Overview of Kerf Developments' plasma and oxy-fuel cutting machine

This machine from Kerf Developments is a combination cutting machine with both oxy-fuel and plasma on the same machine.

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Michael Tyrrell

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February Cover Story: The power of plasma

Although a well-established technology for cutting sheet metal, plasma cutting can seem overshadowed by lasers. However, the latest advances from Kerf Developments demonstrate that this process can compete, not only in cutting speed and quality but importantly on cost as well. Ed Hill reports.

4 years ago Features

Extra-large plasma and flame cutting capability

Like many start-ups, P.P. Profiles was a business conceived in a small building. In this case, a basement of a cotton mill in Walkden, Greater Manchester. 43 years later, the profile and processing company has bought a plasma and flame cutting machine from Kerf Developments for its site in Batley, West Yorkshire. At 39m in length, the machine wouldn’t fit in most factories, let alone a cotton mill basement.

3 years ago Features