ESAB PT-37, Instruction Manual

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PT-37 50 amp aluminum 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
14ga
1/16"
0.062 0.200 0.200 0.050 138 50 0.064 320 450
12ga 0.081 0.200 0.200 0.053 138 80 0.064 280 385
10ga 0.102 0.200 0.200 0.056 138 100 0.065 230 315
1/8" 0.125 0.200 0.200 0.060 138 150 0.065 180 235
8ga 0.129 0.200 0.200 0.061 138 150 0.065 175 230
6ga 0.162 0.200 0.200 0.069 140 175 0.065 135 180
3/16" 0.188 0.200 0.200 0.075 141 200 0.065 100 140
1/4" 0.250 0.200 0.200 0.065 147 250 0.074 72 88
3/8" 0.375 0.200 0.250 0.062 156 350 0.074 36 50
1/2" 0.500 0.200 0.280 0.120 160 500 0.084 20 30
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 1.3 138 50 1.6 8300 11700
2 5.1 5.1 1.3 138 75 1.6 7200 10000
3 5.1 5.1 1.5 138 150 1.6 5000 6600
4 5.1 5.1 1.7 140 175 1.7 3500 4700
5 5.1 5.1 1.9 142 200 1.7 2400 3400
6 5.1 5.1 1.7 146 250 1.8 2000 2500
8 5.1 5.7 1.6 152 300 1.9 1350 1725
10 5.1 6.5 1.8 157 375 1.9 850 1200
12 5.1 6.9 2.7 159 450 2.1 600 875
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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.