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CNC plasma cutting machine from China

A plasma table listing sells you a frame and a controller, while the cut you will get is decided by a plasma power source the listing usually does not name.

Ask about this machine ↗Where the numbers come from

Written and listings checked 30 September 2026. Every figure on this page names its source.

What you are actually comparing.

Two quotes, one machine name

What hides inside the price

Plasma source: make, amperage and duty cycle

The source sets the thickest plate you can cut cleanly, the hole quality and consumable cost. Get make, model and rated current in writing, and ask for the clean-cut thickness, not only the largest thickness it can sever.

Torch height control

Arc voltage height control keeps the torch at the right distance as warm plate bows. Without it, bevel and dross grow across the sheet. Ask who supports it.

Stepper or servo drives, and the gantry

Low-price tables use stepper motors on a light gantry. They cut straight lines well and lose position on fast small contours. Ask the drive make per axis.

Water table or downdraft extraction

Plasma fume from steel, galvanised and stainless plate is a workplace hazard. A water table catches much of it; a dry table needs zoned downdraft and a filter.

Bevel head and oxy-fuel torch

Thick plate weld preparation needs a bevel head, and very thick plate may need oxy-fuel too.

Before you ask for a price.

Send these with the enquiry. Without them, any number a factory gives you is a guess dressed as a quotation.

Your plate grades and thickness range, with share of hours. The thickest regular job sets the amperage.
Whether you need bevel cuts, and at which angles.
The plate size your steel supplier delivers, which fixes the table code.
Your gas supply: plain air, oxygen for mild steel, or nitrogen mixes for stainless.
Whether you cut galvanised or coated plate, which decides extraction.

Turn the claim into a demonstration.

Require this	A pass looks like
Cut your thickest and your most common plate to your drawing, including small holes, filmed without edits.	Edge angle, dross and hole size sit inside the contract limits, measured by your inspector.
Read the nameplate of the plasma source and the torch.	Make, model and rated current match the contract, not a smaller unit from the same range.
Cut a large rectangle with a hole in each corner across the full table.	Diagonals and hole positions agree within the agreed positioning figure.

The documents that must arrive with it.

EU Declaration of Conformity for this serial number naming 2006/42/EC, or Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 for delivery from 20 January 2027, plus 2014/35/EU and 2014/30/EU, and standards applied such as EN ISO 17916.
The declaration for the plasma power source, which is arc equipment normally assessed to EN IEC 60974-1.
Manual in the language of use, wiring diagrams and the consumables list.

The one people forget. The torch consumables part list. Without original part numbers, European stockists cannot match nozzles and electrodes.

When this is the wrong machine.

Buy something else if

Named, not hedged

Most of your work is thin sheet with visible edges or small holes.

A fiber laser cutting machine, which costs more and cuts thin sheet cleaner.

Your parts are mostly tube and profile.

A tube laser cutting machine, or a plasma table with a proper rotary axis if tube is occasional.

Where the numbers come from.

We name the kind of source, how many and when, and never the factory. Listed prices are asking prices, not landed cost. Where we do not hold a fact we say so: that is a GAP, not an estimate.

Listings · 8Eight marketplace listings for CNC plasma cutting machines, checked September 2026, gave asking prices from US$600 to US$9,999 per unit. These are asking prices, not landed cost.
Listings · 22Across 22 plasma cutting machine and plasma table listings checked September 2026, two named a source amperage, one of them offering 120, 200 and 300 A under one price. Two stated stepper drives; none stated servo. Two gave a placeholder low price of US$1.
ArithmeticA 1530 table code reads as 1,500 x 3,000 mm, which is 4.5 square metres.
GAPGAP - no supplier quotations logged for this machine yet. Three to five quotations for one configuration would give a real price spread.

Related machines.

Fiber laser cutting machine. Choose the fiber laser cutting machine when thin sheet, small holes and clean edges matter more than thick plate.
Tube laser cutting machine. Choose the tube laser cutting machine when most parts start as tube or profile rather than plate.

Every machine we source in this area is on the Metal & CNC page. How a project runs, stage by stage, is on how it works, and what it costs is on pricing.

Straight answers

Questions buyers ask about this machine.

Chinese vs European CNC plasma cutting machine: where is the difference?+

Often the plasma source is the same make on both. The difference is gantry, drives, height control and service. A table with a named source and servo drives can match a basic European one; a stepper table with an unnamed source cannot.

What goes on a CNC plasma cutting machine inspection checklist?+

Source and torch nameplates, your cut samples measured, the full-table diagonal test, height control on a bowed plate, emergency stops and extraction.

What CE documentation does a CNC plasma cutting machine need?+

A Declaration of Conformity for the complete machine and serial number, one for the power source, and a manual in your language. A brochure CE mark proves nothing.

Who is the EU importer of a CNC plasma cutting machine?+

Buying directly from a Chinese seller normally makes you the importer: your name goes on the machine or papers and you check the documents match it.

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