Benefits of Plasma vs.

OxyFuel

Greater Profitability:
Improved cut quality
More material flexibility
Higher productivity
Plasma Lower operating cost
Oxyfuel

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 Benefits of Plasma vs. OxyFuel
Greater Profitability: Improved cut quality

Virtually dross free cutting significantly reduces

secondary operations

Smaller heat affected zone

Significantly better cut quality

on thin plate (<1/4 / <6mm)

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 Benefits of Plasma vs. OxyFuel
Greater Profitability: More material flexibility

Flexibility to cut mild steel, stainless steel and aluminum

OxyFuel is limited to mild steel only

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 Benefits of Plasma vs. OxyFuel
Greater Profitability: Higher productivity

Significantly faster cut speeds on material < 1

100A- 200A- 200A- 200A- 200A- 200A-
(1/8 ") (1/4 ") (1/2 ") (3/4 ") (1 ") (1 1/4")
Oxyfuel (Feedrate) 30 ipm 28 ipm 24 ipm 21 ipm 18 ipm 17 ipm
HySpeed HT2000 (Feedrate) 240 ipm 230 ipm 120 ipm 75 ipm 50 ipm 30 ipm
% Increase in Speed 700% 721% 400% 257% 178% 76%

Plasma does not require preheat time

Faster pierce times

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 Benefits of Plasma vs. OxyFuel
Greater Profitability: Higher productivity
Cut Volume Comparison
(1-Oxyfuel, 3-Oxyfuel, 1-HySpeed HT2000)

700
665

600
560

500
Cut Volume (feet/hour)

400

333

300
245

195 193
200
150
128
105 98
100
65
50 43 35 33

0
1/4" 1/2" 3/4" 1" 1-1/2"
Thickness (inches)

1-Oxy fuel Torch 3-Oxyfuel Torches 1- HySpeed HT2000

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 Benefits of Plasma vs. OxyFuel
Greater Profitability: Lower operating cost
Cost of Cutting Per Foot

$1.33
$1.40

$1.21

$1.17
$1.20

$1.07
$1.00

$0.85
($) Cost per foot of Cutting

$0.80
$0.68

$0.66
$0.59

$0.58
$0.50

$0.60

$0.50
$0.38

$0.40
$0.28

$0.23
$0.19

$0.15

$0.20
$0.10
$0.05

$0.00
1/4" 1/2" 3/4" 1" 1-1/2" 2"
Mild Steel Thickness

1-Oxyfuel Torch 3-Oxyfuel Torches 1-HySpeed HT2000

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 Benefits of Plasma vs. OxyFuel
Greater Profitability = Improved ROI
Assumptions:
OXYFUEL Part size = 1 foot
BOTTOM LINE 1/ 4" 1/ 2" 3/ 4" 1' 1-1/ 2" 2" Material thickness =
1-Torch Oxyfuel
Profit/part = $1.00
Linear Feet Cut 65 50 42.5 35 32.5 30
Cutting Cost ($/ft.) $0.50 $0.68 $0.85 $1.07 $1.21 $1.33 HySpeed HT2000 List price =
3-Torch Oxyfuel $28,500.00
Linear Feet Cut 195 150 127.5 105 97.5 90 Additional feet cut / hour with
Cutting Cost ($/ft.) $0.19 $0.28 $0.38 $0.50 $0.59 $0.66 1 plasma vs. 3 oxyfuel torches
HySpeed HT2000 = 270 feet (420 150)
BOTTOM LINE 1/ 4" 1/ 2" 3/ 4" 1" 1-1/ 2" 2" Additional profit/hr = $270
Linear Feet Cut 805 420 262.5 175 70 35 $270 X 106 hours = $28,620
Cutting Cost ($/ft.) $0.05 $0.10 $0.15 $0.23 $0.58 $1.17
PAYBACK = 106 hours
HT2000 Calculations: 3-Torch oxyfuel Calculations:
mild steel cut at 120 ipm or 10 feet mild steel cut at 20 ipm or 1.6 feet
per minute x 60 mins = 600 ft/hr per minute x 60 mins = 99.96 ft/hr
x 70% (utilization) (round up to 100 ft/hr)
= 420 ft/hr x 50% (utilization w/ preheat time factor)
= 50 ft/hr x (3 torches) =150 ft/hr

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 When is plasma most applicable?
Material 1 and below
Cutting a wide range of materials (mild steel,
stainless steel, and Aluminum)

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 Benefits of Plasma vs. OxyFuel

Greater Profitability:
Improved cut quality
More material flexibility
Higher productivity
Plasma Lower operating cost
Oxyfuel

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