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Why cutting torch cannot cut Aluminum sheet?

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Question added by Adel ALAwaji , Maintenance Engineer , Saudi Aramco
Date Posted: 2016/03/05
Josef Beau Bersabal
by Josef Beau Bersabal , Helper Aircraft Mechanic , Professional Air Maintenance Services

because it will heats the steal to a molten state or it ignites the steel to burn through the kerf of your cut.

alaa saied
by alaa saied , Senior Design Engineer , EGYBEL International

Because Fusion coefficient of aluminum is law & didin't bear the high heat of cutting torch , aluminum egdes will burn.

Agosh Kumar
by Agosh Kumar , Sr. Executive. Engineer , Ashok Leyland Bhandar

Because a torch will literally melt the aluminium part and will not retain the evenness as we see in cutting the sheet metal part of stainless steel.

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