MG welding offers productivity gain analysis online tool

MG Welding has a nifty welding productivity calculator you can play with over on their site.

Just enter your data and click "calculate" to estimate the gain in plate cutting productivity (inches cut per shift hour) when using MG Systems' technology. The application used is 1/2" thick mild steel plate (8' x 20') with 160 parts and 320 pierces, cutting 10 shifts per week.

The site warns that actual results may vary based on your application. It's more of a calculate for ballpark range, in my opinion, but very worthwhile for theorizing. I did a basic calculation and it spat out a 72% productivity gain, given my numbers.

Plate Processing Productivity Gain Estimator

Productivity Gain using MG technology:
72%

Based on the following:
		Current Method		MG Advanced Technology
Process Selection (ref only):		Plasma		Plasma
Cutting Process Speed (IPM):		140		160
Number of torches:		1		1
Rapid Traverse Speed:		500		1000
Torch Lifter Speed:		180		880
In-Cycle Portion of Shift Time (%):		40		45
Cutting Support Table Cleaning:		4 hours / week		5 minutes / Day