Slab Cutting Benefits

Reduce Costs and Improve Yield with Levy’s Burrless Slab Cutting Machine

Benefits include:

• Up to five "child" slabs can be cut in a single operation.
• One operator per shift can produce over 90,000 tons of finished product per month.
• Environmentally friendly and safer working conditions for the operator.
• It is impossible to cut a slab "off square." Gravity ensures that the slab rests in a parallel position as the torch tracks at 90 degrees.
• The PLC and computer controls monitor to an accuracy of 1/16 inch on cut pieces.
• The kerf width has been reduced to only 1/4 inch, significantly improving yield.
• Energy consumption is reduced. Automatic on/off torch controls eliminate gas and oxygen waste.
• Productivity monitoring, a vital tool to production management, is built into the system enabling continuous improvement programs to be implemented.
• The cooler cutting process avoids thermal shock cracks on most grades of steel. No preheating is necessary.