Patent ID: 7965925

Claim:
A method for transforming a liquid ( 8 ) into a gaseous state for a cutting process comprising the steps of providing a water-steam cutting device ( 1 ), consisting of a torch ( 6 ), which includes a heating element ( 24 ), an evaporator ( 25 ), an energy supply and a supply line ( 31 ) for a liquid ( 8 ), generating an appropriate temperature ( 27 ) for evaporation of the liquid ( 8 ), controlling the temperature ( 27 ) during operation such that a sensor ( 28 ) senses the temperature ( 27 ) of the evaporator ( 25 ) and transmits it to a regulation unit which correspondingly supplies the heating element ( 24 ) with the energy required and by which a required pressure ( 34 ) of the liquid ( 8 ) supplied to the torch ( 6 ) is regulated so that an approximately constant temperature ( 27 ) of the evaporated liquid ( 8 ) is provided for a cutting process; and wherein the energy required for the heating element ( 24 ) is variably regulated and the heating element ( 24 ) is thus permanently supplied with energy, with a variable base load ( 30 ), during operation.