The increased use of oxygen by hospitals treating COVID-19 patients is resulting in spot oxygen shortages. These shortages are impacting industrial applications such as the cutting of mild steel using Hypertherm XPR® and HPR® systems. Although, these X-Definition and HyDefinition systems are optimized to provide the best cut quality when using an O2/Air process, it is possible to cut mild steel using an Air/Air process. Please note however that you will see a degradation in cut quality and consumable life.