plasma torch
noun
: a device that heats a gas by electrical means to form a plasma for high-temperature operations (such as melting metal)
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Helming is betting on plasma torch technology that heats rock to about 6,000 degrees Celsius, blasting it to smithereens, as the solution.
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Wired, 13 Aug. 2022
Rival company Petra also aims to bore through tough rock using the power of heat, though with a thermal cutting device that uses a superheated fluid rather than with a plasma torch.
—Wired, 13 Aug. 2022
The company first tested cutting through rock with a plasma torch in an industrial park in Oakland, California in 2018.
—Khari Johnson, Wired, 9 Dec. 2021
Tesla cofounder Ian Wright joined the company about a year ago to work on energy consumption for powering a plasma torch but started moving the team away from the plasma-torch approach.
—Khari Johnson, Wired, 9 Dec. 2021
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Wired, 13 Aug. 2022
Rival company Petra also aims to bore through tough rock using the power of heat, though with a thermal cutting device that uses a superheated fluid rather than with a plasma torch.
—Wired, 13 Aug. 2022
The company first tested cutting through rock with a plasma torch in an industrial park in Oakland, California in 2018.
—Khari Johnson, Wired, 9 Dec. 2021
Tesla cofounder Ian Wright joined the company about a year ago to work on energy consumption for powering a plasma torch but started moving the team away from the plasma-torch approach.
—Khari Johnson, Wired, 9 Dec. 2021
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“Plasma torch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plasma%20torch. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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