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“We have Jetstream Tooling, which I consider a revolutionary new coolant system,” says Don Graham, a manager at Seco Tools, Troy, MI.

For general turning applications ISO inserts function as an international standard. Iscar, which provides a full range of carbide inserts, is one company trying to look at ways of advancing tool applicability for turning in multi-axis machining centres.

These inserts are designed especially for machining stainless steel and high temperature alloys, with cutting force reduced due to helical cutting edges and positive rake angles.

In high-speed reaming, a combination of a carbide reaming head with a rolling device in one single tool results in a short operational time for achieving accurate hole diameters along with a mirror-like surface finish.

NeoDo S890 is a family of 90° indexable face mills for rough and semi-finishing operations. The mills mount durable square double-sided inserts with eight cutting edges. NeoDo S890 facilitates face and square shoulder milling while providing an additional option for milling close to shoulders where there are workpiece or workholding fixture constraints. Iscar customers have requested additional corner radii and tool diameters, therefore, this tool family has been expanded with additional pressed to size inserts with a 0.8mm corner radius and cutters in diameters 32 and 25mm including endmill design configurations.

“We want to look at how to enhance ISO,” says Steve Geisel, senior product manager at Iscar in Toronto. “Our CNMX and DMNX lines are ISO inserts on steroids.”

The significant and accelerated changes in manufacturing such as digitisation and the shift to electric drive in the automotive industry have resulted in new demands for cutting tools. Iscar has responded with an expansion of its NeoLogiq range. According to the company, ‘Machining with No Boundaries’ is the term that sums up the NeoLogiq mindset.

Graham says Jetstream Tooling can deliver coolant to the optimum position close to the cutting edge, thus lifting the chip away from the rake face and improving chip control and tool life. Working within a machining centre, Jetstream can remove heat quickly from the cutting zone, and cool chips rapidly.

ModuDrill is a family of modular drills with replaceable carbide heads that carry indexable inserts and provide an alternative solution. Mounting an exchangeable extension holder on a drill body increases the drilling depth by an additional 200mm when machining holes in a diameter range of 33-40mm.

Iscar’s NeoLogiq series is based on new tools that were developed with its customers’ input. The company says its clients can expect more development to assure advanced machining in the new era of metalworking.

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When indexing, there is no need to remove the insert clamping screw. The main application of the new cutters is for rough and semi-finish milling complex surfaces, especially in die and mould, power generation, and aerospace parts. The range of solid carbide endmills has been expanded by adding new tool diameters and corner radii.

“This offers total control over the length and size of the assembly,” says McEachern. “For internal machining we have an anti-vibration product that can deliver to twelve times the length to diameter on a boring bar, with Capto as the interface.”

To get the most out of a turning application within a multi-tasking machine, however, the revolution may be more relevant to coolants than inserts. As cutting methods have improved, heat control has remained a major challenge.

The slogan ‘Where Innovation Never Stops!’ appears on the walls of Iscar production facilities around the world and has been synonymous with the company for several decades.

Iscar SpinJet, a family of coolant-driven high-speed compact spindles for small diameter tools intended to upgrade existing machines to high-speed performance, is now supplemented with Micro 90 intended for miniature rotating tools in milling, drilling, countersinking, thread milling, engraving, chamfering and deburring operations. Micro 90, made of a solid titanium shell and assembled from just six parts, enables rotating velocities that range from 35,000 to 53,000rpm while the main machine spindle remains idle.

“They can run at a much larger depth of cut and greater spindle speeds,” says Geisel. “It’s often a race between us and the machine supplier, but the end result is the best tools on the best machines.”

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Changes in metalworking technology place new demands on cutting tools and to meet these demands, cutting tool manufacturers develop new products to assure increased performance. In turn, The industry’s response to the products spawns new requirements.

The advantage of turning in a multi-tasking centre is that processes are more efficient, reducing production times. However, cutting tools designed for turning within these machines have to be compatible with the technology. Often this means working with quick-change tooling systems that aren’t fully automated. One example is Coromant Capto from Sandvik Coromant, which some studies have shown is the strongest quick change system on the market.

A modular tool concept is the way to reach high levels of versatility and NeoSwiss is a new tool system with quick-change heads, that follows this concept. There are different types of heads for indexable inserts. The system is suitable for turning, parting, grooving, and threading applications. Through the use of an innovative high-clamping-force mechanism, the heads are mounted on a toolholder. The mechanism provides an accurate cutting edge position each time and utilises high position repeatability. The system intended mainly for Swiss-type machines enables removing heads and replacing inserts within the tight confines of CNC machining centres.

