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    This document discusses the benefits of using acetylene for manufacturing applications that require rapid heating or preheating of workpieces. Acetylene heats surfaces faster than other fuel gases, reducing preheat times considerably. It also allows for faster processing and significant reductions in time and costs. Other industrial gases vary in purity and composition, making it difficult to optimize processes. Charts show acetylene providing shorter preheat times and higher cutting speeds for mild steel compared to propane, methane and other gases. A case study found acetylene cutting reduced processing costs by 42.85% and total costs by 42.54% compared to LPG.

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    This document discusses the benefits of using acetylene for manufacturing applications that require rapid heating or preheating of workpieces. Acetylene heats surfaces faster than other fuel gases, reducing preheat times considerably. It also allows for faster processing and significant reductions in time and costs. Other industrial gases vary in purity and composition, making it difficult to optimize processes. Charts show acetylene providing shorter preheat times and higher cutting speeds for mild steel compared to propane, methane and other gases. A case study found acetylene cutting reduced processing costs by 42.85% and total costs by 42.54% compared to LPG.

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    04 Acetylene Acetylene 05

    High speed, lower costs. Profit from the many


    benefits of acetylene.
    Most manufacturing applications require rapid and concentrated the workpiece. Due to its unique properties and high ­efficiency,
    ­heating and preheating of the workpiece for efficient operation.→ ­acetylene also allows for faster processing, leading to a ­significant
    → reduction in time and costs.→
    The primary flame of acetylene heats up the surface of the ­workpiece →
    faster than any other fuel gas, reducing the preheat time ­considerably. Other industrial fuel gases such as LPG and natural gas vary in purity
    Acetylene is therefore the best solution for cutting, ­welding and ­related and composition. This means that the performance changes and it is →
    applications, which require a fast transfer of heat from the flame into → not possible to optimise the setup of your process.
    →
    →

    Oxyfuel preheat times for mild steel Flame temperatures fuel gas/oxygen
      Acetylene      Propane*      Methane**

    40
    3,200
    35

    30
    Acetylene
    Cutting preheat time (s)

    Mechanised oxy-acetylene cutting


    25
    3,100
    20

    15 Case study: Mechanised oxyfuel cutting of 25-mm mild steel with


    45° bevel
    10

    5 3,000 LPG Acetylene


    Fuel gas (l/m) 31.67 19.52
    0
    Heating oxygen (l/m) 125 25.24
    0 50 100 150
    Cutting oxygen (l/m) 316.67 171.43
    Flame temperature (°C)

    Material thickness (mm) Cutting performance (m/h) 12 21


    Ethene Processing cost reduction (%) - 42.85
    2,900
    Total cost reduction (%) - 42.54

    Oxyfuel cutting speeds for mild steel Propylene


      Acetylene      Propane*      Methane** Comparison of costs for cutting case study
      Processing      Heating gas      Cutting gas
    900 2,800
    Methane** 1
    800

    700
    0.8
    600 Hydrogen
    Cutting speed (m/s)

    2,700 Propane*
    500
    0.6

    Relative costs
    400

    300 0.4

    200
    2,600 0.2
    100
    0 1:1 1:2 1:3 1:4 1:5 1:6
    0 Fuel gas/oxygen ratio (m3/m3)
    0 50 100 150 0
    LPG Acetylene
    Material thickness (mm)
    * LPG is low-grade propane whose composition and purity are not constant
    ** Natural gas is low-grade methane whose composition and purity are not constant

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