Plasma Cutting

Grupo Doco plasma cutting service is suitable for a variety of conductive metals. These include:

– Carbon steel

-Stainless steel

-Aluminium

-Copper alloys, etc.

• Lower cost – One of the big benefits is the lower cost of a plasma cutting service compared to other cutting methods. The lower price for the service derives from different aspects – operational costs and speed.                             
• High speed – Plasma cutting service’s one of the main benefits is its quickness. This is especially evident with metal plates, while laser cutting is competitive when it comes to sheet cutting. The increased speed enables to produce larger quantities in a given time-frame, lessening the cost per part.         
• Low operational requirements – Another important factor to keep service prices down. Plasma cutters use compressed air and electricity to operate. This means that there is no expensive equipment needed to accompany a plasma cutter. 
• Low heat input – Plasma cutters focus the outgoing plasma jet using a nozzle. This concentrates the energy into a small dot, meaning that the energy requirements are not that great to perform a cut.
• Small heat-affected zone – The material properties and microstructure change in the Heat Affected Zone. It can also cause material warping. Therefore, keeping the zone small is one of plasma cutting’s advantages.
• Good quality – Plasma cutting provides good clean cuts, especially with small to medium size thicknesses (up to 30 mm), although its cutting kerf is larger compared to other methods.
• Short preparation time – The prep time is kept to a minimum because there is no need for preheating the metal before cutting.
• Versatility – This cutting method lets you cut through a stack of material or use it for bevelling, shape cutting, gouging and piercing. All these possibilities make it possible to fulfil many different needs with one operation.

Grupo Doco’s manufacturing partners use CNC plasma machines. Plasma cutting technology enables us to cut metal with a thickness of 1…50 mm. Our plasma cutting service is in accordance with quality classification EN 9013.

Plasma cutting, like flame cutting, is suitable for cutting thick materials. Its advantage over the latter is the possibility to cut other metals and alloys that are not possible with flame cutting. Also, the speed is significantly faster than with flame cutting and there is no necessity for pre-heating the metal.

We cut metal plates up to 5000 x 25000 mm.

50 mm for carbon steel and stainless steel, 40 mm for aluminium. We can also cut thicker but would advise choosing waterjet or oxy-fuel for better results with higher thicknesses.