Imashini ikata ibyuma bya plasma nuburyo bwa gantry.Imirambararo yumusaraba ivurwa na annealing yose kugirango ikureho imihangayiko, bityo imashini yo gukata ibyuma bya plasma ifite ubukana bwiza nimbaraga nyinshi zidafite ihinduka rihoraho.Imashini ikata ibyuma bya plasma irashobora gukata umuriro no gukata plasma.Imashini ikata ibyuma bya plasma ifite ibintu byibanze biranga ubuziranenge bwo hejuru, busobanutse neza, bukora cyane, kandi mugihe kimwe cyo gukata neza ugereranije no gukata lazeri ariko igiciro ni cyiza kuruta imashini ikata laser.Kubwibyo, imashini ikata ibyuma bya plasma ikoreshwa cyane mubikorwa bitandukanye, bikwiranye nicyuma cya karubone (gukata flame), ibyuma bidafite ingese, umuringa, aluminium (gukata plasma) nibindi bikoresho byo gutema ibyuma nibikorwa byo gutema ibikoresho.