Cutting With Power - ESAB ARCAIR SLICE Series Safety And Operating Instructions Manual

NOTE!
If oxygen is leaking, repeat the procedure until no oxygen is leaking.
5. Put the torch in one hand and striker in the other. Depress the oxygen lever and touch the
cutting rod to the striker.
6. Once the rod is ignited, remove the striker, then move the burning rod to the workpiece and
begin cutting.
NOTE!
Hold the cutting rod at a 45° to 80° drag angle from the workpiece
surface. The angle depends on the thickness and type of material
being cut.
7. Make slight contact between the burning rod tip and the workpiece as the cut progresses.
This placement requires two motions:
a. Inward towards the workpiece as the rod is consumed
b. In the direction of cut
Use a protective lens shade #5 since there is no electrical arc.

6.02 Cutting with Power

Cutting with power requires an electrical arc from a welding power supply and increases the heat
created exothermically. Almost all constant-current welding power supplies can be used in powered
exothermic cutting. Cutting with power is faster than cutting without power.
SLICE Torch
89250840
SLICE EXOTHERMIC CUTTING EQUIPMENT
Oxygen Supply
Work Piece
Figure 5: Cutting with Power
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Ground Clamp
Power Supply
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