The highlight of the 3P product introduction is the Sumo Tec premium tungsten carbide grades that Iscar said meet the challenges of contemporary drilling, milling, turning and grooving applications. Complementing Sumo Tec, Iscar developed a new series of tools and inserts that it is marketing as “Sumo” lines.

Designed for CNC sliding head turning centres and cam-driven lathes, the DuoForceCut is an innovative range that is ideal for turning parts up to 12mm in diameter. With the ability to undertake parting-off, front and back turning, threading and grooving, the DuoForceCut can immediately reduce tooling inventory and maximise machining performance. As part of the 2024 promotional offer, Tungaloy-NTK UK is giving away a free toolholder when customers buy 10 inserts.

For machining intricate and detailed work, Tungaloy-NTK UK has introduced its MiniV-LockGroove range of high-precision grooving and threading tools. Perfect for sliding head and CNC turning centres, the MiniV-LockGroove delivers astounding performance in both grooving and threading with exceptional accuracy and reliability.

Iscar said it engineered the new grades to significantly extend insert tool life as a result of an innovative substrate. In addition, the Sumo Tec grades feature advanced CVD and PVD coating technology.

With a quick-change insert system, the TinyInternalCut is perfect for the modern sliding head machine shop and small turned part manufacturer. If you want to witness how this remarkable product can revolutionise your turning – you can buy a pack of 10 inserts and get a corresponding tool holder free of charge, but hurry as this offer ends soon.

Tungaloy-NTK UK is giving the small turned parts industry a ‘shot-in-the-arm’ with a multitude of offers on its latest range of advanced turning technologies.

Iscar Metals Inc. (www.iscarmetals.com) has developed a new metalworking concept for increased productivity.

Providing unsurpassed levels of stability and precision with exceptional tool life and surface quality, this innovative tool effectively removes chips with its through coolant system and chip redirector that prevents bird nesting and ensures a clean cutting area by rapidly removing swarf from the cutting area.

Iscar said the new process improves toughness and chipping resistance, thus reducing friction and built-up edges to prolong tool life at increased machining conditions for all types of workpiece materials.

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For parting, Iscar’s Tang-Grip line has tangential inserts that use the latest Sumo Tec 800 series grades to provide superior flatness and surface finish.

The DuoForceCut is applicable for a wide range of applications with insert geometries and grades available for parting-off, front turning, back turning, threading, and grooving with insert groove widths from 0.5 to 1mm. Perfect for machining everything from low carbon steel to alloy steel, stainless, aluminium and copper alloys, titanium and superalloys with remarkable performance levels – isn’t it time you tried this exceptional offer?

The toolholders are available in shank sizes from 6 by 6mm to 10 by 10mm to fit all compact turning centres and their common tool platten types and configurations. Furthermore, the free toolholder has a rigid and ground insert seat with an optimised clamping screw design that minimises movement, improves repeatability and creates a stable environment for high-quality precision machining whilst protecting unused cutting edges during machining.

The result is prolonged unmanned operation with the confidence that the machine can be left unattended to maximise your profitability. To maximise your profitability even further, Tungaloy-NTK UK is now giving machine shops the opportunity to try this exciting new system with an offer to buy 10 inserts and receive a corresponding toolholder free of charge – make sure you take advantage of this limited-time offer now.

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With slim shank toolholders available from 8 by 8mm to 12 by 12mm, the MiniV-LockGroove is available as a toolholder with interchangeable inserts or as a modular head system with the corresponding ModuMini-Turn heads and shanks. Like the DuoForceCut, Tungaloy-NTK UK offers a vast selection of VGP insert grades for grooving and VGT inserts for threading applications in steel and stainless.

Iscar called its new concept the 3P Sumo Line for Premium Productivity Products (3P), and said its new line of tooling provides better productivity, better profitability and better tooling performance.

The milling line, called Sumomill, has tangentially clamped inserts with high positive cutting angles.

These single-ended inserts perform parting, grooving and interrupted grooving operations and feature rigid clamping and a tangentially oriented pocket for machining at high feeds with extended tool life.

This performance is credited to a V-shaped insert pocket that securely clamps the insert whilst providing maximum machining clearance. With a secure V-shaped insert seat and high pressure through coolant nozzles directed to both the rake and face cutting edges, swarf evacuation, insert life and machining performance are all significantly improved.

For deep-hole drilling, Iscar offers the Chamgun exchangeable gundrill head that is designed to drill up to 30 times its length-to-diameter ratio. Chamgun enables the replacement of a drilling head on the machine, eliminating the process of removing the drill for indexing.

As part of its 2024 promotional offering, the company has a number of special offers that range across the company’s expansive range of small-part turning, high-feed milling and indexable drilling lines.

Precisely secured to the through coolant toolholder via a 3-point precision clamping system, the three distinct insert geometries make the TinyInternalCut a versatile option for manufacturers. With the latest SH7025 PVD insert grade, the TinyInternalCut guarantees superior surface quality and process security, making it the ideal choice for internal machining small-diameter bores.

The Dr-Twist line has twisted coolant holes, large gullets for chip evacuation and the advantages of the Sumo Tec grades.

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Complementing the MiniV-LockGroove tools is the FaceMiniCut, the new benchmark in deep face grooving. Specifically developed for deep grooving applications, the FaceMiniCut can groove up to 10mm DAXN and 9mm deep. The impressive machining parameters are the combined result of an extremely rigid insert clamping system, inserts with a sharp cutting edge and optimised geometry with a ‘chip redirector’ and an advanced SH7025 PVD grade.

If you would like to have the confidence to run lights-out machining with exceptional productivity rates and astounding tool life, Tungaloy-NTK UK is offering manufacturers the opportunity to buy a pack of 10 inserts and get a free toolholder or buy 10 inserts and get one CHP toolholder or CHP head with an additional 50% discount.

The Sumomill T290 family of endmills use a large number of insert cutting edges on a small tool diameter to enable increased feedrates for high productivity.

Completing the seasonal offer on small turning tools is the ‘ultimate’ series for internal grooving and thread turning in bores down to 5mm diameter – the TinyInternalCut. With a truly unique clamping system, the TinyInternalCut is available with a steel or carbide tool body for maximum rigidity and three insert geometries – the MGR for grooving, the MGR with full radius for profiling and undercutting as well as the MTR for threading.

For heavy duty turning, Iscar introduced Sumoturn inserts made from the Sumo Tec 5000 grades for cast iron and Sumo Tec 8000 grades for machining steel and stainless steel. The company expanded its Heliturn LD family by adding inserts with positive radial helical cutting edges and positive rake angles that are designed to reduce cutting forces and facilitate higher productivity.

Iscar also has expanded its Helido double-sided helical positive geometry inserts with the H600 Upfeed line, and its Helitang 490 line for machining steel and steel alloy at high feeds. All of the latest Helido, Helitang and Sumomill lines, including the existing designs, now are available in the latest Sumo Tec PVD IC800 series grades.

Completing the line of the indexable drills, the Sumodrill, is for heavy duty, large diameter rough drilling applications from 61 mm to 80 mm.

As an industry-leading manufacturer of cutting tool innovations for the small turned parts sector, Tungaloy-NTK UK has a series of enticing offers on its most popular lines with the DuoForceCut, MiniV-LockGroove, FaceMiniCut and the TinyInternalCut among the insatiable autumn promotions.

The PVD process is composed of Iscar’s Al-Tec coating technology. The CVD coating is based on Iscar’s Alpha-Tec technology that is resistant to wear, followed by a process that provides improved tool life, low insert surface stresses and an evenly coated top surface that contributes to smooth uninterrupted chip flow, less generated heat and less friction.