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Cutting specifications
Recommended cut capacity – hand cutting
Recommended pierce capacity
Maximum cut speeds (mild steel)
Material thickness
Recommended capacity Powermax65 SYNC Powermax85 SYNC Powermax105 SYNC
Cut capacity at 500 mm/min
(20 in/min)*
19 mm (3/4 in.) 25 mm (1 in.) 32 mm (1-1/4 in.)
Cut capacity at 250 mm/min
(10 in/min)*
25 mm (1 in.) 32 mm (1-1/4 in.) 38 mm (1-1/2 in.)
Severance capacity at 125 mm/min
(5 in/min)*
32 mm (1-1/4 in.) 38 mm (1-1/2 in.) 51 mm (2 in.)
* Cut capacity speeds are not necessarily maximum speeds. They are the speeds that are required to be rated at that
thickness.
Material thickness
Pierce capacity Powermax65 SYNC Powermax85 SYNC Powermax105 SYNC
For handheld cutting, or mechanized
cutting with programmable torch height
control
16 mm (5/8 in.) 19 mm (3/4 in.) 22 mm (7/8 in.)
For mechanized cutting without
programmable torch height control
13 mm (1/2 in.) 16 mm (5/8 in.) 19 mm (3/4 in.)
Maximum cut speed*
Material thickness Powermax65 SYNC Powermax85 SYNC Powermax105 SYNC
6 mm (1/4 in.) 3,683 mm/min (145 in/min) 5,080 mm/min (200 in/min) 5,588 mm/min (220 in/min)
13 mm (1/2 in.) 1,270 mm/min (50 in/min) 1,778 mm/min (70 in/min) 2,413 mm/min (95 in/min)
19 mm (3/4 in.) 610 mm/min (24 in/min) 914 mm/min (36 in/min) 1,270 mm/min (50 in/min)
25 mm (1 in.) 305 mm/min (12 in/min) 533 mm/min (21 in/min) 762 mm/min (30 in/min)
32 mm (1-1/4 in.) Not applicable 330 mm/min (13 in/min) 508 mm/min (20 in/min)
* Maximum cut speeds are the results of Hypertherm’s laboratory testing. Actual cutting speeds can be different
related to different cutting applications.