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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2011
Applicants:
Jon W. Lindsay, Hanover, NH (US);
Guy T. Best, Bethel, VT (US);
Inventors:
Jon W. Lindsay, Hanover, NH (US);
Guy T. Best, Bethel, VT (US);
Assignee:
Hypertherm, Inc., Hanover, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 10/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for a plasma torch system having a plasma torch tip configuration that includes a nozzle, an electrode, and a control unit for controlling a composition of the shield gas flow, such that while cutting the contour the shield gas flow comprises a first shield gas composition and while cutting the hole the shield gas flow comprises a second shield gas composition.