Abstract: The invention relates to a cutting apparatus. A carrying device has a carrying bar extending above the cutting table and can be moved by an undercarriage transversely to the longitudinal axis of the carrying bar parallel to the plane of the cutting table. At least one cutting carriage is guided displaceably on the carrying bar in the direction of the longitudinal axis parallel to the plane of the cutting table and on which there is positioned a cutting device for generating a cutting beam directed at the cutting table. A protective housing being provided to cover the cutting beam and encloses the cutting device on all sides and relative to which the cutting carriage can be moved. The protective housing being provided on the carrying device and being moveable over the cutting table with the carrying device.

Abstract: A flame cutting device is disclosed which includes a cutting torch mounted in a housing on a torch carriage, the carriage, in turn, being movably mounted on a torch carriage support for back and forth movement along the support over and across a cutting table. The torch carriage support is movably mounted on a pair of running gears disposed on a pair of rails located along opposite sides of the table for movement of the torch carriage and torch carriage support back and forth over and along the cutting table perpendicular to the movement of the torch carriage on the support. The torch is mounted on an intermediate support element which can swing around a first axis and the support element is mounted on the torch carriage, which carriage can swing about a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, such that the tip of the torch can be moved between a vertical position and a tilted position relative to the cutting table.