
| Light | General | Heavy | ||
| Material | Machining | Purpose | Machining |
| Group | Geometry | Grade | Geometry | Grade | Geometry | Grade |
| P1–P2 | XEPT-MM | WP25PM | XEPT-MM | WS40PM | XEPT-MM | WS40PM |
| P3–P4 | XEPT-MM | WP25PM | XEPT-MM | WS40PM | XEPT-MM | WS40PM |
| P5–P6 | XEPT-MM | WP25PM | XEPT-MM | WS40PM | XEPT-MM | WS40PM |
| M1–M2 | XEPT-MM | WS40PM | XEPT-MM | WS40PM | XEPT-MM | WS40PM |
| M3 | XEPT-MM | WS40PM | XEPT-MM | WS40PM | XEPT-MM | WS40PM |
| S1–S2 | XEPT-MM | WP25PM | XEPT-MM | WS40PM | XEPT-MM | WS40PM |
| S3 | XEPT-MM | WS40PM | XEPT-MM | WS40PM | XEPT-MM | WS40PM |
| S4 | XEPT-MM | WS40PM | XEPT-MM | WS40PM | XEPT-MM | WS40PM |
Recommended Starting Speeds [m/min]*
Material WP25PM WS40PM Group
| 1 | 395 | 340 | 325 | – | – | – | |
| 2 | 330 | 290 | 240 | – | – | – | |
| 3 | 305 | 260 | 210 | – | – | – | |
| P | |||||||
| 4 | 270 | 220 | 180 | – | – | – | |
| 5 | 220 | 205 | 180 | 205 | 175 | 145 | |
| 6 | 200 | 150 | 120 | 180 | 130 | 95 | |
| 1 | 245 | 215 | 200 | 250 | 205 | 170 | |
| M | 2 | 220 | 190 | 155 | 215 | 175 | 145 |
| 3 | 170 | 145 | 115 | 175 | 130 | 100 | |
| 1 | 50 | 40 | 30 | 50 | 40 | 30 | |
| 2 | 50 | 40 | 30 | 50 | 40 | 30 | |
| S | |||||||
| 3 | 60 | 50 | 30 | 60 | 50 | 30 | |
| 4 | 85 | 60 | 40 | 70 | 60 | 35 | |
| NOTE: FIRST choice starting speeds are in bold type. As the average chip thickness increases, the speed should be decreased. | |||||||
| *Material groups P, M, K, and H show recommended starting speeds for dry machining. For wet machining, reduce speed by 20%. | |||||||
| *Material groups N and S show recommended starting speeds for wet machining. Not recommended for dry machining. | |||||||
| Recommended Starting Feeds [mm] |
| Light General | Heavy | |
| Machining Purpose | Machining | |
| At 2,00 Axial Depth of Cut (AP1) | ||
| Recommended Starting Feed per Tooth (Fz) | ||
| in Relation to % of Radial Engagement (ae) | Insert | |
| Insert | Geometry |
Geometry 5% 10% 20% 30% 40–100%
| .E..MM | 0,40 | 1,28 | 2,18 | 0,29 | 0,92 | 1,54 | 0,21 | 0,68 | 1,14 | 0,19 | 0,60 | 0,99 | 0,17 | 0,55 | 0,91 | .E..MM | |
| At 2,50 Axial Depth of Cut (AP1) | |||||||||||||||||
| Recommended Starting Feed per Tooth (Fz) | |||||||||||||||||
| in Relation to % of Radial Engagement (ae) | |||||||||||||||||
| Insert | Insert | ||||||||||||||||
| Geometry | 5% | 10% | 20% | 30% | 40–100% | Geometry | |||||||||||
| .E..MM | 0,36 | 1,15 | 1,95 | 0,26 | 0,83 | 1,38 | 0,19 | 0,62 | 1,03 | 0,17 | 0,54 | 0,89 | 0,15 | 0,49 | 0,82 | .E..MM | |
| At 3,50 Axial Depth of Cut (AP1) | |||||||||||||||||
| Recommended Starting Feed per Tooth (Fz) | |||||||||||||||||
| in Relation to % of Radial Engagement (ae) | |||||||||||||||||
| Insert | Insert | ||||||||||||||||
| Geometry | 5% | 10% | 20% | 30% | 40–100% | Geometry | |||||||||||
| .E..MM | 0,30 | 0,98 | 1,66 | 0,22 | 0,71 | 1,18 | 0,17 | 0,53 | 0,88 | 0,14 | 0,46 | 0,76 | 0,13 | 0,42 | 0,70 | .E..MM |
NOTE: Use “Light Machining” values as starting feed rate.