Oxy–fuel welding and cutting
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Oxy–fuel welding and oxy–fuel cutting are processes that use fuel gases and oxygen to weld or cut metals. French engineers Edmond Fouché and Charles Picard became the first to develop oxygen-acetylene
A welding instructor at the Tubular Alloy Steel Corporation in Gary, Indiana, in 1943
Oxy–acetylene welding station
A cutting torch being used to cut a steel pipe
The top torch is a welding torch and the bottom is a cutting torch
Thermal lance
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A thermal lance, thermic lance, oxygen lance, or burning bar is a tool that heats and melts steel in the presence of pressurized oxygen to create very high temperatures for cutting. It consists of a l
Oxy–fuel welding and cutting
…are there purely for assistance. The rise in temperature will be obvious by the intense glare from the ejected material, even through proper goggles. A thermal lance is a tool that also uses rapid oxidation of iron to cut through almost any material. Since the melted metal flows out of the workpiece, there must be…
Thermal lance cutting a railroad bridge to prepare for replacement