ANME-6 European Cutting Nozzles - HA311 - HA302 - AGN - 8290A - IC Tips
A general purpose hand cutting tip designed to work with Oxy / Acetylene. The longer length compared to the standard ANM helps to promote an improved backfire resistance and the "European style" ANME nozzle has a narrower tip which provides an improved cut line visibility.
The ANME is 88mm in length with a 30 degree 3 seat cone and consists of 6 pre-heats.
The ANME-6 is the extended version of the ANM-6. The ANME-6 is 88mm long whereas the ANM-6 is 76mm long.
The ANME used to be the standard nozzle, however BOC did a cost cutting excercise and took 1/2" out of the middle of the cutting nozzle hence the ANM & ANME "E" for extended was born. The ANME range was originally available in both 4 and 6 pre-heat variations, however the 4 pre-heat version was dropped through lack of sales.
Having a well designed and correctly made nozzle ensure you enjoy good turn down ratios allows the heat to be reduced when required with the nozzle remaining stable.
These nozzles have a body / barrel diameter of 15mm (smaller than the ANM-6)
Information Table
Nozzle
Size
(Inch)
|
Nozzle
Size
(mm)
|
Cutting
Thickness
(mm)
|
Acetylene
Pressure
(bar)
|
Oxygen
Pressure
(bar)
|
1/32 |
0.8 |
3-6 |
0.3 |
1.5 |
3/64 |
1.2 |
5-12 |
0.35 |
1.8-2.2 |
1/16 |
1.6 |
10-75 |
0.4 |
2.6-3.5 |
5/64 |
2.0 |
70-100 |
0.4 |
3.1 |
3/32 |
2.4 |
90-150 |
0.4 |
2.8-3.2 |
7/64 |
2.8 |
140-200 |
0.45 |
3.1-3.7 |
1/8 |
3.2 |
190-300 |
0.45 |
4.5-6.2 |
For a deeper cut please check out our heavy duty ANMEs in the related products section.
Safety Information
For your safety and to extend the useful life of your gas equipment, when cutting more than 150mm thick mild steel at least two standard 8kg acetylene cylinders should be manifolded together with a Noz-Alls 3-way Cylinder Adaptor (See related products).
The possibility exists to cut for up to 5 minutes in any consecutive half hour period so long as the cylinder is between 3/4 and 1/4 full.
Its Important to Pay the Right Price For Your Nozzles
When you pick up an ANM-6 in your hand what do you see, is it just a lump of copper with 20 holes in it with 10 external diameters and 3 tapers?
Well typically that is what you see when you examine an ANM no matter whose ANM or ANME cutting nozzle you have purchased.
Very few people have sufficient experience to understand nozzle design and that although the external dimensions are important for most of those dimensions it is the internal sizes that dictate nozzle performance and those you cannot see.
Have you ever considered what makes the ANM-6 cutting nozzle function and operate correctly? Well it all comes down to the internal design and manufacturing process, that is what determines just how the nozzle performs it is the arrangement of the internal holes and their sizes that makes all the difference to each nozzle.
Inside each ANM-6 there are 33 different diameter holes 6 individual mixing systems each of 5 different diameters and those hole diameters each interacting with the other to help provide the correct flame characteristics.
The design is not particularly difficult to achieve when made correctly however it is important for the design to be correct.
How do companies make cheap ANM nozzles, well to cut the cost of the nozzle – they simply take out some of the internal operations and hole diameters.
Due to the fact the changes are made internally you cannot see the cheapening of the nozzle.
To the untrained eye removing operations which may seem to be superfluous result in an inferior nozzle with poor performance when it counts.
Less processing means less operations and less cost in manufacturing with quicker processing resulting in a cheap nozzle.
Externally the result looks the same and you would never know as the inside goes unnoticed until the nozzle doesn’t work correctly.