
Hardness Cutting Fig. 1 Carbon steels Fig. 2 Alloy steels
Workpiece Heat feed
| ISO | | | speed | f | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| material | treatment | Vc (m/min) | (mm/rev) | | |
| HB | HRC | B |
| Free-cutting carbon | | | |
| steel | | | | | 0.04 | 0.04 |
| | | 160 - 190 (5) - (11) | 130 | | |
| C10C ~ C15 | Cold drawn | | | | |
| S10C ~ S15C | | | | | |
| S30C ~ S50C | Cold drawn | 200 - 230 (12) - 20 | 100 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
| C30 ~ C50 | | | | | |
| S35C ~ S50C | Hardened and 250 - 300 25 - 32 | | 80 | | |
| C30 ~ C50 | tempered | | | Refer to 0.02 | 0.02 |
| | | | Fig. 1 | C |
| Carbon steels | | | | | |
| | 110 ~ 120 | 130 | | |
| S10C ~ S35C | Annealed | | | | |
| C10 ~ C30 | | | | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| S10C ~ S50C | Annealed | 120 ~ 185 | ~ (9) 120 | | |
| C10 ~ C50 | | | | | |
| S50C ~ | Annealed | 170 ~ 200 (5) ~ (13) | 100 | | |
| C50 ~ | | | 20 30 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 20 30 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 |
| S20C ~ S30C Hardened and 210 ~ 250 (16) ~ 24 | | 90 | Drill diameter: DC (mm) Drill diameter: DC (mm) |
| C20 ~ C30 tempered | | | D |
| S30C ~ S55C Hardened and 260 ~ 310 26 ~ 33 | | 70 | |
| C30 ~ C55 tempered | | | Fig. 3 Tool steels and other Refer to |
| | | Fig. 4 Cast irons, aluminium Fig. 2 |
| S50C ~ Hardened and 320 ~ 375 34 ~ 40 | | 50 | alloys special steels |
| C50 ~ tempered | | | |
| S50C ~ Hardened and 380 ~ 440 41 ~ 47 | | 40 | 0.04 |
| C55 ~ tempered | | | |
| Annealed | 150 ~ 230 ~ (20) | 90 | 0.1 Refer to |
| | | 0.03 Fig. 2 |
| 240 ~ 310 23 ~ 33 | 70 | E Refer to |
| | | 0.08 Fig. 2 |
| Alloy steels Annealed | 315 ~ 370 34 ~ 40 | 50 | 0.02 |
| or | | Refer to |
| Hardened and 380 ~ 440 40 ~ 47 | | 40 | 0.06 Fig. 3 |
| tempered | | | 0.01 |
| 450 ~ 500 48 ~ 51 | 30 | |
| Hardened and | | | 0.04 |
| 140 ~ 180 | ~ (8) 100 | |
| Cast steels tempered | | | F Refer to |
| | | 20 30 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 Fig. 2 |
| Annealed | 190 ~ 240 (11) ~ 22 | 90 | Drill diameter: DC (mm) |
| | | 0.02 |
| Annealed | 150 ~ 200 | ~ (13) 70 | 0.01 |
| | | Refer to |
| Tool steels | | | Fig. 3 |
| Annealed | 210 ~ 300 (16) ~ 32 | 50 | |
| | | 20 30 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 |
| Stainless steels | | | Drill diameter: DC (mm) |
| Ferritic Annealed | 150 ~ 200 | ~ (13) 70 | |
| SUS405, 430 | | | G |
| X6Cr17 | | | |
| | | Fig. 5 Ductile and malleable cast irons |
| Austenitic | | | 0.1 Refer to |
| Annealed | 160 ~ 220 | ~ (18) 50 | Fig. 3 |
| SUS304, 305 | | | |
| X5CrNi18-9 | | | |
| Annealed | 160 ~ 220 | ~ (18) 70 | 0.08 |
| Martensitic | | | |
| Hardened and | | | |
| SUS403, 410 | 300 ~ 350 32 ~ 38 | 50 | |
| X12Cr13 tempered | | | H |
| | | 0.06 |
| 110 ~ 180 | 90 | |
| Grey cast iron | 190 ~ 220 | 80 | Refer to |
Fig. 4 0.04 220 ~ 260 70 0.02 120 ~ 170 80
0.01 I 180 ~ 240 65
Ductile cast iron 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 20 30
| 240 ~ 280 | 55 | | Drill diameter: DC (mm) | |
| 260 ~ 320 | 40 | Refer to | | |
| | | Fig. 5 | | |
| 110 ~ 180 | 90 | | Coolant supply pressure and volume | |
| Malleable cast irons | 190 ~ 220 | 80 | | 10 | J |
| 220 ~ 260 | 70 | | 9 | 180 |
| | | | 8 | 160 |
| Cast aluminium alloys | 5000load | | | | |
| Aluminium die cast | Annealed | 180 | Refer to | 7 | 140 |
| 40 ~ 100 | | Fig. 4 | | |
| alloys | | | | 6 | 120 |
| | | | | Pressure |
| | | Refer to | 5 | 100 |
| 120 ~ 160 | < 150 | Fig. 4 | | |
| Copper alloys | Annealed | | | 4 | K 80 |
| 160 ~ 205 | < 150 | Refer to | | |
| | | Fig. 5 | 3 | 60 |
| | | | 2 | Supply volume 40 |
| Bearing steels | 150 ~ 210 | 70 | | | |
| | | | 1 | 20 |
| | 20 | Refer to | | |
| High-resistant alloys | | | Fig. 3 | | |
| | | | | 20 30 40 50 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 |
| High speed steels | 210 ~ 285 (16) ~ 30 | 50 | | | L Drill diameter: DC (mm) |
| Guidelines for attainable accuracies | | | | | |
| | | | Note: Over size values given in the table | |
| Workpiece material | Surface roughness (μm) | Roundness (μm) | Cylindricity (μm) | Oversizing (μm) | |
| | | | | are based on the drill diameter. |
| Carbon and alloy steels | | 6 ~ 25 | 5 ~ 10 | 10 ~ 15 | - 5 ~ 30 | |
| Cast irons | 3 ~ 15 | 3 ~ 5 | 5 ~ 10 | - 5 ~ 15 | |
| Aluminium alloys, Copper alloys | | 0.3 ~ 6 | 3 ~ 5 | 5 ~ 10 | - 10 ~ 5 | M |
Cutting fl uid A water-insoluble fl uid is recommended when machining with gun drills. When using water soluble fl uid, use the fl uid for heavy duty cutting in higher concentration.
A water-insoluble fl uid must be taken care for Fire prevention