carbon-arc cutting

carbon-arc cutting

[¦kär·bən ¦ärk ′kəd·iŋ] (metallurgy) An arc cutting process which generates heat in order to melt a base metal with a carbon electrode to eventually produce a cut.

carbon-arc cutting

An arc-cutting process in which the severing of metal is effected by melting with the heat of an arc produced between the carbon electrode and the metal being cut.