
Negative Insert Geometry
| cutting condition | -FF | -UF | -MR | -UM | -RH | -UR | |
| heavily interrupted cut | WS10PT | WM15CT | WM35CT | WM35CT | – | WM35CT |
WM35CT/
lightly interrupted cut WS10PT WM15CT WM25CT WM25CT WM35CT
WM25CT varying depth of cut, WM15CT/
WM15CT WM15CT WM15CT WM35CT WM25CT
casting, or forging skin WS10PT
smooth cut, pre-turned surface WM15CT WM15CT WM15CT WM15CT – WM15CT
Positive Insert Geometry
| cutting condition | -FP | -MU | -MP | ||
| heavily interrupted cut | WM25CT | WM35CT/ WS25PT | WM25CT | ||
| lightly interrupted cut | WM25CT | WM25CT/ WS10PT | WM25CT |
varying depth of cut,
WM25CT/ WM15CT WM25CT WM25CT/ WM15CT
casting, or forging skin
smooth cut, pre-turned surface WM15CT WM25CT WM15CT
Austenitic Stainless Steel speed — m/min Starting Conditions
material
group grade 90 135 180 225 270 315 200 360 405 450 m/min
WM15CT 180 WM25CT 150
M1 WM35CT 120
WS10PT 215 WS25PT 180
Austenitic Stainless Steel speed — m/min Starting Conditions
material
group grade 90 135 180 225 270 315 200 360 405 450 m/min
WM15CT 165 WM25CT 140
M2 WM35CT 105
WS10PT 200 WS25PT 165
Austenitic Stainless Steel: Duplex
(Ferritic and Austenitic Mixture) speed — m/min Starting Conditions
material
group grade 90 135 180 225 270 315 200 360 405 450 m/min
WM15CT 150 WM25CT 120
M3 WM35CT 90
WS10PT 185 WS25PT 150