Patent ID: 6730873
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: B23K

Abstract:
A combination for an exothermic cutting torch and a consumable cutting electrode having a first end thereof to be connected to said cutting torch and an opposite end to be moved into contact with a metal for generating a cutting arc by which the metal is cut, said cutting electrode comprising a hollow outer tube, a plurality of fuel rods extending through and surrounded by said outer tube, wherein each of said plurality of fuel rods is a copper clad carbon rod, said fuel rods positioned at the interior of said hollow outer tube to establish a passageway running longitudinally through the center of said outer tube, and an oxygen gas supply path formed in said cutting torch and lying in fluid communication with said cutting electrode, whereby oxygen gas is supplied down the passageway through the center of said outer tube and along the plurality of fuel rods surrounded thereby.