
Hardened Steel H Turning Insert Selection Guide /
Hardened Steel
A ● Coated SUMIBORON, Coated Carbide ● Uncoated SUMIBORON
(m/min) (m/min) 300 300 BNC100 BN1000BN1000 BNX20
High-Precision MachiningHigh-Precision Machining BNC160
200 200
General Purpose CuttingGeneral Purpose CuttingGeneral Purpose Cutting General Purpose CuttingGeneral Purpose CuttingGeneral Purpose Cutting BNC2020BNC2020 Interrupted CuttingInterrupted Cutting
| 100 | 100 | BN2000BN2000 |
| BNC300BNC300 | Interrupted CuttingInterrupted Cutting | |
| BN350BN350 | ||
| AC503U | ||
| 0 | 0 | |
| Finishing | Roughing Finishing | Roughing |
Continuous Cutting General Cutting Interrupted Cutting Continuous Cutting General Cutting Interrupted Cutting
SUMIBORON Page L2 Chipbreakers LV Type / FV Type Chipbreaker : For chip control during finishing of hardened steel SV Type Chipbreaker : For chip control during carburized layer removal
(mm) 0.7 0.6 SV 0.5 SV 0.4 LV 0.3 LV FV 0.2 FV 0.1
0 0.1 0.2 0.3
SUMIBORON Page L26 Feed Rate f (mm/rev) Break Master H Recommended Cutting Conditions Hardened Steel
(Red text indicates 1st recommendation.)
| Ctti P | Gd | Cutting Conditions | Min. -Optimum- Max. | |
| ung rocess | raes | |||
| Depth of Cutap(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 |