
Technical Recommendations Separator Cut-Off System
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Eliminate chatter:
- Minimise tool blade and holder overhang.
- Minimise part overhang.
- Use strongest toolholder system.
- Use a more narrow width of insert.
- Chipbreaker might be too aggressive. (Call Technical Support.)
- Adjust speed and feed rate up or down.
- Hold workpiece rigidly.
- With a longer part, support with steady rest or live centre.
- Avoid machine dwell.
- Use S2 or X2 to reduce cutting forces.
Reduce cut-off nib on solid bar
or I.D. bur on tubing:
- Check tool height. Insert cutting edge should be on centre to 0,05mm above centreline of workpiece.
- To reduce nib on part, use a high lead angle-type insert. Lead angle on a cut-off insert reduces the nib, which remains on the workpiece. CAUTION: the higher the lead, the more tool-side defl ection.
- Use the narrowest possible cut-off insert to minimise the cut-off bur length.
- Reduce feed rate at the end of a cut.
- On most tubing-type parts, a 4° or 5° lead angle will be suffi cient.
- Add support to a long slender-type part.
- Maintain proper sub-spindle alignment.
- If nib or bur persists, call Technical Support about reducing hone size.
- Use small- or no-corner radius.
Eliminate built-up edge:
- Select proper grade for insert.
- Increase speed (RPM).
- Increase the feed rate.
- Use ample amounts of well-directed coolant (see Figure A on page E131).
Chamfer and cut-off operations:
- Use Separator S2 or X2.
- Groove or breakdown workpiece surface being machined.
- Machine the chamfer.
- For jobs requiring a chamfer on both ends of the part, begin by plunging to a depth just beyond the depth of the chamfers. Then, return to the part O.D. and profi le each chamfer individually. Finish the cut-off after completion of the second chamfer.
- Cut off the workpiece (see Figure C).
Figure C