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Oxy-fuel Cutting is indispensible in industry today and in this sense perhaps the greatest event in the field was the discovery around the year 1885 by Mr. Thomas Fletcher, of Warrington, England, that steel could be cut by means of jet of oxygen directed on to a portion of it previously heated to red heat. Although the possibility of oxygen cutting was appreciated as early as in the year 1885, its commercial application started 20 years later. Since then oxy-fuel cutting has produced far reaching changes in industrial practices relating to cutting and shaping of steel.
In the Indian petroleum industry, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) has been a pioneer in setting new standards. It has now revolutionized the world of cutting, welding and brazing by introducing an innovative product. Traditionally, cutting of metal has been done using Oxy-Acetylene mixture. Acetylene is expensive and has availability constraints. BPCL has painstakingly studied the needs of the industry which needs to cut metal and came up with Bharat Metal Cutting Gas (BMCG), an ideal substitute for Acetylene. BMCG offers superior cutting at a low cost and is an ideal fuel for cutting and brazing applications.

Advantage Of Bharat Metal Cutting Gas Are :

Liquid Off-Take LPG installations is an effective and safer option over the conventional Vapor Off Take (VOT) cylinders when flow rates are high. It employs a vaporizer and are currently being used in various commercial and industrial applications for customers requiring high flow rate of LPG for their processes. The LOT (Liquid Off-Take) installation is for industrial users with higher fuel requirements. In this type of installation, liquid LPG is withdrawn from the cylinders and fed into the vapouriser, thus maintaining the temperature of the LPG cylinder.

• Superior cutting at low cost (better cutting speed, kerf formation and surface finish)
• Low oxygen consumption
• Reduces cylinder inventory by at least three times compared to Acetylene.
• Low slag formation.
• BMCG can easily cut 12 inch (300 mm) thick metal and even more.
• Has a lower explosive limit in air and oxygen than Acetylene. Hence has lower band of inflammability than Acetylene.
• The cylinder pressure of BMCG (6-7kg/cm2) is one third of Acetylene (17-18 kg/cm2). Hence they are safe to use.
• BMCG cylinders are easier to handle due to lighter weight
• BMCG cylinders are available in a range of pack sizes (19kg, 35kg & 47.5kg) to suit specific requirement of customers.
• Awareness and education programs on safety to the end users

Major Sectors Using BMCG Are-

• Railways
• Shipyards
• Steel Plants
• Power plants
• Cement Plants
• Sugar factories
• Fertilizers plants
• Manufacturing units
• Heavy Engineering Companies
• Refinery and petrochemical
• Textile industries
• Infrastructure & projects companies
• Telecom
• Automobile
• White Goods Industry
• Mining sector
• Un-organized sectors