ESAB Welding & Cutting Products (www.esabna.com) has a new gantry cutting machine that covers 8-ft. to 16-ft. widths. The CNC gantry is designed to carry plasma or oxyfuel torches and bevel heads, and provides positioning accuracy of 0.015 in. over a 6-ft.by-6-ft. area and repeatability of ±0.005 in.

The Avenger X has a stiff, welded structure because it is fabricated from two steel tubes with welded stiffener plates.