Which Metal-Cutting Process Is Best for Your Application?

The article examines the advantage and disadvantages of oxyfuel, plasma, and laser cutting processes. It indicates that oxyfuel has the lowest capital investment, while plasma cutting provides a good balance in terms of capital costs and cut quality, productivity and operating cost, and laser provides an excellent cut quality and high productivity. It offers suggestions on how to choose the best processes such as considering the amount of flexibility the particular operation requires.