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With its 120-year history, Messer Cutting Systems is synonymous with excellence in cutting technology. With five production plants around the world, it manufactures thermal cutting machines that meet the highest standards in the sheet metal processing industry.
Currently, one of Messer's showcase projects is the MultiTherm plant, which, in addition to cutting sheet metal, offers the integration of an additional device to cut unalloyed strip steel according to individual specifications. Nine metal strips can be processed simultaneously and parts of metal structures can be made in different sizes, and all this can be fully-automated. The machine also allows plasma cutting (straight or bevelled), oxy fuel cutting with various torches, marking workpieces, or a combination of all these processes, with longitudinal units arranged side by side to ensure high quality cuts. The Multiterm can hold 11 cutting suspensions / torches (10 installed in the front and one in the back). To accommodate the cables and hoses safely in a very limited space, special importance was placed on the energy supply system. The machines are designed to function without interruptions or failures, even in dirty and abrasive environments. To date, Messer machines have been in use for more than 15 years without any technical failures or cable/hose breakages. "We are prepared for the very worst environmental conditions," explains Maxwell Santos, CTO at Messer.