Indeed, some say those dirty rotten gun writers exaggerated the
flame cutting. Others stated once the
flame cutting reached a certain depth it stopped, creating its own gas vent of sorts.
Key words: micro hardness,
flame cutting, vickers micro hardness
When faced with putting big holes into husky parts, you often think
flame cutting followed by some kind of finish machining.
This job requires 4 minutes by
flame cutting. Cutting speed of the 15' high x 23' wide, 90,000 lb shear is 10 strokes per min on the 20' material.
First, the risers were removed by
flame cutting. Secondly, the cope surfaces were milled to within specified tolerance, This process insured that the parts were within the tolerances specified on the casting drawing.
Use of conventional technologies such as abrasive sawing and
flame cutting could not satisfy health and safety concerns.
Precision
flame cutting option can provide roughed-through pockets for core and cavity inserts.
Superseding traditional saw and
flame cutting methods, laser profiling is ideal for large or small runs and for regular or one-off contracts, operating rapidly, cleanly and at low temperatures, minimising the risk of heat distortion and subsequent finishing requirements.
It now operates specialist divisions in steel stockholding, laser cutting, steel cutting and gas
flame cutting on its 40,000 sq ft site.