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Hypertherm Enters Laser

Cutting Market

FAST Laser (Flow Accelerated Screen

Technology) from Hypertherm, Inc. is a new plate- laser cutting technology from Hypertherm, a compa- ny that has been a leader in the advancement of plasma cutting technology for over 35 years. FAST

Laser technology broadens the company's technolo- gy leadership position and product offering into the field of plate- laser cutting with a new line of laser cutting heads and controllers.

FAST Laser uses a patent-pending design to create a dual-flow zone that allows significantly higher oxygen assist-gas pressures in the tightly defined cut zone established by beam geometry. It eliminates the uncontrolled burning in the surrounding zone. FAST

Laser's accelerated high-velocity oxygen flow along the beam path is designed to increase cut speed by fueling the exothermic reaction. It also reduces sen- sitivity to common plate fabricating conditions and variables, most notably plate chemistry and condi- tion.

The company said that FAST Laser cutting heads deliver up to a 20 percent increase in cut speed over standard C02 laser heads on plate steel.

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