From there, extensions can make a tool longer by putting a male Capto on one end, and a female on the other to build out the assembly and also reduce the adaptor size.

“We used to see 100 psi to 200 psi, but Jetstream can deliver from 300 psi to 1,000 psi,” says Graham. “The implications for this high pressure coolant on turning is very dramatic. I’ve been in this business for thirty years, and this system is the most revolutionary since the advent of coatings.”

The HyproJET X6 from Ceratizit is based on an improved and patented design which makes is possible to increase cutting performance, leading and lifetime.

The result is increased cutting speeds for all materials, from hard Inconels at 50 per cent faster, to aluminium at 30 per cent, which Graham says is “easily possible.” The only risk? If you increase the speeds in the machining centre too aggressively you might throw a part, and downtime in a multi-tasking machine can be expensive. “The newer machines change everything you do,” says Graham. “You have to be conscious of the set-up, because a long, slender shaft with greater depth of cut may require cutting back on spindle speed due to vibration.”

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Mazak has a range of machining centres, with four having particular applicability to turning: the Integrex i-150 (a high speed, small footprint multi-tasking machine); the Variaxis 630-5X II T (a five axis machine that Birkle says is “the gold standard in machining centres”); the Integrex e-Ramtec (for large cylindrical workpieces); and the Integrex 1-630V (machining harder materials).

A durable double-sided round insert is now available. The combination of an innovative pocket design and a special peripheral shape of the insert provides reliable insert clamping and fail-proof insert indexing. Depending on the depth of cut, there are up to six insert indexes on each side (up to 12 indexes total).

“You can adapt in different ways,” adds Randy McEachern, product specialist for toolholding and holemaking products at Sandvik Coromant. “Machines with the correct flange holder can adapt to Coromant Capto, and any one of our toolholders can go on the end of that.”

The HyproJET X6 from Ceratizit is based on an improved and patented design which makes is possible to increase cutting performance, leading and lifetime.

“Coromant Capto has a unique shape at the connection,” says Dave Andrews, product manager for threading, turning, parting, and grooving at Sandvik Coromant Canada. “It’s self-locking, a tapered polygon, with lobes that don’t allow the coupling to twist. It also has face contact on the flange, so it is a very strong connection.”

