
Cast Iron K Turning Insert Selection Guide /
Cast Iron
| A | Coated SUMIBORON | SUMIBORON | Solid SUMIBORON | L7 | |
| BNC500 BN7000 | BNS800 | Page |
(m/min) (m/min) 2,000
500
1,000 High Speed BN7000BN7000 Continuous Cutting
300 High Speed 1st Recommended Grade for Cast Iron
500 Continuous Cutting AC415KAC415K
AC405KAC405K BNC500BNC500 200 300 1st Recommended Grade for Cast Iron Mill-Scaled
AC415KAC415K Mill-Scaled 200 Work/Interrupted Cutting Work/Interrupted Cutting AC420KAC420K
| 100 | AC8025PAC8025P | 100 | ||
| Finishing | Roughing | Finishing | Roughing |
Continuous Cutting General Cutting Interrupted Cutting Continuous Cutting General Cutting Interrupted Cutting
Negative Type Positive Type
(mm) (mm) No Breaker 6.0 6.0 No
| GZ | Breaker | MU | |||
| GZ | No | ||||
| No Breaker |
| 4.0 | GZ | Breaker 4.0 |
| UZ (UX) | ||
| 2.0 | MU MU 2.0 | |
| 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)
Cast Iron
| (Red t | extindicates 1st recommendation.) | ||||||
| Applications | Cutting | Chipbreakers | Grades | FC(Grey Cast Iro | n) Min. -Optimum- Max. | FCD(Ductile Cast I | ron) Min. -Optimum- Max. |
| 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 |