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Maintain or Run to Failure? The Basics.

The first in a multi-part series on comparing preventive maintenance to run to failure in the CNC plasma Industry So, you just finished your one day of free OEM training on your new CNC plasma system and now you’re expected to know everything. You’ve learned in one day what some people spend their entire career trying to learn. The problem is that most companies will continue running with this thought…

Eight tips for improving your CNC plasma cut quality

We’re always happy to troubleshoot issues and provide guidance, but customers can often achieve better cutting outcomes on their own by running through the following questions: 1. Are you making cuts in the right direction? When using standard consumables, the plasma arc spins clockwise as the torch moves forward into the cut. The squarest cut angles will be on the right side of the arc. As a result, contour shapes…

XPR300 Customer Cut Photos

XPR300 Customer Cut: One of our customers recently purchased a 6′ x 12′ Victory EDGE Connect CNC Plasma System with a high-def Hypertherm XPR300. Ross owns a custom fab shop and just sent the following photos of his cuts on 3/4″ mild steel. He was cutting .67″ holes for 5/8″ bolts, 1.520″ holes for a 1.5″ shaft, and 2.020″ holes for 2″ shafts. He was extremely pleased with the cut…

Cutting aluminum with plasma

One of our most frequently asked questions revolves around cutting aluminum with plasma. Plasma cutting works for any material that conducts electricity and modern plasma cutting technology yields excellent results on aluminum. Aluminum cutting requires different gasses and consumables than steel cutting. High-def steel cutting typically uses oxygen as the primary gas and compressed air as the secondary. Standard-def cutting uses air and air for both primary and secondary. When…

Victory CNC Plasma Systems Receives Kentucky Pacesetter Business Award

Victory CNC Plasma Systems received a 2017 Kentucky Pacesetter Award for outstanding achievements as a Kentucky small business. The Kentucky Small Business Development Center recognizes high performing second-stage Kentucky small businesses through its Kentucky Pacesetter Business Recognition Program. In deciding which businesses will be considered for receiving the Pacesetter Award, the program looks at businesses that are developing innovative products, enhancing sales, creating jobs, and serving Kentucky communities. Winners are…

Hypertherm Launches New XPR300 Plasma Cutter

Victory Plasma is excited to add the new XPR300 plasma cutter to our industry-leading plasma cutting systems. Hypertherm’s excellent new plasma cutter features all-new internal technology and an enormous coolant pump. Equally important, this enables the XPR300 plasma cutter to do virtually the same work as an HPR400XD with 100 amps less.  This high definition plasma cutter features True Hole technology, which gives you excellent plasma cut holes. Additionally, the…

EDGE® Connect Controller From Hypertherm Delivers Unmatched Control and Flexibility

Victory Plasma is proud to offer EDGE® Connect, Hypertherm’s newest Computer Numeric Control (CNC) platform. EDGE Connect offers superb reliability, advanced embedded capabilities, and a high degree of flexibility for customized solutions. Victory Plasma is proud to offer this innovative control system, which features ProNest® CNC automatic nesting delivering SureCut™ technology along with upgraded hardware. ProNest allows machine operators to create nested part programs and achieve optimal cut quality without…

CNC Plasma Cutting Makes Precision Cut Control More Accessible

CNC plasma cutting used to be available only to large industrial manufacturers who could afford the price tag of $100,000 or more. Advances in technology have made CNC plasma cutting more accessible and more affordable to almost everyone. Some essential elements to consider in selecting a CNC plasma cutting system include the mechanical components, the CNC control, and the fume management system. The CNC plasma system’s mechanical elements include the…