Lyman-Morse
The quality of the XPR300® cut is the very best that I’ve seen. It’s helping us to expand into other sectors such as agricultural, aeronautical, architectural, structural, and energy.”
Focus on operational excellence in shipbuilding
While modern shipbuilding methods are well-established, shipbuilders can address common operational challenges by adopting newer, safer, and more efficient technology to improve many areas of their value stream.
Single-digit profit margins, shorter delivery timeframes, and general industry pressures, means shipbuilders need to do more in less time, while still keeping yards safe, avoiding costly hazards and inefficiencies.
By choosing plasma, you can mitigate expenses incurred by labor costs, waste, time, and safety risks.
Safety
Minimize risks such as tripping hazards, secondary grinding, and combustible gases to keep your crew healthy and productive, while increasing profitability.
Material handling
Eliminate bottlenecks and reduce the cost of material handling processes in both lost time and safety risks.
Workpiece distortion
Avoid heat-induced warping or buckling, as well as making necessary corrections faster, safer, and easier to maximize operational value.
Secondary operations
Minimize the need for secondary grinding and finishing operations after cutting to reduce risk and make the most of your time and your workforce.
Skilled labor
Get ahead of the skilled labor shortage by shrinking the learning curve for newer employees.
Calculate your savings when adding plasma to your operation
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Application [3]
Skeleton removal
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Beveling
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Temporary attachments
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General cutting
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Gouging
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[1] Include all employees in office, engineering, production, etc. and contractors in the shipyard
[2] Average wages of welders, operators, assemblers, etc., production employees
[3] Calculations are based on 12 mm (1/2") mild steel thickness and standard industry data
* These savings are projected based upon prior observations. Actual results will vary.
How Customers Are Using Our Solutions
Chungyong Ind. Co., LTD.
Shipbuilding
Nesting is easier and faster now, and we have become more productive.”
Gunderson Marine
Shipyard
One of the largest shipyards in the Northwestern U.S. modernizes its operations using plasma to cut flat plate and speed up robotic beam line cutting.
Explore shipbuilding solutions
Plasma gouging – removing metal using a plasma arc – is similar to plasma cutting. A plasma arc between the torch and the workpiece melts the metal, and a gas jet blows away the molten material.
Extended-length torches for hand-held skeleton cutting and removal offer improvements to operator safety and ergonomics, as well as easier material handling and increased uptime.
FlushCut™ consumables for MAXPRO200® and Powermax® plasma cutting systems enable easy, fast, and clean removal of protrusions, welded attachments, bolts, and fixtures from metal surfaces without cutting into the base material.
Bevel cutting is cutting a part with an edge not perpendicular to the top of the piece. It is typically used to prepare plates or pipes for welding. Bevels can be cut at different angles and configurations, resulting in varying edge profiles.
General hand-held cutting
For general hand-held cutting during fabrication, fit-up, and assembly, replacing oxyfuel torches with plasma systems offers quantifiable advantages in cut quality, speed of cut and set-up, as well as improving the safety of the yard.
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Shipbuilding industry report
Learn about the most common challenges facing the shipbuilding industry today, including information on processes, technology, and the market, so that your operation is safer, faster, and more profitable.