With the increasing use of plasma arc cutting for a variety of metals in industry, this standard is a great tool to optimize and troubleshoot your plasma arc cutting operations. It discusses basics of the process, components, controls, power supplies, and recommended process consumables and parameters and it gives you methods of optimizing cut quality and parameter settings. The also standard deals with safety and health aspects of the process, and methods for control of pollution and other hazards. ANSI Approved.