
| Negative Ins | ert Geometry | |||||
| cutting condition | -FF | -UF | -MR | -UM | -RH | -UR |
| heavily interrupted cut | WS10PT | WM15CT | WM35CT | WM35CT | – | WM35CT |
| lightly interrupted cut | WS10PT | WM15CT | WM25CT | WM25CT | WM35CT | WM35CT/ WM25CT |
| varying depth of cut, casting, or forging skin | WM15CT | WM15CT/ WS10PT | WM15CT | WM15CT | WM35CT | WM25CT |
| smooth cut, pre-turned surface | WM15CT | WM15CT | WM15CT | WM15CT | – | WM15CT |
| Positive Inse | rt Geometry | |||||
| cutting condition | -F | P | -M | U | - | MP |
| heavily interrupted cut | WM | 25CT | WM35CT | / WS25PT | WM | 25CT |
| lightly interrupted cut | WM | 25CT | WM25CT | / WS10PT | WM | 25CT |
| varying depth of cut, casting, or forging skin | WM25CT/ | WM15CT | WM | 25CT | WM25CT | / WM15CT |
| smooth cut, pre-turned surface | WM | 15CT | WM | 25CT | WM | 15CT |
Austenitic Stainless Steel speed — m/min Starting Conditions
| Austenitic Stainl | ess 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 Stainl | ess 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 Stainl (Ferritic and Aus | ess Steel: Duplex tenitic 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 |