Is this considered good cut?

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24 Jan 2025 17:44 #319770 by greekart
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Hi everybody, i all most consider my plasma finished and i try every setting i can think to see how quality items i can cut. 
I can't say that i am thrilled from the results until now, are you consider this a good cut?

Height 92mm Width 40mm 1.5mm mild plate
30A 5400mm/min 
 
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25 Jan 2025 00:04 - 25 Jan 2025 00:16 #319791 by tommylight
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No.
Several things will cause that:
-not enough air pressure
-worn nozzle
-to slow cut speed
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I would also say to much current, but not exactly the same result, so i will just throw a stab in the dark at very, very low accelerations set in the config.
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I did not read the settings when i replied, i just browsed over them, so yes it is low acceleration, but probably there is not much more you can do, that is very small for plasma cutting and would in the end require very small nozzles or "fine cut" as Hypertherm calls them.
Now i would say it might be improved a bit, but not "earth shattering" changes.
Try something thicker, at least 2mm or 3mm then some 5 or 6mm.
There is a procedure i do with my machines to tune the cutting and i can not recall if i posted those here, so here it goes in short:
-tune the cut speed and THC roughly with 3mm material
-tune the air pressure till you get the best cut, does not have to be perfect
-tune the THC by raising or lowering the voltage
-tune the feed rate/cut speed
rinse and repeat for other material thicknesses and nozzles.
This is something you have to do for anything that changes, sometimes even moisture in the air will affect the cut quality, and we do get a lot of moisture despite no sea in site. All mild steels are not the same, etc.
Also, after all that you can test with lower or higher cut current and how it effects the cut speed.
Last edit: 25 Jan 2025 00:16 by tommylight. Reason: more info
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25 Jan 2025 00:18 #319792 by tommylight
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Did you notice i edited the post?
I saw you clicked on thank you after i posted so probably not.

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25 Jan 2025 00:20 #319793 by greekart
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No.
Several things will cause that:
-not enough air pressure
-worn nozzle
-to slow cut speed
-
I would also say to much current, but not exactly the same result, so i will just throw a stab in the dark at very, very low accelerations set in the config.


I thought so :)
I tried with many different air pressures and not much different, that was with 75psi at nozzle.
Consumables was new and speed getting low because i guess is small part??
I will check to set higher accelerations and see.
Accelerations is best to be the same on X-Y axis or not matter?

Thanks a lot

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25 Jan 2025 00:24 #319794 by greekart
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Did you notice i edited the post?
I saw you clicked on thank you after i posted so probably not.


I see it now, i will try your suggestions. Thanks a lot again
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25 Jan 2025 10:28 #319810 by machinedude
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you might want to try a feature in CAM like smoothing. that will reduce the number of line segments in your geometry which might help with acceleration.

i think when you get into the fine details of your cuts you just don't have enough space to get up to speed. it seems like you are getting a lot of heat buildup at the top around the head and at the base around the feet on your project.

fine details like yours are probably more suited for laser cutting and would produce what i think you are looking for, but you can try some stuff tommy pointed out to see how far you can get with plasma. i would try looking into the design and try to keep your geometry as simple as possible to keep your cuts flowing the best you can too. give the machine the best chance it can to maintain cutting speed aided by design choices.
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25 Jan 2025 11:30 #319812 by greekart
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you might want to try a feature in CAM like smoothing. that will reduce the number of line segments in your geometry which might help with acceleration.

i think when you get into the fine details of your cuts you just don't have enough space to get up to speed. it seems like you are getting a lot of heat buildup at the top around the head and at the base around the feet on your project.

fine details like yours are probably more suited for laser cutting and would produce what i think you are looking for, but you can try some stuff tommy pointed out to see how far you can get with plasma. i would try looking into the design and try to keep your geometry as simple as possible to keep your cuts flowing the best you can too. give the machine the best chance it can to maintain cutting speed aided by design choices.


Thank you, i understand. What i am trying to figure out is if i have problems that i need to fix as for the machine/hardware so i stay only to figure out the best i can do by settings/software.

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