MetFab - Air Products Welder's Handbook - Flipbook - Page 58
Typical operating conditions
Equal pressure/nozzle mix torches
Cutting
Nozzle size
inches
Plate thickness
mm
Acetylene pressure
bar
Oxygen pressure
bar
1/32
3.0 - 6.0
0.15
1.5 - 2.0
3/64
6.0 - 20.0
0.15
2.0 - 3.0
1/16
20.0 - 75.0
0.15 - 0.2
3.0 - 4.0
Nozzle size
No
Plate thickness
mm
Acetylene pressure
bar
Oxygen pressure
bar
1
0.9
0.15
0.15
2
1.2
0.15
0.15
3
2.0
0.15
0.15
5
2.6
0.15
0.15
7
3.2
0.15
0.15
10
4.0
0.2
0.2
13
5.0
0.3
0.3
Welding and brazing
54
18
6.5
0.3
0.3
25
8.0
0.4
0.4
35
10.0
0.6
0.6
