Oxy-fuel cutting is a thermal cutting process that uses oxygen and fuel gas to cut through materials.
BS EN 28206 is an International Standard that applies to stationary cross-carriage oxygen cutting machines for shape cutting and/or parallel trimming. It also applies to machines for cutting by other thermal processes.
The purpose of acceptance tests is the final inspection of the completed oxygen cutting machine on the premises of the user. Acceptance tests are used solely to demonstrate the reproducible accuracy and operational characteristics of the oxygen cutting machine, eliminating influences
caused by the process.
BS EN 28206 is intended to be a basis for technical provisions of delivery.
BS EN 28206 on oxygen cutting machines is useful for:
A torch is used to heat metal to its ignition temperature in oxy-fuel cutting. A jet of oxygen is then aimed at the cutting spot on the metal, burning it into a metal oxide that is blown away from the work piece by the high-velocity stream of gas, severing the material.
The guidance in BS EN 28206 can provide you with the preconditions and principles of acceptance tests for oxygen cutting machines, and best industry testing methods.
BS EN 28206 provides you with the testing methodologies that demonstrate manufacturing and working accuracy of an oxygen cutting machine.
With compliance to BS EN 28206, you can ensure you oxygen cutting machines provide the best cut quality, accuracy and reliability for the life of the machine.
ISO 8206:1991