One-piece tips are equipped with a cutting jet oxygen passage and preheating flame passages. They're made from copper and alloy to withstand high temperatures. Two-piece tips are made of an outer shell, an inner member, grooves for preheating flames, extremities of grooves, and a cutting oxygen passage.
What is a torch head made of?
A professional blowtorch usually consists of a cylinder of fuel gas, a cylinder of oxygen, two gas regulators, two hoses, the torch and the tip.
Where are Victor torches made?
the USA
What is the difference between propane torch tips and acetylene cutting tips?
Propane can like acetylene be used for cutting. Acetylene releases almost 40% of its heat in the inner flame cone. Therefore, acetylene is better for cutting than propane. While temperature wise acetylene is hotter than propane the fact is that people are using propane for cutting incorrectly.
What are the different torch tips?
Torch cutting tips come in two styles: one piece and two-piece. One-piece tips are made from copper alloy and are used with acetylene. They are machined with either 4 or 6 preheated holes and can handle light, medium, and heavy preheats.
How do I choose a welding tip?
Contact tip life in pulse welding typically is a fraction of that in GMAW, or constant-voltage (CV) welding. Selecting a contact tip with a slightly smaller ID for the wire being used is recommended to ensure the tip/wire interface resistance is low enough that drastic arcing does not occur. For example, a 0.045-in.
What is the difference between a cutting torch tip and a welding torch tip?
A welding nozzle has a single hole in it where the oxy-acetylene mix exits and burns. A cutting torch has the same single hole in the middle of the tip but it has a ring of small holes around it. The surrounding holes are to feed extra oxygen to the flame when you push the oxygen lever on the cutting handle.
How do you choose a cutting torch tip?
- Determine the metal thickness you want to cut. Select the tip size rated to cut that thickness or beyond.
- Select the tip style for the fuel gas you are using and metal type/condition.
- Pressure settings may differ for the various fuel gases available.
What determines the size tip to be used for cutting pipe?
diameter
What governs the size of the welding tip that should be used?
Acetylene has no detectable odor. A cylinder cart should be used to move gas cylinders. Two types of oxyacetylene welding torches are the injector and the medium-pressure. Welding tip size is governed by the diameter of its opening.
What determines the size of the tip when oxy-acetylene welding?
The switch point is typically determined by the number of plasma torches installed, the power of these torches as well as the number of oxy-fuel gas torches installed. The operating difference in these two style oxygen bores is the pressure required for best operation.
What pressure should oxygen and acetylene be set at for brazing?
The recommended setting for multi-hole cutting is the oxygen regulator at 40 PSIG, with the acetylene regulator setting at 10 PSIG.
What size tip is recommended to cut the 1/4 in metal?