A cutting torch system having an ignition mode and a cooling and cleaning mode, the cutting torch system comprising a cutting torch having a body and a head, the cutting torch further comprising a cutting oxygen channel, a heating oxygen channel, and a fuel gas channel, each channel (4, 5, 6) being adapted at least for supplying a corresponding gas into the body of the cutting torch, the heating oxygen channel and the fuel gas channel being connected to an ignition mixer arranged in the body, a fuel gas shut-off valve arranged upstream of the ignition mixer, the fuel gas shut-off valve being configured to be open in the ignition mode and closed in the cleaning and cooling mode, the ignition mixer being adapted for mixing heating oxygen and fuel gas into an ignition gas and communicating the ignition gas, downstream of the ignition mixer, into the cutting oxygen channel in the ignition mode, the ignition mixer being adapted for communicating heating oxygen, downstream of the ignition mixer, into the cutting oxygen channel in the cleaning and cooling mode, characterised by a cutting oxygen sensor adapted to measure the pressure and/or the flow rate of the cutting oxygen in the cutting oxygen channel; a temperature sensor located in the head; and a control system adapted for: adjusting a flow rate and/or a pressure of the heating oxygen, the cutting oxygen, and/or the fuel gas supplied to the cutting torch body based on measurements from said cutting oxygen sensor, and controlling the fuel gas shut-off valve to switch the cutting torch system between an ignition mode and a cleaning and cooling mode based on the temperature sensed by said temperature sensor a cutting torch having a body and a head, the cutting torch further comprising a cutting oxygen channel, a heating oxygen channel, and a fuel gas channel, each channel (4, 5, 6) being adapted at least for supplying a corresponding gas into the body of the cutting torch, the heating oxygen channel and the fuel gas channel being connected to an ignition mixer arranged in the body, a fuel gas shut-off valve arranged upstream of the ignition mixer, the fuel gas shut-off valve being configured to be open in the ignition mode and closed in the cleaning and cooling mode, the ignition mixer being adapted for mixing heating oxygen and fuel gas into an ignition gas and communicating the ignition gas, downstream of the ignition mixer, into the cutting oxygen channel in the ignition mode, the ignition mixer being adapted for communicating heating oxygen, downstream of the ignition mixer, into the cutting oxygen channel in the cleaning and cooling mode, a cutting oxygen channel, a heating oxygen channel, and a fuel gas channel, each channel (4, 5, 6) being adapted at least for supplying a corresponding gas into the body of the cutting torch, the heating oxygen channel and the fuel gas channel being connected to an ignition mixer arranged in the body, a fuel gas shut-off valve arranged upstream of the ignition mixer, the fuel gas shut-off valve being configured to be open in the ignition mode and closed in the cleaning and cooling mode, the ignition mixer being adapted for mixing heating oxygen and fuel gas into an ignition gas and communicating the ignition gas, downstream of the ignition mixer, into the cutting oxygen channel in the ignition mode, the ignition mixer being adapted for communicating heating oxygen, downstream of the ignition mixer, into the cutting oxygen channel in the cleaning and cooling mode, characterised by a cutting oxygen sensor adapted to measure the pressure and/or the flow rate of the cutting oxygen in the cutting oxygen channel; a temperature sensor located in the head; and a control system adapted for: adjusting a flow rate and/or a pressure of the heating oxygen, the cutting oxygen, and/or the fuel gas supplied to the cutting torch body based on measurements from said cutting oxygen sensor, and controlling the fuel gas shut-off valve to switch the cutting torch system between an ignition mode and a cleaning and cooling mode based on the temperature sensed by said temperature sensor adjusting a flow rate and/or a pressure of the heating oxygen, the cutting oxygen, and/or the fuel gas supplied to the cutting torch body based on measurements from said cutting oxygen sensor, and controlling the fuel gas shut-off valve to switch the cutting torch system between an ignition mode and a cleaning and cooling mode based on the temperature sensed by said temperature sensor