Case Study
Flame cutting: increasing productivity through efficient process.
Business benefits The issues Productivity The customer was aiming to increase output, reduce production bottlenecks and meet demand. Quality at High Speed To fulfil demand for high quality steel it was necessary to increase the productivity of the customer’s fabrication plant whilst managing cost. Existing cutting processes, using Propane performed poorly when the machine speed was increased to meet output demand. A poor cut profi le with notching occurred and a large amount of manual grinding was required after the cut to achieve the required finish. Improving productivity whilst managing cost is critical to all steelwork contractors. A leading UK steelwork contractor approached BOC to improve their productivity in their cutting process. One of the main areas BOC helped su