ESAB PT-37 Manuel D'instruction page 55

SECTION 4
PT-37 70 amp Stainless Steel Data
Inch cutting data
Material
Thickness
Gauge/
Inches
Fraction
11ga 0.125
1/8"
10ga 0.140
8ga 0.172
3/16" 0.188
6ga 0.203
4ga 0.234
3ga 1/4" 0.250
3/8" 0.375
1/2" 0.500
5/8" 0.625
3/4" 0.750
Metric Cutting Data
Material Initial
Thickness height
mm
3
4
5
6
8
10
12
14
15
16
18
20
Notes:
NR = Not Recommended
The published cut speeds are the result of ESAB's laboratory testing. The actual optimum and maximum cutting speeds may
vary based on material composition, surface quality (rust, surface scale or primers, etc.) and various user setup parameters.
Initial Pierce Cutting
height height height
Inches Inches Inches
0.200 0.200 0.180
0.200 0.200 0.182
0.200 0.200 0.188
0.200 0.200 0.190
0.200 0.200 0.192
0.200 0.200 0.198
0.200 0.200 0.200
0.200 0.240 0.217
0.200 0.280 0.200
0.200 NR 0.156
0.200 NR 0.170
Pierce Cutting
height height
mm mm mm
5.1 5.1 4.5
5.1 5.1 4.7
5.1 5.1 4.9
5.1 5.1 5.0
5.1 5.6 5.3
5.1 6.2 5.4
5.1 6.9 5.2
5.1 NR 4.6
5.1 NR 4.3
5.1 NR 4.0
5.1 NR 4.2
5.1 NR 4.4
Arc Pierce
voltage Delay Width
Volts msec Inches
139 100 0.057
141 125 0.059
145 150 0.063
148 175 0.066
150 200 0.068
154 225 0.072
156 250 0.074
148 400 0.080
154 600 0.086
156 NR 0.086
162 NR 0.100
Arc Pierce Kerf
voltage Delay Width
Volts msec mm
138 100 1.4
143 125 1.6
149 200 1.7
154 225 1.8
152 325 2.0
149 425 2.1
153 550 2.2
155 NR 2.2
155 NR 2.2
156 NR 2.2
160 NR 2.4
164 NR 2.6
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OPERATION
Kerf Optimum Maximum
Speed Speed
IPM IPM
165 350
155 320
130 255
120 225
110 195
87 130
76 100
44 56
26 35
19 26
13 16
Optimum Maximum
Speed Speed
mm/min mm/min
4300 9200
3600 7200
2900 5200
2200 3300
1500 1950
1050 1350
750 1000
575 800
525 725
475 650
375 500
285 330