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PT-37 50 amp carbon steel Data
Inch cutting data
Material
Thickness
Initial
height
Pierce
height
cutting
height
arc
Voltage
Pierce
Delay
Kerf
Width
optimum
speed
Maximum
speed
Gauge/
Fraction
Inches Inches Inches Inches Volts msec Inches IPM IPM
16ga
1/16"
0.062 0.200 0.200 0.062 118 0 0.040 375 430
14ga 0.075 0.200 0.200 0.068 120 0 0.044 330 380
12ga 0.105 0.200 0.200 0.081 124 50 0.052 220 270
1/8" 0.125 0.200 0.200 0.090 127 100 0.058 150 195
10ga 0.135 0.200 0.200 0.091 127 100 0.059 140 185
8ga 0.165 0.200 0.200 0.093 128 100 0.061 110 155
3/16" 0.188 0.200 0.200 0.094 129 100 0.062 90 130
1/4" 0.250 0.200 0.200 0.125 133 150 0.068 65 85
3/8" 0.375 0.200 0.250 0.120 139 200 0.068 35 45
1/2" 0.500 0.200 0.250 0.077 145 400 0.072 20 27
5/8" 0.625 0.200 0.275 0.075 151 950 0.075 10 12
Metric cutting Data
Material
Thickness
Initial
height
Pierce
height
cutting
height
arc
Voltage
Pierce
Delay
Kerf
Width
optimum
speed
Maximum
speed
mm mm mm mm Volts msec mm mm/min mm/min
1.5 5.1 5.1 1.5 118 0 1.0 9800 11200
2 5.1 5.1 1.8 120 0 1.1 8000 9300
3 5.1 5.1 2.2 126 100 1.4 4400 5600
4 5.1 5.1 2.3 128 100 1.5 3000 4100
5 5.1 5.1 2.5 130 100 1.6 2200 3150
6 5.1 5.1 3.0 132 150 1.7 1800 2400
8 5.1 5.7 3.1 136 175 1.7 1250 1625
10 5.1 6.4 2.9 140 225 1.7 825 1075
12 5.1 6.4 2.2 144 350 1.8 600 775
14 5.1 6.6 1.9 147 625 1.9 400 525
15 5.1 6.8 1.9 149 800 1.9 325 410
16 5.1 7.0 1.9 151 950 1.9 250 300
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The published cut speeds are the result of ESAB’s laboratory testing. The actual optimum and maximum cutting speeds
may vary based on material composition, surface quality (rust, surface scale or primers, etc.) and various user setup param-
eters.