Abstract: A torch includes a sheath enclosing various feed streams for active cutting fluids and cooling fluid, terminated by a distribution unit in which a cutting head is removably mounted. The cutting head includes a heating unit provided with channels for ejection of a combustible oxygen mixture, an intermediate insert forming the ejection nozzle for gaseous shielding oxygen, and a central insert for ejection of liquid oxygen under pressure.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 15, 1994
Date of Patent:
March 12, 1996
Assignee:
L'Air Liquide Societe Anoneyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
Inventors:
Jean-Christophe Charbonnel, Richard Soula, Serge Suzon