Precision carbide cutting tool maker Iscar has released a raft of new products to address the latest trends in modern metalworking. PES finds out more. The slogan ‘Where Innovation Never Stops!’ appears on the walls of Iscar production facilities around the world and has been synonymous with the company for several decades. The COVID-19 pandemic did not interrupt the innovation process, and between 2020-2021 the cutting tool specialist introduced the NeoLogiq marketing campaign comprised of advanced cutting tools and tooling solutions for modern metalworking. The significant and accelerated changes in manufacturing such as digitisation and the shift to electric drive in the automotive industry have resulted in new demands for cutting tools. Iscar has responded with an expansion of its NeoLogiq range. According to the company, ‘Machining with No Boundaries’ is the term that sums up the NeoLogiq mindset. Holemaking advances Iscar’s Cham-IQ-Drill, the family of assembled drills that mount exchangeable carbide heads, has been upgraded with new heads in the 33-40mm diameter range These heads can be mounted on any drill with the appropriate pocket size. The main feature of the new heads is a multifunctional cutting geometry, which enables the effective drilling of a wide range of materials such as steel, stainless steel, heat-resistant special alloys, and titanium (ISO P, M, and S groups of application) assuring hole precision within IT10-IT9 accuracy grades. Iscar says its customers will benefit from using the new heads; more interchangeability means less tools to stock. A NeoSwiss turning tool carries a quick-change head with indexable insert The Iscar Logiq-3-Cham is also based on the concept of exchangeable carbide heads with three flutes for improved productivity and is now supplemented by new carbide heads for achieving nearly flat bottom holes. Flat bottom holes are necessary for screw head sockets, spring seats, washer ports, etc. The heads ensure drilling up to an 8-hole depth-to-diameter ratio without a pre-hole. The new design facilitates generating holes with a nearly flat bottom in a single pass. The heads are mounted on existing Logiq-3-Cham tools that significantly expand the application range of the family and reduce inventory costs. Longer drilling applications ModuDrill is a family of modular drills with replaceable carbide heads that carry indexable inserts and provide an alternative solution. Mounting an exchangeable extension holder on a drill body increases the drilling depth by an additional 200mm when machining holes in a diameter range of 33-40mm. In high-speed reaming, a combination of a carbide reaming head with a rolling device in one single tool results in a short operational time for achieving accurate hole diameters along with a mirror-like surface finish. Modular turning A modular tool concept is the way to reach high levels of versatility and NeoSwiss is a new tool system with quick-change heads, that follows this concept. There are different types of heads for indexable inserts. The system is suitable for turning, parting, grooving, and threading applications. Through the use of an innovative high-clamping-force mechanism, the heads are mounted on a toolholder. The mechanism provides an accurate cutting edge position each time and utilises high position repeatability. The system intended mainly for Swiss-type machines enables removing heads and replacing inserts within the tight confines of CNC machining centres. A 90-degrees NeoDo S890 face mill Locked up rigidity Iscar has also developed a new lever dual lock securing mechanism for improved clamping rigidity intended for ISO turning inserts. The new design, referred to as the Combi-D-Lock family, combines the advantages of two conventional clamping methods through the use of a lever and a top clamp. An insert is locked in two directions from the top and the bottom. This provides better stability and rigidity, and in comparison to the conventional lever improves tool life and increases productivity. Logiq-F-Grip features a new highly advanced tool family for parting solutions. The central component of the family is a robust tool block that mounts a four-pocket adapter. There are cases when the rib, a reinforcement element of the block, interferes and prevents clamping the block on typical turret positions. NeoLogic overcomes this problem by providing additional blocks with the rib placed on the alternative side of the block. The Logiq-F-Grip parting system was designed to achieve extra stability and vibration-resistant high productivity parting and grooving operations. The highly engineered system is an assembled tool block that comprises a durable holder and a high-stiffness quad blade with pockets for mounting inserts. Milling innovations NeoDo S890 is a family of 90° indexable face mills for rough and semi-finishing operations. The mills mount durable square double-sided inserts with eight cutting edges. NeoDo S890 facilitates face and square shoulder milling while providing an additional option for milling close to shoulders where there are workpiece or workholding fixture constraints. Iscar customers have requested additional corner radii and tool diameters, therefore, this tool family has been expanded with additional pressed to size inserts with a 0.8mm corner radius and cutters in diameters 32 and 25mm including endmill design configurations. A durable double-sided round insert is now available. The combination of an innovative pocket design and a special peripheral shape of the insert provides reliable insert clamping and fail-proof insert indexing. Depending on the depth of cut, there are up to six insert indexes on each side (up to 12 indexes total). When indexing, there is no need to remove the insert clamping screw. The main application of the new cutters is for rough and semi-finish milling complex surfaces, especially in die and mould, power generation, and aerospace parts. The range of solid carbide endmills has been expanded by adding new tool diameters and corner radii. A Micro 90 coolant-driven high-speed compact spindle ensures extremely high rotating velocities Toolholder upgrades Iscar SpinJet, a family of coolant-driven high-speed compact spindles for small diameter tools intended to upgrade existing machines to high-speed performance, is now supplemented with Micro 90 intended for miniature rotating tools in milling, drilling, countersinking, thread milling, engraving, chamfering and deburring operations. Micro 90, made of a solid titanium shell and assembled from just six parts, enables rotating velocities that range from 35,000 to 53,000rpm while the main machine spindle remains idle. When it comes to thermal shrink fit toolholders, the chuck thickness is a factor that limits the working space of a tool which often causes an increase in the tool overhang to reach a machined surface. To address this, Iscar’s X-Stream family of thermal shrink toolholders is a series of slim design chucks to eliminate such a restriction. The new chucks follow Iscar’s coolant jet channel technology providing direct coolant supply to the tool cutting edge. Evolving to meet demand Changes in metalworking technology place new demands on cutting tools and to meet these demands, cutting tool manufacturers develop new products to assure increased performance. In turn, The industry’s response to the products spawns new requirements. Iscar’s NeoLogiq series is based on new tools that were developed with its customers’ input. The company says its clients can expect more development to assure advanced machining in the new era of metalworking. Iscarwww.iscar.co.uk

The balancing act has to allow for the fact that when turning in a machining centre the tool will have a heat band that it has to cut within. By applying the right cooling approach, higher cutting speeds are an option without compromise to tool life and chip control. In fact, it then makes low cost, unmanned production a real possibility. CM

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When it comes to thermal shrink fit toolholders, the chuck thickness is a factor that limits the working space of a tool which often causes an increase in the tool overhang to reach a machined surface. To address this, Iscar’s X-Stream family of thermal shrink toolholders is a series of slim design chucks to eliminate such a restriction. The new chucks follow Iscar’s coolant jet channel technology providing direct coolant supply to the tool cutting edge.

