Oxy-Fuel Cutting
Oxy-fuel cutting, or flame cutting, is one of the most cost effective solutions for carbon plate processing while still delivering uniform edge quality.
Oxy-Fuel cutting, or flame cutting, is a fast and efficient operation for cutting simple or complex shapes, including bevel cuts and burn-to-sketch. With Castle Metals, customers benefit from:
- Single torch up to twelve torches on at a time, efficiently cutting one piece to thousands of shapes.
- CNC controlled, providing precision and consistency from part to part and lot to lot.
- Extra wide gantry machines, allowing us to cut many pieces at a time without compromising plate yields.
- Heavy duty machines, typically handling plate thicknesses ranging from 5/8 inch to 12 inch thick. Our heavy plate centers can cut plates up to 30 inches thick.
| Tolerances: Width and length dimensions | |
| Up to 2 inch thick | +/- 1/16 inch |
| 2 inch through 4 inch | /- 3/32 inch |
| 4 inch through 8 inch | /- 1/8 inch |
| 8 inch through 12 inch | /- 1/4 inch |
| 12 inch through 16 inch | /- 5/16 inch |
| 16 inch through 20 inch | /- 1/2 inch |
| 20 inch | Please inquire |
Squareness is 1/32 inch per 12 inch of length, to a maximum of 1/4″.
Note that all plasma cut tolerances are measured at the top edge of the plate. Plasma cut plate may have a bevel up to 2 degrees on the cut edge.
Plasma cut shapes are processed with the full tolerance range to the plus side on the outside dimension, to the minus side on the inside dimension, unless otherwise specified.