| | | s HB | Rm | | or | Cutting speed |
| rial up | Structure | of the material groups | dnes | ngth | roup | fact | Vc (m/min) |
| ate gro | and ii | dentification letters | har | stre ²) | ng g | tion | |
| M | i | i | Brinell | Tensile (N/mm | Chippi | Correc | VHM TiAlN |
| | C ≤ 0.25 % annealed | 125 | 428 | P1 | | - |
| | C > 0.25 … ≤ 0.55 % annealed | 190 | 639 | P2 | | - |
| Unalloyed steel | C > 0.25 … ≤ 0.55 % hardened and temper | ed 210 | 708 | P3 | | - |
| | C > 0.55 % annealed | 190 | 639 | P4 | | - |
| | C > 0.55 % hardened and temper | ed 300 | 1013 | P5 | | - |
| | Machining steel (short-chipping) tempered | 220 | 745 | P6 | | - |
| | annealed | 175 | 591 | P7 | | - |
| P | | hardened and tempered | 300 | 1013 | P8 | | - |
| Low alloyed steel | hardened and tempered | 380 | 1282 | P9 | | - |
| | hardened and tempered | 430 | 1477 | P10 | | - |
| | annealed | 200 | 675 | P11 | | - |
| High alloyed steel and hih lld tl tl | hardened | 300 | 1013 | P12 | | - |
| g aoye oo see | hardened | 400 | 1361 | P13 | | - |
| | ferritic / martensitic, annealed | 200 | 675 | P14 | | - |
| Stainless steel | martensitic, hardened and tempered | 330 | 1114 | P15 | | - |
| | austenitic, chilled | 200 | 675 | M1 | 1,0 | 60 - 90 - 120 |
| M | Stainless steel | austenitic, precipitation-hardened (PH) | 300 | 1013 | M2 | 0,9 | 30 - 55 - 80 |
| | austenitic-ferritic, Duplex | 230 | 778 | M3 | 1,0 | 50 - 85 - 120 |
| | ferritic | 200 | 675 | K1 | | - |
| Malleable cast iron | pearlitic | 260 | 867 | K2 | | - |
| Cast iron | low tensile strength | 180 | 602 | K3 | | - |
| K | | high tensile strength / austenitic | 245 | 825 | K4 | | - |
| Cast iron with nodular | ferritic | 155 | 518 | K5 | | - |
| graphite | pearlitic | 265 | 885 | K6 | | - |
| GGV (CGI) | | 200 | 675 | K7 | | - |
| Aluminium alloys | not heat treatable | 30 | - | N1 | | - |
| long chipping | heat treatable, heat treated | 100 | 343 | N2 | | - |
| | ≤ 12 % Si, not heat treatable | 75 | 260 | N3 | | - |
| Casted aluminium alloys | ≤ 12 % Si, aushärtbar, ausgehärtet | 90 | 314 | N4 | | - |
| | > 12 % Si, not heat treatable | 130 | 447 | N5 | | - |
| Magnesium alloys | | 70 | 250 | N6 | | - |
| | Unalloyed, elektrolyte copper | 100 | 343 | N7 | | - |
| Copper and copper alloys | Brass, Bronze | 90 | 314 | N8 | | - |
| N | (Brass / Bronze) | Cu-alloys, short-chipping | 110 | 382 | N9 | | - |
| | High-tensile, Ampco | 300 | 1013 | N10 | | - |
| | Lead alloys (without abrasive filling material) | - | - | N11 | | - |
| | i Duroplastic (without abrasive filling material) | - | - | N12 | | - |
| Non-ferrous materials | Plastic glas fibre reinforced GFRP i | - | - | N13 | | - |
| | Plastic carbon fibre reinforced CFRP | - | - | N14 | | - |
| | Plastic aramid fibre reinforced AFRP | - | - | N15 | | - |
| | Graphite (tech.) | 80 Shore | - | N16 | | - |
| | FBi annealed | 200 | 675 | S1 | 0,7 | 30 - 60 - 90 |
| | e-ass heat treated | 280 | 943 | S2 | 0,7 | 30 - 60 - 90 |
| High temperature | annealed | 250 | 839 | S3 | 0,9 | 30 - 50 - 70 |
| resistant alloys | Ni- or Co-alloyed heat treated | 350 | 1177 | S4 | 0,7 | 30 - 55 - 80 |
| S | | casting | 320 | 1076 | S5 | 0,7 | 30 - 55 - 80 |
| | Pure titan | 200 | 675 | S6 | 1,0 | 50 - 85 - 120 |
| Titanium alloys | α- and β-alloys, heat treated | 375 | 1262 | S7 | 1,0 | 40 - 75 - 110 |
| | β-alloys | 410 | 1396 | S8 | 1,0 | 40 - 75 - 110 |
| Wolfram alloys | | 300 | 1013 | S9 | | - |
| Molybdän alloys | | 300 | 1013 | S10 | | - |
| | hardened | 50 HRC | - | H1 | | - |
| H | Hardened steel | hardened | 55 HRC | - | H2 | | - |
| Hardened cast iron | hardened hardened | 60 HRC 55 HRC | - - | H3 H4 | | - - |