
Material Turning Insert Selection Guide / Work Hardened Steel H Hardened Steel Recommended Cutting Conditions Grades A ● Coated SUMIBORON, Coated Carbide (m/min) ● Uncoated SUMIBORON (m/min) Grades 300 300 BNC100 BNX20 Cutting Speed (vc) Cutting Speed (vc) High-Precision Machining BNC160 BN1000 200 BNC2010 BNC200 200 BNX25 Steel General Purpose Cutting General Purpose Cutting 100 BNC2020 BNC300 Interrupted Cutting 100 BN2000 Interrupted Cutting Stainless BN350 Steel 0 AC503U 0 Finishing Roughing Finishing Roughing Cast Iron Continuous Cutting General Cutting Interrupted Cutting Continuous Cutting General Cutting Interrupted Cutting SUMIBORON Page L2 Exotic Alloy Chipbreakers LV Type / FV Type Chipbreaker:For chip control during finishing of hardened steel Small Product Non-Ferrous Hardened SV Type Chipbreaker:For chip control during carburized layer removal Steel (mm) 0.7 0.6 Metal SV 0.5 SV Depth of Cut (ap) LV Machining 0.4 0.3 LV FV 0.2 FV 0.1 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 SUMIBORON Feed Rate f (mm/rev) Break Master Page L26 H Hardened Steel Recommended Cutting Conditions (Red text indicates 1st recommendation.) Cutting Conditions Min. - Optimum - Max. Cutting Process Grades Depth of Cut ap (mm) Feed Rate f (mm/rev) Cutting Speed vc (m/min) BNC2010 0.03-0.20-0.35 0.03-0.10-0.20 120-200-300 BNC100 0.03-0.20-0.30 0.03-0.10-0.20 120-200-300 Continuous Cutting BN1000 0.03-0.15-0.20 0.03-0.10-0.15 100-150-300 BNX10 0.03-0.10-0.20 0.03-0.10-0.15 120-180-300 AC503U 0.03-0.50-1.00 0.02-0.05-0.10 40- 70-100 BNC2020 0.03-0.30-0.50 0.03-0.20-0.40 50-130-220 BNC160 0.03-0.20-0.35 0.03-0.10-0.25 120-180-220 General Turning BNC200 0.03-0.30-0.50 0.03-0.10-0.30 50-130-220 BN2000 0.03-0.20-0.30 0.03-0.10-0.20 50-100-200 BNX20 0.03-0.20-0.35 0.03-0.15-0.30 70-130-170 BNC300 0.03-0.20-0.30 0.03-0.10-0.20 50-100-150 Interrupted Cutting BN350 0.03-0.20-0.30 0.03-0.10-0.20 50-100-150 BNX25 0.03-0.20-0.50 0.03-0.15-0.30 120-160-220 A18