Voortman V310

The Voortman V310 is a production-grade CNC plasma cutting machine designed for fabricators and steel service centers who require high throughput, tight dimensional accuracy, and full automation capability on flat plate. Building on Voortman's structural steel processing heritage, the V310 brings the rigidity, software depth, and integration options that large-volume cutting operations demand.

The V310 features a heavy welded steel gantry traversing precision linear guides on both sides of the cutting table, providing the mechanical stiffness necessary to maintain cut accuracy at the high traverse and cutting speeds that production environments expect. Servo-driven axes deliver smooth acceleration and deceleration profiles that preserve nozzle life and prevent arc instability on long cuts, while the automatic torch height control continuously adjusts standoff to compensate for plate bow and surface variation.

Voortman's VACAM control software is the operational backbone of the V310. Operators manage jobs through a touch-screen interface displaying real-time cutting progress, nesting maps, and machine diagnostics simultaneously. VACAM's material database stores optimized cutting parameters for dozens of material grades and thicknesses, loading the complete parameter set — plasma current, cutting speed, pierce height, gas pressures — automatically when the operator identifies the job material. Integration with Tekla Structures, Advance Steel, and SDS/2 allows NC programs to arrive at the machine directly from the design office without manual re-entry.

Automatic plate loading and sorting systems are available as factory options, enabling the V310 to operate with minimal operator attendance during extended production runs. The machine's table can be configured in widths up to 4,000 mm and arbitrary lengths to suit the shop's plate stock dimensions, and multi-torch configurations are available for operations that need to maximize parts-per-hour on repetitive programs.