USER GUIDE MILLING INSERTS Cutting Speed Recommendations for Indexable Milling Cutters CUTTING SPEED Vc (m/min) COATED Tensile Material Strength Hardness Group IC330/ IC808/ IC810/ IC830/ ISO Material Condition [N/mm2] HB No. (1) 328 IC380 908 910 928 IC840 IC845 IC882 < 0.25 %C annealed 420 125 1 140-200 210-300 190-260 150-240 130-220 non-alloy >= 0.25 %C annealed 650 190 2 130-190 200-280 170-240 140-230 120-200 steel and quenched and < 0.55 %C 850 250 3 130-190 200-260 160-230 140-230 120-190 cast steel, tempered free cutting annealed 750 220 4 120-180 180-250 140-220 130-220 120-180 steel >= 0.55 %C quenched and 1000 300 5 120-170 180-240 140-210 130-200 110-180 tempered annealed 600 200 6 120-160 170-240 130-210 120-190 100-170 low alloy and cast P 930 275 7 110-150 160-230 120-200 120-170 100-160 steel (less than 5% of quenched and 1000 300 8 100-140 150-230 110-200 110-170 100-150 alloying elements) tempered 1200 350 9 90-150 140-220 100-190 100-160 90-150 annealed 680 200 10 80-130 120-210 90-180 90-150 80-140 high alloyed steel, cast quenched and steel and tool steel 1100 325 11 80-120 110-170 80-160 90-140 80-130 tempered ferritic/ stainless steel 680 200 12 100-140 150-230 110-160 110-160 martensitic and cast steel martensitic 820 240 13 90-130 140-220 100-150 100-150 stainless steel austenitic, M 600 180 14 80-120 100-160 100-150 90-160 70-140 and cast steel duplex ferritic/pearlitic 180 15 220-320 grey cast iron (GG) pearlitic / 260 16 200-300 martensitic K ferritic 160 17 180-250 cast iron nodular (GGG) pearlitic 250 18 160-220 ferritic 130 19 200-300 malleable cast iron pearlitic 230 20 170-280 not cureable 60 21 aluminum wrought alloys cured 100 22 not cureable 75 23 <=12% Si aluminum cured 90 24 cast alloys high >12% Si 130 25 temperature N >1% Pb free cutting 110 26 copper brass 90 27 alloys electrolytic 100 28 copper duroplastics, 29 non metallic fiber plastics hard rubber 30 annealed 200 31 35-50 45-55 50-60 35-55 40-55 35-50 Fe based cured 280 32 30-40 35-45 40-50 30-45 30-45 30-40 high temp. annealed 250 33 25-35 30-45 35-50 30-45 30-40 25-35 alloys Ni or Co cured 350 34 20-25 25-35 25-35 25-35 25-30 20-25 S based cast 320 35 25-30 30-35 30-40 30-35 30-35 25-30 pure Rm = 400 36 45-80 55-100 65-110 50-90 50-90 45-80 titanium alloys alpha+beta Rm = 1050 37 30-65 35-65 35-70 30-65 30-60 30-65 alloys cured hardened 55 HRC 38 60-80 55-75 hardened steel hardened 60 HRC 39 50-70 45-65 H chilled cast iron cast 400 40 100-110 90-105 cast iron hardened 55 HRC 41 60-80 55-75 Rm - ultimate tensile strength, MPa (1) For ISCAR material group numbers and workpiece material list, see pages 820-910 616 ISCAR