Welding is a hard skill to master along with learning cad programs and having to draw and write codes for the plasma table and then cut out objects, pictures, and signs.
Cad is program on the computer where you can create images, trace images, and create about just anything. After it is saved, you transfer it onto a flashdrive and then take it to the computer where the plasma table is and upload it on there.
When the drawing is uploaded and then the codes are written for the travel path of the cutting tip. After the path is done and a dry run is done, they apply the negative clamp and then have it cut out your item.
After your item is cut, you can take it off the cutting table and dry it off from the water. Grinding the metal afterwards is smart because the slag from the cutting tip is pretty sharp to the touch.
Scott Fontaine, Senior, said, “ I am always cutting things out on the table or helping other people. I’m pretty fluent with this program and i plan on doing this profession for a career.”
The plasma table at Heartland is only capable of cutting out signs that around around 4 feet by 4 feet. This is on the small side of the scale for these plasma but they run about 12,000 dollars new for a smaller one like this one.
Cutting tips have to be replace around once or twice a month depending on how much has been cut. These range from 25 to 50 dollars and are fairly easy to replace.
Anything type of machine in the welding shop are very expensive and need to have routine maintenance done.
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