PROCEDURE

1. The earth electrode was clamped to the table.

2. A line was drawn on the specimen where it needed to be cut.
3. The plasma cutter was turned on.
4. The drag shield was placed on the edge of metal to allow correct standoff
distance.

Figure 1 Aligned process of work piece

5. The trigger was pressed after 2 second of pre-flow and the pilot arc was started.

Figure 2 Start up plasma cutting equipment

6. The torch was started to slowly move across the metal after the cutting arc was
started.

Figure 3 Cutting start process

7. The speed of the torch was adjusted to ensure the sparks go through the metal and
cut the bottom of the metal.

Figure 4 Speed adjusted process

8. The process was stopped for a short moment before the trigger was released at the
end of the cut.

Figure 5 End of cutting process

9. The trigger was released after 20 to 30 second of post-flow (the cutting arc can be
instantly restarted in post-flow process).

Figure 6 End of process

10. The machine was turned off at the end of the process.

RESULT

Figure 7 The process of cutting iron plate with plasma machine

As a result, the thick metal plate was managed to be cut into half as desired.