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Gas cutting tips available with copper finish

ESAB’s Global Center of Excellence for Gas Apparatus has introduced a new copper finish for its OXWELD® series of acetylene, alternate fuel, specialty cutting, and steel industry product tips in its gas apparatus product line. The company no longer chrome-plates its cutting tips, as the process is recognized as environmentally hazardous and potentially harmful to humans by the EPA and OSHA.

According to the company, the copper-finish tips offer the same performance as the chrome-plated tips, with no reduction in cutting tip hardness, durability, or longevity. As a result of the change, the production cycle for the cutting tips has been shortened.