Apparatus and method for heating and cutting an electrically-conductive workpiece
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1. A METHOD OF HEATING A METAL WORKPIECE, WHICH COMPRISES PROVIDING AN ELECTRICAL PLASMA-JET TORCH HAVING A BACK ELECTRODE AND A NOZZLE ELECTRODE, EFFECTING FLOW OF GAS THROUGH SAID TORCH AND OUT THE NOZZLE OPENING IN SAID NOZZLE ELECTRODE TO THE VICINITY OF A METAL WORKPIECE, MAINTAINING A FIRST HIGH-CURRENT ELECTRIC ARC THROUGH SAID GAS BETWEEN SAID BACK ELECTRODE AND SAID WORKPIECE, AND CONCURRENTLY MAINTAINING A SECOND HIGH-CURRENT ELECTRIC
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1. A METHOD OF HEATING A METAL WORKPIECE, WHICH COMPRISES PROVIDING AN ELECTRICAL PLASMA-JET TORCH HAVING A BACK ELECTRODE AND A NOZZLE ELECTRODE, EFFECTING FLOW OF GAS THROUGH SAID TORCH AND OUT THE NOZZLE OPENING IN SAID NOZZLE ELECTRODE TO THE VICINITY OF A METAL WORKPIECE, MAINTAINING A FIRST HIGH-CURRENT ELECTRIC ARC THROUGH SAID GAS BETWEEN SAID BACK ELECTRODE AND SAID WORKPIECE, AND CONCURRENTLY MAINTAINING A SECOND HIGH-CURRENT ELECTRIC
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