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Notes:

For robotic plasma cutting, tools are defined and loaded for each cut height that will be used.

Refrerence document for Tool & Speed parameter page specific to Plasma Cutting.

• Selected tool naming elicitation

• Short explanation regarding the impossibility of selecting the user tool (auto-generated by the module based on cut chart entry selected)

• Parameter descriptions

Selected tool

Tool is automatically selected based on the Hypertherm Cut Chart record in use. You can select a different tool for an operation, if needed.

Tool naming convention for plasma cutting

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When a Hypertherm Cut Chart entry is selected for a plasma operation, a corresponding tool for that process is automatically created and assigned to the operation.

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This tool contains parameters based on the Cut Chart record for that process, including cut height and linear speed.

The naming convention for plasma cutting tools is:

{current in A} Hypertherm {material type} - D{depth kerf width in mm} H{cut height in mm}

Inactive settings:

Linear speed

Set speed from selected tool

Approach speeds

Linear speed

Retract speeds

Linear speed

Entry/exit speeds

Entry linear speed

Exit linear speedFor example, a plasma tool name for Mild Steel 130 Amp O2/Air with a Kerf Width (D) of 2.3 mm and Cut Height (H) of 6.6 mm would appear as:

130A Hypertherm MS - D2.3 H6.6

For robotic plasma cutting, Kerf Width (kerf diameter) is used as tool diameter and Cut Height is used as tool length.

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You can override the following speeds for a plasma operation:

Approach speed

Linear speed in mm/s on the approach to the toolpath. Normally, this is a joint motion.

Retract speed

Linear speed in mm/s on the retract from the toolpath. Normally, this is a joint motion.

Entry/exit speed

Linear speed in mm/s on the entry or exit trajectories leading into or out from the base toolpath.

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