An oxygen cutting process that uses heat from an oxyfuel gas flame, with a flea in the flame 1’0 aid cutting.
Flux cutting is primarily intended for cutting stainless steels. The flux is designed to react with oxides of alloying elements, such as chromium and nickel, to produce compounds with melting points near those of iron oxides. A special apparatus is required to introduce the flux into the kerf. With a flux addition, stainless steels can be cut essentially the same as carbon steels. Cutting speeds approaching those for equivalent thicknesses of carbon steel can be attained. The tip sizes will be larger, and the cutting oxygen flow will be somewhat greater than for the carbon steels. See OXYFUEL GAS CUTTING.