An Extreme Cutoff Demo Returns

The Show on the Floor is Live Cutting Demo

Nothing beats a wild, live cutting demo on the show floor. Iscar delivers in Booth W-1800, with two extreme attention-getting part-off operations.

Iscar released its Do-Grip part-off system in 1993 featuring a proprietary twisted design. The company says the Do-Grip was the first to enable a depth of cut deeper than the length of the insert. At IMTS 1994, Iscar demonstrated the system’s performance under extreme conditions by chucking a railroad rail in a lathe and parting off slices of it throughout the show. The rail material is challenging to cut because it work hardens, the interruption is severe and the workpiece cross-sectional area varies, creating difficult cutting conditions that would cause most tools to fail. The Do-Grip tooling showed little sign of wear or damage.

Iscar revisits this live demo at this year’s show, using its latest Tang-Grip part-off system, a single-sided insert with pocketing technology to improve insert security and tool rigidity. In addition to the rail demo, this system also performs another challenging part-off demo using a sledgehammer head as the workpiece. Like the rail, the sledgehammer head material work hardens and the cut is interrupted.

Hourly demos are viewable on the LED monitors in Iscar’s booth in the West Hall. See—and hear—these impressive part-off operations for yourself.