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Many factors impact consumable life—operator experience, type and age of the torch, material type and thickness, air quality, etc. However, ... Read more

Some customers consider adding a router to their plasma machine, and they ask for my opinion on it. Although there are OEMs who make plasma ... Read more

Some people describe a plasma cut as having a "good side" and a "bad side". Jim Colt clarifies the meaning of these terms and explains how ... Read more

Hypertherm recently learned about an inspiring nonprofit called Warrior StoryField (WSF) that uses artmaking to support veterans as they ... Read more

A guy asked me about eliminating the “tabs created on the bottom edge of the cuts” and how to get his “torch to travel beyond the plate’s ... Read more

Powermax owners often ask us for a consumable replacement schedule. While nozzles and electrodes are the most regularly replaced ... Read more

We’ve been counting down the most common Powermax fault codes for the past month. And now, without further ado, we present the Number 1, ... Read more

Simply stated, a 0-12 fault means there’s something wrong with your gas pressure. It’s either too low, too high, or unstable. The ... Read more

Designed for peak performance, the Powermax65, Powermax85, Powermax105, and Powermax125 use arc voltage to monitor the gas flow through the ... Read more

Numeric fault codes are there to keep your Powermax plasma system operating at peak performance, but most importantly some of these codes ... Read more