Can A Plasma Cutting Machine Cut Wood?

From the market point of view, the CNC plasma cutting machine has great value in the market, its wide application to the market to bring the industry's reform and break through the bottleneck, greatly reduce the manpower and material resources, improve enterprise efficiency. From the economic point of view, the plasma cutting machine by improving technology and lower costs, market competition and so on, price also gradually reduced, the price can also accept small, medium and large firms, and in performance to meet the needs of the majority of enterprises. At present, along with national high and new technology development, plasma cutting Machine power prices have also been compared to previous years, has been under, especially USA Haibao power in domestic prices have also been cut, cnc plasma cutter price is also lowered, I believe the future will be more widely applied .

Can a cnc plasma cut wood? 

The answer is obviously no, actually, not only wood, non-metal materials like glass, plastics, PVCs or even some metals like manganese, lead, tungsten and tin cannot be cut by plasma cutter.

Plasma cutting is a process that cuts through electrically conductive materials by means of an accelerated jet of hot plasma. The material must be electrically conductive to react to the ionized gas coming from the torch. wood isn’t electrically conductive, thus it cannot be cut with a plasma cutter, it expains can a plasma cutter cut wood. So is the same story to wood, glass, plastics, PVCs and some poorly conductive metals 

Metal cutting can be categorised into two – mechanical and thermal cutting. Plasma cutting is a thermal cutting method where ionised gas is used for cutting the metal.

Features cnc plasma cutter machine

1. Fast cutting speed,high precision and low cost.

2.With firm and reasonable structure,the machine is easy to operate and durable for use.

3.The cutting incision is thin and tidily and can avoid the second processing.

4. High configurated CNC system,auto arc-striking and stable performance.    

5.Together with other advertising equipments,they form an advertisement producing line which completely solve the problem of traditional manual mode.

6. Working with computer and support G code and files of  Uncannest software (specilized in cutting metal material) (optional Fastcam software)

7.It can cut metal plate of advertising 3D lighting letter and flute profile letter with high cutting precision.(USA power is optional)

8.Start control system and Start THC device  

Advantages & Disadvantages

Advantages of plasma cutting machine:

Able to cut all conductive materials. Flame cutting, though also suitable for cutting thick metals, is limited to ferrous metals only.

Great quality for thickness up to 50 mm.

Maximum thickness up to 150 mm.

Comparatively cheap for medium thickness cuts.

Best way to cut medium thickness stainless steel and aluminium.

CNC machines are available to provide high precision and repeatability.

Can cut in water, resulting in smaller HAZ. Also reduces noise levels.

Smaller cutting kerf compared to flame cutting.

Quicker cutting speed than oxyfuel.

Disadvantages of plasma cutting machine:

Larger HAZ compared to laser cutting.

Quality with thinner sheets and plates not as good as laser cutting.

Tolerances not as precise as laser cutting.

Does not reach thicknesses like waterjet or flame cutting.

Leaves a HAZ which waterjet does not.

Wider kerf than laser cutting.