To provide a cutting device capable of easily and efficiently cutting various kinds of work pieces in safety.
A table 16 has a permeable supporting surface, and a gantry 30 is mounted movably between longitudinal both ends of the supporting surface. A carriage 42 is mounted on the gantry movably between lateral both ends of the supporting surface. A water jet cutting head 14 and a plasma arc cutting head 12 are movably supported on the carriage. A controller 98 operates the water jet cutting head while moving the gantry and the carriage to cut a sheet- like insulating material 20 supported on a first zone of the supporting surface. The controller operates the plasma arc cutting head while moving the gantry and the carriage to cut a metallic sheet 18 supported on a second zone of the supporting surface.
SEGROVES JAMES L