</th><th style="border: 1px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); padding: 3px;">mm</th><th style="border: 1px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); padding: 3px;"><div align="center">amps</div></th><th style="border: 1px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); padding: 3px;"><div align="center">ipm</div></th><th style="border: 1px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); padding: 3px;"><div align="center">mm/min</div></th></tr><tr><th style="border: 1px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); padding: 3px;" valign="top">Mild Steel</th><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); padding: 3px;" valign="top">10 GA<br>1/4<br>3/8<br>1/2<br>3/4<br>1</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); padding: 3px;" valign="top"><div align="center">3<br>6<br>10<br>12<br>19<br>25</div></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); padding: 3px;" valign="top"><div align="center">45<br>45<br>45<br>45<br>45<br>45</div></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); padding: 3px;" valign="top"><div align="center">175<br>75<br>40<br>25<br>10<br>5</div></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); padding: 3px;" valign="top"><div align="center">4445<br>1905<br>1016<br>635<br>254<br>127</div></td></tr><tr><th style="border: 1px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); padding: 3px;" valign="top">Stainless Steel</th><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); padding: 3px;" valign="top">10 GA<br>1/4<br>3/8<br>1/2<br>3/4</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); padding: 3px;" valign="top"><div align="center">3<br>6<br>10<br>12<br>19</div></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); padding: 3px;" valign="top"><div align="center">45<br>45<br>45<br>45<br>45</div></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); padding: 3px;" valign="top"><div align="center">150<br>55<br>32<br>18<br>9</div></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); padding: 3px;" valign="top"><div align="center">3810<br>1397<br>813<br>457<br>229</div></td></tr><tr><th style="border: 1px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); padding: 3px;" valign="top">Aluminum</th><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); padding: 3px;" valign="top">10 GA 1/4<br>3/8<br>1/2<br>3/4</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); padding: 3px;" valign="top"><div align="center">3<br>6<br>10<br>12<br>19</div></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); padding: 3px;" valign="top"><div align="center">45<br>45<br>45<br>45<br>45</div></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); padding: 3px;" valign="top"><div align="center">280<br>100<br>42<br>25<br>10</div></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); padding: 3px;" valign="top"><div align="center">7112<br>2540<br>1067<br>635<br>254</div></td></tr></table> | |||
Cheerfully taken from Hypertherm's site. | |||