Plasma cutters used in fabrication of Royal Navy aircraft carriers

Techserv Cutting Systems, a specialist manufacturer of CNC profile cutting systems, has delivered four HS 4000 hi-definition precision plasma cutters to the UK's Aircraft Carrier Alliance (ACA).

The plasma cutters are being used to help fabricate the steel plate bow sections of two new Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers, which the Alliance is responsible for delivering to the Royal Navy, the first of which is due to enter service by 2016, with the second to follow by 2018.

The plasma cutters are installed at the Appledore (Devon) shipyard of Babcock Marine Division, one of the principal members of the ACA. The Appledore shipyard is involved in building the steel bow sections of the warships, which are then transferred to Babcock's Rosyth (Fife) shipyard for integration and final ship assembly.

The new Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince Of Wales, will be the biggest and most powerful surface warships ever constructed for the UK. Each carrier will weigh 65,000 tonnes, measure 280 m long by 70 m wide.

Techserv's HS 4000 plasma cutters are high performance machines, capable of producing parts from steel plate sheets up to 5 m wide and up to 35 mm thick.

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Michael Richards

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