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Controller for Automated Plasma Cutting

Paul Engineering & Marketing Services offers an intelligent Controller for Automated Plasma Cutting, Model iCNC XT from Victor Thermal Dynamics. The iCNC XT enables fabricators to achieve the lowest cost per cut or best quality cut in all situations. The intelligence it brings to an integrated system is like having a plasma expert and production engineer inside the box, yet it offers experienced fabricators the flexibility to use their own cutting parameters and software programs. The iCNC XT provides intelligent control for integrated automated plasma cutting systems and offers a suite of capabilities that optimize cut cost and boost operational efficiency. No other plasma control system can match the iCNC XT’s intelligence, simplicity, flexibility and cost savings potential. Using the iCNC XT can be as simple as entering the material type and thickness, then selecting the desired outcome on the touch screen interface: fastest cut for rapid cycle time or best cut quality so that parts can go straight to the next fabrication step with little or no post-cut surface preparation. Should skilled operators wish to fine-tune variables, they can easily modify them. The iCNC XT automatically sets and dynamically controls all process variables (e.g., current, voltage, gas pressure, torch height and torch motion). No plasma experience or nesting program skill is necessary to optimize cut quality, cut speed, cycle time and consumables life. As a result of building intelligence into the iCNC XT, companies can ensure that productivity, quality and profitability remain consistent across all tables and shifts regardless of labour and engineering resources. Unlike other controllers that force users to adopt proprietary software, the iCNC XT also lets customers continue to use their existing office software and nesting programs, so there is no need to retrain employees.