It shouldn’t be that easy to cut metal - Y-axis parting off 

You can pretty much work for anyone. It is a matter of obtaining the replacement education and work experience. A mechanical engineering and machining background would be the most relevant with sooner materials science usually included with the M.E. obviously to work for a company like Sandvik you will need a couple of years experience but they are a global company with offices and training centers all over the world. From my understanding they also have a very open corporate structure meaning if you feel you have an original innovative idea for a new product or methodology they are open to suggestions. Clearly they are at the forefront of innovation which only comes with openness and ability to think outside the box for all levels of their business. I agree it must be and awesome company to work for. Everyone seems to really enjoy the work they do.

It's because the direction of the cutting forces. It changes using Y axis.

It will allow you to monitor the axis force accurately and set the tool brakeage monitor very accurately for lights out machining. With X axis parting off tool you cannot do that, because the X axis servo lowers(does not push) the heavy turret. Static X axis servo load is higher than when parting off. With Y axis pushing the turret you can set the tool breakage limit just couple % higher that normal parting off load and it will detect worn insert everytime.

Well if time doesn’t matter, it might be cheaper. But we are using this tool to part of 50-70mm Parts out of 316LVM or Toolssteel like 1.2083 and it works insanely well.

SLANR/L- TANG I think that's thier one anyway

I think upside down is kind of a relative thing. And unless you have a y axis lathe this isn't what you're doing. And even if you do have a y axis lathe, I'm gonna bet you've never parted anything off this way.

Rewatch the video, this is not the same thing.

@daniel cumiford so y axis is vertical and X horizontal? I can see that in that case pushing down rather than across.makes sense

@daniel cumiford I agree on the chip control, looks like a side benefit of the insert being "upside down" relative to the axis movement. Of course having the forces going into the holder is the driving reason behind this design but even long stringy chips are going to be on the clear side of the holder. It is a neat idea!

I attended a seminar at the beginning of the year, where iscar presented this same method of parting off... Is Sandvik trying to cheat?