
Technical Information for Thread Milling Technical Information for Thread Milling RECOMMENDED SELECT FORTHREAD MILLING Mill - Thread Inserts Speed and Feed Selection Spiral Finish Mill - Thread Inserts Speed and Feed Selection Sub - Micro Grade with Titanium Aluminum Nitride multi - layer coating ( ISO K 10 - K 10 ) . This is a Sub - Micro Grade with Titanium Aluminum Nitride multi - layer coating ( ISO K 10 - K 10 ) . This is a TTIM 45 general purpose grade , which can be used with all materials ; It should be run at medium to high TTIM 45 general purpose grade , which can be used with all materials ; It should be run at medium to high cutting speeds . cutting speeds . ISO Materials Cutting Speed ( m / min ) Feed Rate ( mm ) ISO Materials Cutting Speed ( m / min ) Low and Medium Carbon Steels 115 - 280 Low and Medium Carbon Steels 200 - 330 P High Carbon Steels 130 -200 P High Carbon Steels 170 - 235 Alloy Steels , Treated Steels 105 - 180 Alloy Steels , Treated Steels 100 - 195 Stainless Steels 130 -190 Stainless Steels 180 - 230 M 150 -190 M 180 - 230 Cast Steels Cast Steels 0.05 - 0.15 Cast Iron 80 -170 Cast Iron 200 - 350 Non - Ferrous and Aluminum 180 - 340 Non - Ferrous and Aluminum 500 -1100 N Synthetics , Duroplastics , Thermoplastics 115 - 460 N Synthetics , Duroplastics , Thermoplastics 400 -1500 s Nickel Alloys , Titanium Alloys 25 - 90 s Nickel Alloys , Titanium Alloys 30 - 55 091 092 Spiral Mill - Thread Inserts Speed and Feed Selection Sub - Micro Grade with Titanium Aluminum Nitride multi - layer coating ( ISO K 10 - K 10 ) . This is a TTIM 45 general purpose grade , which can be used with all materials ; It should be run at medium to high cutting speeds . ISO Materials Cutting Speed ( m / min ) Feed Rate ( mm ) Low and Medium Carbon Steels 145 - 360 P High Carbon Steels 165 -255 Alloy Steels , Treated Steels 135 - 230 Stainless Steels 165 - 245 M 190 - 245 Cast Steels 0.05 - 0.15 Cast Iron 100 - 220 Non - Ferrous and Aluminum 230 - 440 N Synthetics , Duroplastics , Thermoplastics 145 - 590 s Nickel Alloys , Titanium Alloys 30 - 115 As you may note , cutting speed is shown in range terms . In most standard cases choosing a speed in the middle of the range would be a good choice for a start. For hard metals reduce cutting speed .