NitroMaker Nitrogen Generator

Source: https://achievement.co.za/nitromaker-nitrogen-generator

• published: 2024-08-23 11:38:21
• modified: 2024-08-23 12:13:40
• excerpt: https://nitromaker.co.za/ NitroMaker™ offers advanced PSA nitrogen generators with built-in compressors. These generators are designed for high efficiency and reliability, making them perfect for industrial applications such as welding, laser cutting, and tire inflation. Discover the benefits of using NitroMaker™ for your nitrogen gas needs.

What this page is

This is the "NitroMaker Nitrogen Generator" post on achievement.co.za, one of AM.CO.ZA's company sites. It points to nitromaker.co.za, the home of AM.CO.ZA's NitroMaker nitrogen generators.

Original text (as published): "NitroMaker™ offers advanced PSA nitrogen generators with built-in compressors. These generators are designed for high efficiency and reliability, making them perfect for industrial applications such as welding, laser cutting, and tire inflation. Discover the benefits of using NitroMaker™ for your nitrogen gas needs."

This Knowledge Base version expands that into a plain guide to NitroMaker. Every point below comes from NitroMaker, Buythis and AM.CO.ZA pages already in this KB, which are linked so you can read the full wording. For the full spec table, start with the nitromaker.co.za site page.

What NitroMaker is

NitroMaker is AM.CO.ZA's own range of PSA (pressure swing adsorption) nitrogen generators. A PSA generator takes clean, dry compressed air and filters out the oxygen, leaving nitrogen gas. That means a workshop makes its own nitrogen on demand, instead of renting cylinders and waiting for deliveries.

The NitroMaker range produces nitrogen at about 7 bar, at 99.99% purity (the Buythis product titles) and up to 99.999% (the NitroMaker site and range notes).

Why nitrogen helps

• Fibre laser welding. Nitrogen as a shield gas keeps oxygen away from the weld, so welds come out cleaner and stronger with less discolouring.
• CO2 laser cutting. A nitrogen shield reduces smoke, flames and burn marks on materials such as fabric, leather and supawood (MDF board).
• Fibre laser cutting and cleaning. High-purity nitrogen helps give clean cuts on metal without oxidation or discolouring.
• Tyre inflation. Nitrogen-filled tyres hold their pressure more steadily.

The range and how to choose

There are two kinds of NitroMaker:

• Generator only (N2-PSA/1, N2-PSA/2, N2-PSA/3, N2-PSA/4 and N2-PSA/5). These make 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 m³ of nitrogen per hour and use very little power (about 50 W to 75 W on 220 V). They need a separate supply of cold, dry compressed air at about 8 bar (up to 10 bar).
• All-in-one (N2-PSA/AIR/2). This makes 2 m³ per hour and has its own air compressor and dryer built in, so no external compressor is needed. It draws about 3.6 kW on 220 V.

As a rough guide from the NitroMaker spec table, each m³ per hour of output suits about one hand-held laser welder, so a 2 m³/h unit suits about two welders and a 5 m³/h unit about five. Bigger generators are also heavier (from about 128 kg up to about 285 kg), so plan floor space and access. The full table with sizes, weights and air pressures is on the nitromaker.co.za site page and nitrogengenerator.co.za site page.

Current prices are on each Buythis product page; this page carries no prices.

Air supply for generator-only units

A generator-only NitroMaker is only as good as the air going in. It needs clean, cold, dry compressed air (air intake about 0.65 to 0.8 MPa, which is 6.5 to 8 bar). AM.CO.ZA pairs NitroMaker with its 16 bar rotary screw air compressors that have a built-in air dryer and filters, for example AG-AIR/SCREW-15 and AG-AIR/SCREW-22. See CNC machine air pumps and air pumps and compressors on Buythis for the wider range.

Machines it pairs with

NitroMaker is made to work with AM.CO.ZA's laser machines:

• RAYCUT fibre laser cutters, such as the RAYCUT LF-1530 series
• truCUT CO2 laser cutters
• RustOff fibre laser cleaning systems
• LaserMaster Versatile 3-in-1 fibre laser systems for hand-held welding, cleaning and cutting

Setup tips

• On a CO2 laser, the nitrogen line is fitted to the machine's air regulator. The machinery.support team showed this when installing a truCUT 1300x900 with a nitrogen generator in Kempton Park (CO2 laser install using nitrogen).
• Some burning is normal in laser cutting, especially on pressed board, which is very flammable. The fix is more airflow (not over 4 bar) or a nitrogen shield, not simply a bigger air pump (laser burn, airflow and nitrogen).
• Quick range facts are in NitroMaker N2-PSA nitrogen generators.

Who it suits

Metal fabricators and engineering shops running fibre laser cutters or hand-held laser welders, sign and display makers cutting wood, acrylic, leather or fabric on CO2 lasers, laser cleaning operators, and tyre and fleet workshops that want nitrogen on site without cylinder rental.

Videos

• 16 bar air compressor and nitrogen generator connection, usage and maintenance (2025-06-10)
• LaserMaster Versatile laser welding on stainless steel with nitrogen shield gas (2025-02-10)
• Install CO2 laser cutter with nitrogen generator to reduce cutting smoke on supawood (2022-09-25)
• Leather cutting without burn marks with a CO2 laser and nitrogen shield (2017-07-04)

Where to go next

• nitromaker.co.za site page for the full spec table and feature notes.
• PSA Nitrogen Generator for Cheap N2 Gas for the sister post on achievement.co.za.
• nitromaker.co.za shop catalog for the cross-listing shop.
• nitromaker.co.za for the brand site.