The COVID-19 pandemic did not interrupt the innovation process, and between 2020-2021 the cutting tool specialist introduced the NeoLogiq marketing campaign comprised of advanced cutting tools and tooling solutions for modern metalworking.

Precision carbide cutting tool maker Iscar has released a raft of new products to address the latest trends in modern metalworking. PES finds out more.

The latest Iscar LogiQuick campaign has unveiled a diverse range of new cutting tools, effectively replenishing the company's portfolio.

“When it comes to turning, you will still have the same general speeds and feeds as a standard machine,” says Geisel. “But the advantage with a multi-axis machine is the upper and lower turrets—one can be rough turning and the other can be drilling the hole and threading, even finishing behind the first turret.”

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Iscar has also developed a new lever dual lock securing mechanism for improved clamping rigidity intended for ISO turning inserts. The new design, referred to as the Combi-D-Lock family, combines the advantages of two conventional clamping methods through the use of a lever and a top clamp. An insert is locked in two directions from the top and the bottom. This provides better stability and rigidity, and in comparison to the conventional lever improves tool life and increases productivity.

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Iscar’s Cham-IQ-Drill, the family of assembled drills that mount exchangeable carbide heads, has been upgraded with new heads in the 33-40mm diameter range These heads can be mounted on any drill with the appropriate pocket size. The main feature of the new heads is a multifunctional cutting geometry, which enables the effective drilling of a wide range of materials such as steel, stainless steel, heat-resistant special alloys, and titanium (ISO P, M, and S groups of application) assuring hole precision within IT10-IT9 accuracy grades. Iscar says its customers will benefit from using the new heads; more interchangeability means less tools to stock.

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The latest Iscar LogiQuick campaign has unveiled a diverse range of new cutting tools, effectively replenishing the company's portfolio.

One example is Iscar’s Heliturn LD (for “lay down”), a helical cutting edge with high metal removal rates. This is an advance in turning, but the process itself would not necessarily be any faster if integrated with a multi-axis machine.

Switching from a conventional shank to the Capto quick change system means that new cutting heads can be swapped out in less than 30 seconds—a much shorter cycle interruption than would be required when changing inside the machine. Repeatability is within two microns, with the Capto “sister tool” approach keeping a machine running longer than would an insert index. This is a big help, because when turning in machining centres, the key to success from a tooling perspective is flexibility.

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The Logiq-F-Grip parting system was designed to achieve extra stability and vibration-resistant high productivity parting and grooving operations. The highly engineered system is an assembled tool block that comprises a durable holder and a high-stiffness quad blade with pockets for mounting inserts.

The Iscar Logiq-3-Cham is also based on the concept of exchangeable carbide heads with three flutes for improved productivity and is now supplemented by new carbide heads for achieving nearly flat bottom holes. Flat bottom holes are necessary for screw head sockets, spring seats, washer ports, etc. The heads ensure drilling up to an 8-hole depth-to-diameter ratio without a pre-hole. The new design facilitates generating holes with a nearly flat bottom in a single pass. The heads are mounted on existing Logiq-3-Cham tools that significantly expand the application range of the family and reduce inventory costs.

“There has been a lot of attention given to milling in turning centres, but turning on machining centres is innovative,” says Chuck Birkle, vice president, sales and marketing for Mazak Corp., Florence, KY (Mazak Canada is based in Cambridge, ON).

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Getting the right cut is always important, and no less so for a turning application within a multi-tasking machining centre. Yet these machines present unique cutting tool challenges for turning.

Logiq-F-Grip features a new highly advanced tool family for parting solutions. The central component of the family is a robust tool block that mounts a four-pocket adapter. There are cases when the rib, a reinforcement element of the block, interferes and prevents clamping the block on typical turret positions. NeoLogic overcomes this problem by providing additional blocks with the rib placed on the alternative side of the block.