Material Turning Insert Selection Guide / Work Cast Iron K Cast Iron Recommended Cutting Conditions Grades Coated SUMIBORON SUMIBORON Solid SUMIBORON A BNC500 BN7000 BNS800 Page L7 ● FC (Grey Cast Iron) ● FCD (Ductile Cast Iron) Grades (m/min) (m/min) 2,000 500 Steel 1,000 High Speed Continuous Cutting BN7000 AC405K BNS800 Cutting Speed (vc) Cutting Speed (vc) 300 Stainless High Speed 1st Recommended Grade for Cast Iron 500 Continuous Cutting AC415K Steel AC405K BNC500 200 300 Cast Iron 1st Recommended Grade for Cast Iron Mill-Scaled Mill-Scaled 200 AC415K Work/Interrupted Cutting Work/Interrupted Cutting AC420K AC420K AC8025P Exotic Alloy 100 100 AC8025P Finishing Roughing Finishing Roughing Small Product Non-Ferrous Hardened Steel Continuous Cutting General Cutting Interrupted Cutting Continuous Cutting General Cutting Interrupted Cutting Metal Chipbreakers Negative Type Positive Type Machining (mm) (mm) Roughing Roughing No Breaker 6.0 6.0 Depth of Cut (ap) Depth of Cut (ap) Large Large No GZ Breaker MU GZ No Breaker No Finishing Medium Cutting Finishing Medium Cutting 4.0 4.0 GZ Breaker UZ (UX) Depth of Cut Depth of Cut 2.0 2.0 MU MU UZ UZ (Sharper Edge and Low Cutting Force) 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 Sharp Edge Strong Edge 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 Sharp Edge Strong Edge Feed Rate f (mm/rev) Feed Rate f (mm/rev) K Cast Iron Recommended Cutting Conditions (Red text indicates 1st recommendation.) Cutting FC (Grey Cast Iron) Min. - Optimum - Max. FCD (Ductile Cast Iron) Min. - Optimum - Max. Applications Chipbreakers Grades Process Feed Rate f (mm/rev) Cutting Speed vc (m/min) Feed Rate f (mm/rev) Cutting Speed vc (m/min) High Speed Continuous to General No BN7000 0.1-0.2-0.5 500-1,500-2,000 ̶ ̶ Cutting Continuous No BNC500 ̶ ̶ 0.1-0.20-0.4 200-350-500 Continuous UZ AC405K 0.1-0.25-0.4 230-400-570 0.1-0.25-0.4 170-350-500 Finishing General UZ AC415K 0.1-0.25-0.4 200-350-500 0.1-0.25-0.4 150-300-450 Interrupted GZ AC415K 0.1-0.30-0.5 150-275-400 0.1-0.30-0.5 150-250-350 Light Continuous GZ AC405K 0.1-0.30-0.5 170-315-460 0.1-0.30-0.5 170-285-400 Interrupted General GZ AC415K 0.1-0.30-0.5 150-275-400 0.1-0.30-0.5 150-250-350 Medium Interrupted GZ AC420K 0.1-0.30-0.5 100-200-300 0.1-0.30-0.5 80-150-220 Roughing Continuous GZ AC415K 0.1-0.30-0.5 150-275-400 0.1-0.30-0.5 150-250-350 (Mill-Scaled General GZ AC420K 0.1-0.30-0.5 100-200-300 0.1-0.30-0.5 80-150-220 Work) Interrupted No AC420K 0.2-0.35-0.6 100-175-250 0.2-0.35-0.6 80-130-180 A14