
M Stainless Steel K Cast Iron
Negative Inserts N Non-Ferrous
S High-Temp Alloys
feed rate (mm/rev) H Hardened Materials
-RH -UR Roughing
-ML -MR Medium Machining
feed rate (in/rev)
-FF Finishing
Negative Insert Geometry Positive Insert Geometry
cutting condition -FF -ML -MR -UR -RH -FP -MU -MP
WP35CT/ WP25CT/
heavily interrupted cut WP15CT WP25CT WP35CT WP35CT WP35CT WM35CT
WP25CT WS25PT
lightly interrupted cut WP15CT WP25CT WP25CT WP35CT WP35CT WP25CT WP25CT WP25CT
varying depth of cut,
WP15CT WP15CT WP15CT WP25CT WP25CT WP15CT WP15CT WP15CT
casting, or forging skin
smooth cut, pre-turned surface WP15CT WP15CT WP15CT WP25CT WP25CT WP15CT WP15CT WP15CT
Low-Carbon (<0.3% C) and Free-Machining Steel speed — m/min Starting Conditions
material
group grade 135 180 225 275 320 360 410 455 495 m/min
WP15CT 395 WP25CT 275 P0/P1 WP35CT 210 WS10PT 280
WIDIA Material Group Selection Guide: To optimise speed recommendations, material subgroups have been added to each of the six workpiece material groups.
material group number of material
material ISO code subgroups
| steel | P | 1–6 | ||
| stainless steel | M | 1–3 | ||
| cast iron | K | 1–3 | ||
| non-ferrous materials | N | 1–8 | ||
| high-temp alloys | S | 1–4 | ||
| hardened materials | H | 1 |