Oxy-Acetylene Cutting Processes | Metallurgy (R)

Oxyacetylene Cutting Processes | Metallurgy

In the modern steel age, steelmakers use oxyacetylene, oxyhydrogen, oxypropane, and oxynatural gas cutting torches to easily, quickly, and cleanly cut iron and steel. 

Cutting metal by fire has many advantages over other methods, especially when the shape of the metal is irregular.

If you use oxyacetylene, you will need a special torch or cutting torch. The cutting nozzle has a series of small nozzles and a space for oxygen pressure around a large central nozzle.

Oxygen and acetylene burn at approximately the same rate in a small nozzle. This flame is used to preheat the workpiece to approximately 900 °C. 

At temperatures of 900 °C, iron and steel easily combine with oxygen to form oxides that quickly burn out the cutting area.

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