Systems, apparatuses, and methods for reducing the size of a material

An automated cutting system for reducing the size of a material by making at least one lateral cut along a Y-direction of the material, the automated cutting system comprising an apparatus comprising:

• at least a first support adapted to at least partially support the material;
• at least a first torch arm translatable in the Y-direction and supporting at least a first torch adapted for performing a cutting operation to form a lateral cut in the Y-direction of the material, the first torch emitting a torch flame in a torch direction so as to make a cut in a Z-direction of the material and so that the torch flame produces the lateral cut in a cutting direction in the Y-direction of the material while the material is supported by the first support;
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• at least a first deburring means associated with the first torch arm and translatable in the Y-direction to perform a first deburring operation, the first deburring means comprising means for translating the first deburring means in the Y-direction in synchrony with translation of the first torch in the Y-direction, an oxidizing gas, a first deburring device that emits a first oxidizing gas stream of the oxidizing gas, and means for oscillating the first deburring device in the Y-direction, the means for translating the first deburring means in the Y-direction and the means for oscillating the first deburring device in the Y-direction operating to locate the first oxidizing gas stream to simultaneously remove burrs along the lateral cut produced by the first torch in synchrony with the translation of the first torch in the Y-direction as the lateral cut is being produced by the first torch to oxidize the burrs before the burrs solidify, the oscillating means oscillating the first deburring device in the Y-direction such that the first oxidizing gas stream oscillates in the Y-direction between locations that lead and trail a breakthrough point at which the lateral cut is being generated in the material by the first torch.