[TheForge] air comperssor specs (ot)

Kenny O. phat at cavenet.com
Wed Feb 7 14:42:20 EST 2007


Bruce Freeman wrote:

>Kenny,
>
>"Bar" is a pseudo-metric unit of pressure.  1 bar ~ 1
>atm ~ 15 psi.
>
>The spec you quoted says nothing about air consumption
>(which is what SCFM is all about).  You'll have to
>find that out separately.  I don't know much about
>plasma cutters, but I don't think they use all that
>much air.  (In fact, I thought they used nitrogen, not
>air.  But whaddo I know?)
>
>Bruce
>NJ
>  
>
Bruce
I have probably cut a hundred or more miles of product with p-cutter and 
I don t know much about them



..."Plasma is often referred to the fourth state of matter.
    When a solid is continuously heated it turns into a liquid ,
    then into a gas, and finally into plasma--an electrically
    conductive gas."
    The Backyard Blacksmith (L. Sims).


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