The linear actuation of the blade helps ensure precise, straight cuts through the pipe, eliminating the need to control blade angle accuracy manually. The blade’s tungsten carbide teeth also deliver ...

Our metallurgical history is a little bit like a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors, only without the paper; we’re always looking for something hard enough to cut whatever the current hardest metal is.

The cutting tool, which started life as a tungsten carbide lathe tool, is held on a rotary (‘R’) axis but can also move vertically via a flexure-loaded carriage driven by a 13 kg servo motor.