Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: water vapor plasma

dvideohd wrote:

>At the Harbor Site... (below)
>*****************
>What boggles my mind is that this has popped up quietly. It is light
>enough to Gantry Mount. Runs on the power of two hair dryers, and
>puts out a beam slightly cooler than the surface of the sun.
>
>It does not get into how precise the beam is - or how accurate the
>cutter... But at $600 - it is worth checking out.
>
>It plays into the Gantry Mount interchangeable ENM-Plasma cutter idea
>very well.
>
>** Harbor Product Post ****************
>
>Cut, Weld and Braze With One Machine!
>This portable unit uses water vapor to cut sheet metal, stainless
>steel, aluminum and copper up to 1/8'' thick. Cuts cleaner, hotter,
>faster with less damage to the surrounding area than gas cutting.
>Inverter technology power supply
>Input power: 220V, 10 amps, 60 Hz
>Jet flame temperature: 14,400° F (8000° C)
>
>

I think this pretty much defines the technology here. They have combined a
Brown's gas generator (disassociates water into mixed hydrogen and oxygen)
and then ionize the hydrogen (at least) into atomic Hydrogen, to get those
temperatures like an atomic Hydrogen torch. Pretty neat!

Jon