CNC plasma workshop

CNC plasma workshop
A plasma cutting torch is a commonly used tool for cutting metals for a wide variety of purposes. A hand-held plasma torch is an excellent tool for quickly cutting through sheet metal, metal plates, straps, bolts, pipes, etc. Hand-held plasma torches also make an excellent gouging tool, for back-gouging weld joints or removing defective welds. A hand torch can be used for cutting small shapes from steel plate, but it’s impossible to get good enough part accuracy or edge quality for most metal fabrication. That is why a CNC plasma is necessary.
A “CNC plasma” system is a machine that carries a plasma torch, and can move that torch in a path directed by a computer. The term “CNC” refers to “Computer Numerical Control”, which means that a computer is used to direct the machines motion based on numerical codes in a program.
The CNC may be an actual controller designed for machine tools, with a proprietary interface panel and a specially designed control console, such as a Fanuc, Allen-Bradley, or Seimens controller. Or it could be as simple as a Windows based laptop computer running a special software program and communicating with the machine drives through the Ethernet port. Many entry level machines, HVAC machines, and even some precision unitized machines use a laptop or desktop computer as the controller.
To cut parts from steel plate, the motion of the torch is controlled by the CNC. A part program, usually just a text file with “M-codes” and “G-codes”, describes the contours of the part and when to turn the torch on and off. Part programs are usually created by a piece of software called a “post-processor”, which can take a part geometry from a CAD file and translate it into M-codes and G-codes that the CNC can read.
A CNC plasma machine also requires a drive system, consisting of drive amplifiers, motors, encoders, and cables. There will be at least two motors, one for the X-axis and one for the Y-axis. There is a drive amplifier for each motor, which takes a low-power signal from the CNC and turns it into a higher-powered signal to move the motor. Each axis has a feedback mechanism, usually an encoder, which creates a digital signal indicating how far the axis has moved. Cables take the power from the amplifier to the motor, and carry the position signals from the encoder back to the CNC.
I plan to open a workshop with CNC plasma in my hometown Gradsko, I chose Gradsko because of the financial aspect, because I have a facility in Gradsko, I aim to expand first in the Tikvesh region, and then throughout northern Macedonia. In this workshop I want to create a team that will work with me and develop, and then together we will expand the market. In order to be successful, I need to create a team of creative people, ambitious and above all team players who need to be like one family.
I decided to work with cnc plasma because i see a future in it, i want accurate and fast processing. I hope that i will succeed in my idea and that I will then expand with other CNC machines and make a plant with CNC machines. Of course there are many positive and negative things, one of the negative things for me is the expensive start, because cnc plasmas are expensive. CNC plasms cost from 15,000 to 30,000 euros.
In the end, I hope that this idea of mine will succeed and that I will be able to improve the engineering in some way.