Mechanised Equipment:

Mechanised OFC shall require additional facilities based on the application :

  A machine to move one or more torches in the needed cutting pattern.

  Torch mounting and adjusting arrangements on the machine.

  A cutting table to support the work.

  Means for loading and unloading the cutting table.

  Automatic preheat ignition devices for multiple torch machines

Mechanised OFC equipment might vary in complexity from simple hand-guided machines to very sophisticated numerically controlled units.

Torches

The functions of an OFC torch are as:

•  To control the flow and mixture of fuel gas and preheat oxygen.
•  To control the flow of cutting oxygen.
•  To discharge the gases through the cutting tip at appropriate velocities and volumetric flow rates for cutting and preheating.