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Choosing a CNC plasma table size

Size the table to the plate you actually buy and the parts you cut most, then leave a little room for the torch to clear the edge.

Choosing a CNC plasma table size

Start from the plate you buy

Most workshops cut parts out of full sheets, so the bed should take a whole sheet without trimming it first. Measure the sheets your steel merchant delivers, and check how often you cut parts longer than a metre. Those two numbers usually decide the table.

If most work is brackets, flanges and signs, a smaller bed with a tidy nest wastes less floor space than a big table that is mostly empty.

The MetalWise Lite: build the size you need

The Lite is a control unit, a gantry bar and a track base. The gantry bar sets the cutting width (600mm, 1300mm or 1500mm) and the fixed track base sets the length (600mm to 3500mm). The 3000mm track base section with a joint lets you join sections end to end, so the cutting length has no fixed limit.

Two crated combinations save the guesswork: P-PORTABLE/1325 and P-PORTABLE/1530.

Standard tables, stepper or servo

The Standard tables come in 1300×2500mm, 1500×3000mm and 2000×3000mm, each with stepper motors or servo motors. They are barebone units that ship with FABRICAM Professional and a torch height control. Choose servo when the table will run long shifts on fine parts, and stepper when the budget matters more.

Large, Heavy Duty and Ultimate HD

The Large gantries (1500mm, 2000mm and 2500mm wide) and Heavy Duty gantries (3000mm to 7000mm wide) come with a remote control, flame cutting and arc voltage THC, plus FastCAM Professional. The Ultimate HD cutters are 2500mm wide in 6000mm, 8500mm or 11000mm lengths with a Hypertherm HPR130XD, HPR260XD, HPR400XD or HPR800XD system.

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P-1325TMetalWise Standard CNC Plasma Cutting Table 1300×2500mm Stepper Motors Barebone Unit
P-1325VMetalWise Standard CNC Plasma Cutting Table 1300×2500mm Servo Motors Barebone Unit
P-1500MetalWise Large CNC Plasma Cutting Gantry 1500mm Wide with Remote Control, Flame Cutting and Arc-Voltage THC
P-1530TMetalWise Standard CNC Plasma Cutting Table 1500×3000mm Stepper Motors Barebone Unit
P-1530VMetalWise Standard CNC Plasma Cutting Table 1500×3000mm Servo Motors Barebone Unit
P-2000MetalWise Large CNC Plasma Cutting Gantry 2000mm Wide with Remote Control, Flame Cutting and Arc-Voltage THC
P-2030TMetalWise Standard CNC Plasma Cutting Table 2000×3000mm Stepper Motors Barebone Unit
P-2030VMetalWise Standard CNC Plasma Cutting Table 2000×3000mm Servo Motors Barebone Unit
P-2360MetalWise Lite Due-Support Gantry CNC Plasma/Flame Cutting Machine 2300×6000mm with Stepper Motor, Flame Torch and Arc Voltage THC
P-2500MetalWise Large CNC Plasma Cutting Gantry 2500mm Wide with Remote Control, Flame Cutting and Arc-Voltage THC
P-25110/H130MetalWise Ultimate High Definition CNC Plasma Cutter 2500×11000mm with Hypertherm HPR130XD HyDefinition Complete Plasma System
P-25110/H260MetalWise Ultimate High Definition CNC Plasma Cutter 2500×11000mm with Hypertherm HPR260XD HyDefinition Complete Plasma System
P-25110/H400MetalWise Ultimate High Definition CNC Plasma Cutter 2500×11000mm with Hypertherm HPR400XD HyDefinition Complete Plasma System
P-25110/H800MetalWise Ultimate High Definition CNC Plasma Cutter 2500×11000mm with Hypertherm HPR800XD HyDefinition Complete Plasma System
P-2560/H130MetalWise Ultimate High Definition CNC Plasma Cutter 2500×6000mm with Hypertherm HPR130XD HyDefinition Complete Plasma System
P-2560/H260MetalWise Ultimate High Definition CNC Plasma Cutter 2500×6000mm with Hypertherm HPR260XD HyDefinition Complete Plasma System
P-2560/H400MetalWise Ultimate High Definition CNC Plasma Cutter 2500×6000mm with Hypertherm HPR400XD HyDefinition Complete Plasma System
P-2560/H800MetalWise Ultimate High Definition CNC Plasma Cutter 2500×6000mm with Hypertherm HPR800XD HyDefinition Complete Plasma System
P-2585/H130MetalWise Ultimate High Definition CNC Plasma Cutter 2500×8500mm with Hypertherm HPR130XD HyDefinition Complete Plasma System
P-2585/H260MetalWise Ultimate High Definition CNC Plasma Cutter 2500×8500mm with Hypertherm HPR260XD HyDefinition Complete Plasma System
P-2585/H400MetalWise Ultimate High Definition CNC Plasma Cutter 2500×8500mm with Hypertherm HPR400XD HyDefinition Complete Plasma System
P-2585/H800MetalWise Ultimate High Definition CNC Plasma Cutter 2500×8500mm with Hypertherm HPR800XD HyDefinition Complete Plasma System
P-3000MetalWise Heavy Duty Large CNC Plasma Cutting Gantry 3000mm Wide with Remote Control, Flame Cutting and Arc-Voltage THC
P-3500MetalWise Heavy Duty Large CNC Plasma Cutting Gantry 3500mm Wide with Remote Control, Flame Cutting and Arc-Voltage THC
P-4000MetalWise Heavy Duty Large CNC Plasma Cutting Gantry 4000mm Wide with Remote Control, Flame Cutting and Arc-Voltage THC
P-5000MetalWise Heavy Duty Large CNC Plasma Cutting Gantry 5000mm Wide with Remote Control, Flame Cutting and Arc-Voltage THC
P-6000MetalWise Heavy Duty Large CNC Plasma Cutting Gantry 6000mm Wide with Remote Control, Flame Cutting and Arc-Voltage THC
P-7000MetalWise Heavy Duty Large CNC Plasma Cutting Gantry 7000mm Wide with Remote Control, Flame Cutting and Arc-Voltage THC

Before you order

  • Sheet size and the thickest plate you cut every week
  • Floor space, including room to load plate from one side
  • The power source you will pair with the table, see plasma-cutter.co.za
  • Who will draw and nest the parts, and in which software