Sandvik Coromant, a global leader in metal cutting and manufacturing solutions, has launched the CoroTurn® Plus, an advanced sensorized turning adaptor designed to bring real-time visibility, enhanced process security, and scalable automation to turning operations. This innovative solution provides live insights into cutting forces, vibration, chatter, and in-cut status, assisting teams in stabilising performance, improving part quality and consistency, and reducing waste.
CoroTurn® Plus integrates sensorized tooling with two levels of digital capability. When used with CoroPlus® Viewer, it offers passive, real-time insights to support operator decisions. In conjunction with CoroPlus® Connected, these signals enable active, machine-integrated protective actions within predefined limits, allowing users to differentiate between mere visualisation and automated response effectively.
The system streams live data from the cut to CoroPlus® Viewer on a PC or tablet, facilitating faster, data-driven decisions and traceable continuous improvement. Operators receive audible alerts for over-limit conditions, can inspect values, and review and flag deviations to expedite root-cause analysis. As tool-condition signals accumulate, teams can determine when an insert is nearing its end of life, enabling timely replacements, extending tool life, and avoiding unplanned downtime.
For machine-integrated control, CoroTurn® Plus connects to CoroPlus® Connected, fully integrated with the machine’s NC. Users can set limits on chatter, load, and vibration via software or NC code. Should an unexpected event occur, the control initiates protective interrupt actions to safeguard components, tools, and equipment. These actions are configurable by the end user.
Feed-rate and cutting-speed override configurators enable in-process optimisation, while data tracked to component position enhances diagnostics and continuous improvement. This autonomy allows the machine to handle more routine decisions within configured boundaries, increasing effective operating hours, especially during unmanned shifts, thereby reducing downtime across the day.
Industrialised features include automatic connect and disconnect from the bar, ready-to-machine system checks, and start and stop of data recording. By storing and documenting cutting data for each run, teams can compare batch performance, red-flag material deviations early, and maintain end-customer documentation and certificates for full traceability. Sensorized tooling, visual analytics, and NC-level integration transform raw signals into enforced limits and actions, making production steadier, safer, and more consistent with fewer interventions.
“With CoroTurn® Plus, we visualise hidden behaviour in the cut into clear signals, so teams can recognise material variation, tool wear, and process instability as they happen,” said Åke Åxner, Global Project Manager – Machine Integration at Sandvik Coromant. “In combination with CoroPlus® Connected, the control makes protective decisions, stopping, retracting, and resuming within defined limits, which reduces unplanned downtime and increases overall machine utilisation.”
Leland Bailey, Project Manager at Sandvik Coromant, added, “Sensorized tooling is the most practical bridge into more advanced automation because it turns raw signals into safe, machine-enforced actions. By capturing high-resolution cut data and connecting it directly to the control, teams enable unmanned windows, reduce downtime, pinpoint insert end-of-life, and institutionalise best practice, while clear, actionable visuals help operators at every experience level make safe, confident decisions.”
For the manufacture of high-value components such as discs, casings, shafts, pumps, and valves, CoroTurn® Plus offers unparalleled real-time insight into the cutting process.
