US Patent Issued to The ESAB Group on March 24 for "Methods for operating a plasma torch" (New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,050, issued on March 24, was assigned to The ESAB Group Inc. (North Bethesda, Md.).

"Methods for operating a plasma torch" was invented by Geoffrey H. Putnam (Charlestown, N.H.) and Christopher Vincent Braudis Sr. (Canaan, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided for plasma piercing a workpiece using a plasma cutting torch. According to one implementation the method includes providing the plasma cutting torch at a first pierce height above a workpiece to initiate a piercing operation at the first pierce height for a first duration, during the piercing operation, lowering the ...