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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2002
Yoshihiro Yamaguchi, Kaga, JP;
Tetsuya Kabata, Kaga, JP;
Komatsu Industries Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A thermal cutting machine and a dust collecting method capable of reducing in size and exhausting fumes and a high pressure gas efficiently. For this purpose, the thermal cutting machine includes a plurality of exhaust chambers ( ) which are placed side by side inside a table ( ), an exhaust port ( ) provided at one end side of each of the exhaust chambers, an exhaust device ( ) communicating with each of the exhaust ports, an opening and closing drive device ( ) for opening and closing each of the exhaust ports, an air blow port ( ) provided at a position substantially opposing each of the exhaust ports, an air blow device ( ) which blows air into the each air blow port ( ), and a control device ( ) for controlling the opening and closing drive device and the air blow device in synchronism with each other, or controlling them individually, correspondingly to a horizontal position of a torch ( ) which is under cutting operation.