A low cost, compact portal cutting machine will appeal to small and medium sized companies looking for a competitively priced cutting system that optimises quality, productivity and efficiency.

ESAB Automation has introduced the new Falcon low cost, compact portal cutting machine. It will appeal to small and medium sized companies looking for a competitively priced cutting solution that optimises quality, productivity and efficiency of production. The standard Falcon is an oxy-fuel cutting machine package with two torches.

It is also possible to up-grade to plasma-arc or indeed a combination of plasma-arc and oxy-fuel gas cutting.

Each cutting torch has automatic height adjustment to ensure that the cutting torch head is always at the correct distance from the workpiece.

The Falcon can be used to cut on all steels, aluminium and alloyed steels.

Depending on the torch used, metals up to a maximum thickness of 150mm can be cut.

The cutting width is 2.70m, the maximum cutting length 15m.