Re: CNC PLASMA

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, STAN MCDONALD <smcdonal@k...>
wrote:

> Charles VanLeeuwen wrote:
>
> Why reinvent the wheel. You would still have to use a plasma torch

that

> is comercial built because you need a supply of contact tips as

well as

> other consumable parts. That being said a plasma cutter is kind of

like

> HF tig in the since that the HF is used to get the arc going. The

hart

> of the unit is a transformer that puts out 100 amps or less

depending

> upon how thick you want to cut. I think it is at around 600 Volts

but I

> may be wrong. This power is rectified and converted to DC and then
> filtered via a RC time constant.

I thought that the high frequency stuff used very low amps, like 5-
20 ? but due to the high frequency, the watts were huge ?

Dave

Speel checked kuz I got hart.