Machitech Titanium Cut

A 50HP spindle shares the gantry with the plasma torch on the Machitech Titanium Cut. The machine drills, taps and mills up to 4 in, changes tools from a 16-station rotary CAT50 magazine, and cuts plate up to 8 in (200 mm) thick, on beds from 8 x 20 ft to 30 x 300 ft.

The purpose is to finish a plate part in one setup. Bolt holes that must be drilled and not burned, tapped holes, counterbores and milled edges are made before or after the profile is cut, on the same coordinate system, so nothing has to be located a second time on a drill or a mill. For structural connection plates, base plates and flanges that removes a whole handling step.

Spindle work puts loads into a gantry that plasma never does. Machitech answers with its heaviest bridge, a 40" x 20" gusseted steel gantry, and the feature list adds anti-slip surfaces, windowed guards and a frontal light curtain. Chips are collected in removable bins. The rails are the floor-mounted, covered inverted linear rails also used on the Platinum Cut.

In the spec table the cutting figures are the same as that machine's: 500 ipm (12,700 mm/min) cutting, 800 ipm (20,320 mm/min) rapid traverse, 0.003 in (0.07 mm) positional accuracy and 0.001 in (0.03 mm) repeatability, with 12 in (300 mm) of Z-axis clearance and a workpiece weight rating of 325 lbs/sq. ft. Plasma is Hypertherm XPR170, XPR300 or XPR460, with multiple torches possible. A 5-axis bevel head, oxyfuel with up to 8x torches, inkjet or dot peen marking and the Cut N' Clean slag removal system are options. ProNest LT is the standard CAD software here, with ProNest 2025 as the upgrade.