Overclocked

This idea came to me in a dream, Ive made plasma before, hell I think we all have at one point, But the plasma Ive made is Electrical Plasma. Now I know there are Industral plasma Cutters that use just that- Electricity.

Could I cut metal with Plasma Ive generated from a 2kV .9A Transformer ? I have many of these transformers Available to parallel them for more current.

ADD- Looks Like I would need Nitrogen or Some Inert Gas, Shouldnt be a problem to get helium or argon.

hjames

I remember poking around the web looking at plasma cutting stuff a while back

http://www.sppusa.com/reference/white_paper/wp_pc.html
http://www.metalwebnews.com/wc.html

Also, sometimes they cut using oxygen when "burning" through steels.

I think most of the voltages are relatively low since the plasma conducts electricity. That and the electrodes are made of special alloys: tungsten with hafnium...

http://theodoregray.com/PeriodicTable/Elements/072/
(there's a picture of the business end of a plasma cutter electrode)

Scary stuff...

dknguyen

Wouldn't it be better just to buy a plasma cutter for this? It's dangerous stuff.

Hero999

You probably could do plasma cutting with that transformer but it would have to be current limited or it will overheat.

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The Mad Professor

How about this, it's slighty less dangerous ,but not by much, it will not cut metal. However you may find it usefull...
http://www.trnmag.com/Stories/2002/1...te_103002.html

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Andy1845c

Cool! I want one!

Sceadwian

Skip the cutting bit, you can use a dremel tool to cut if you want. If you want to get creative come up with a home brew resistance welding tool =)

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