TFP3051 - High Body Option
TFP3051 with Factory Installed High Body Option
Maximum working height 11.8 in. (300 mm)
TFP3051 High Body
Extended Z-Axis Stroke
Factory Installed Option

For cutting applications involving large size square pipe and other structural members, order the TFP3051 with the High Body Factory Installed Option. With this option the TFP3051 Z-Axis stroke is increased to enable a working height increase from 5 in. (125 mm) to 11.8 in. (300 mm) without reducing cutting accuracy. The actual Z-axis stroke is increased from the standard 170 mm to 340 mm.

Usually when working with square pipe, a customer supplied jig is required. The working height is the distance from the surface of the table slats to the top of the square pipe being cut. The jig must be electrically conductive because of the touch sensor used to detect the cutting surface.
Maximum Working Height Increased
from 5 in. to 11.8 in.

Square pipe, plate and sheet metal can all be cut on the same machine. When square pipe or other structural members are being cut, the operator selects "Square Pipe Mode" at the CNC. For sheet metal and plate, the operator selects "Normal Mode".

Cutting is limited to a single contiguous surface height in each NC program. If the structural member has more than one surface to be cut at different heights, a separate NC program is required for each surface height and non-contiguous surface to be cut. 		Sample part cut with TFP3051 High Body Option Sample part cut with TFP3051 High Body Option

Examples of cuts with TFP 3051
with Factory Installed High Body Option
Sample part cut with TFP3051 High Body Option

Setup for cutting square pipe, including customer supplied jig.
Maximum surface height of the square pipe above the slats is 11.8 in. (300 mm).
3 separate NC Programs are required in this case 3 separate NC Programs are required in this case

Three separate NC programs are required in each case shown above.
The NC Program is limited to a single contiguous surface at one height.
The Twister TFP3051 with High Body Factory Installed Option has a maximum working height of 11.8 in. (300 mm). The standard Twister TFP 3051 has a maximum working height of 5 in. (125 mm). For larger table sizes see the Twister TFPL Series which feature table widths of 8 or 10 feet, in 20 or 40 foot lengths, with either the 30 kW or 60 kW (300 Amp) Fine Plasma torch. Lengths of TFPL Series machines can be extended in 1 meter increments up to 30 meters (about 100 feet). A Bevel Cutting torch is available in the Twister TFPV Series machines.
Specification is in metric units. Units in inches are approximate.
Technology in the TFP3051, TFPL Series, and TFPV Series is protected by US Patents, and other Patents Pending.
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