Natural Gas Cutting Tips

Choosing Natural Gas Cutting Tips for Torch Work

Selecting the right natural gas cutting tips for torch applications depends on material thickness, cut geometry, and required travel speed. Koike's 107 Series includes standard and divergent configurations engineered specifically for natural gas oxy-fuel cutting.

107 Natural Gas Cutting Tips for General Cutting

The standard 107 natural gas cutting tip is designed for general-purpose oxy-fuel cutting where consistent preheat and a controlled cutting oxygen stream are required.

Correct tip size and operating pressure help maintain a narrow kerf, square cut edge, and consistent cut surface while minimizing excessive slag and dross. Operators should match the tip to material thickness and use the recommended natural gas and cutting oxygen pressures.

107D7 Divergent Natural Gas Cutting Tips

For applications requiring higher cutting speeds, the 107D7 uses a divergent cutting oxygen passage designed to control oxygen flow for high-speed oxy-fuel cutting.

This configuration is suited to demanding operations where productivity and cut consistency are priorities. Matching the tip to the material and operating parameters helps maintain a controlled kerf and effective oxygen flow through the cut.

Setting Up Natural Gas Cutting Tips for Torch Applications

Natural gas has different combustion characteristics than acetylene, making proper torch setup essential. Preheat adjustment, cutting oxygen pressure, tip-to-work distance, and travel speed can all affect cut quality.

Maintaining the correct torch standoff helps transfer sufficient preheat energy to the plate. Incorrect pressure or travel speed can contribute to excessive drag lines, dross, or inconsistent kerf geometry.

Why Choose Koike Natural Gas Cutting Tips?

Koike designs natural gas cutting tips around the combustion and flow characteristics of natural gas rather than using a universal tip design across multiple fuel gases.

Precision-Engineered Oxy-Fuel Tip Geometry

Cutting tip geometry affects both preheat flame distribution and the cutting oxygen jet. Koike manufactures its tips with controlled gas passages and consistent geometry to help operators reproduce cutting conditions from one tip to the next.

Each tip is evaluated against Koike's cutting-surface criteria through actual cutting tests to support consistent edge quality and cutting performance.

Standard and Divergent Tips for Industrial Cutting

The 107 and 107D7 give fabricators two configurations for different cutting requirements. The standard 107 supports general oxy-fuel cutting, while the divergent 107D7 is designed for higher-speed applications.

For fabrication shops and industrial cutting operations using natural gas, Koike can help match the appropriate natural gas cutting tip for torch systems to the material, thickness, equipment, and required cut performance.