A plasma table uses a process that creates an electrical channel of super-heated ionized gas that travels through the metal being cut to a grounded work table.
An electrical arc is then formed within the gas, between an electrode near or integrated into the gas nozzle and the workpiece itself. The electrical arc ionizes some of the gas, thereby creating an electrically conductive channel of plasma. As electricity from the cutter torch travels down this plasma it delivers sufficient heat to melt through the workpiece. At the same time, much of the high-velocity plasma and compressed gas blow the hot molten metal away, thereby separating, i.e. cutting through, the workpiece.

In this case the plasma table is hard at work making the components for some out door lamp posts.

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