TurningMillingDrillingTechnicalInformationIndex Machining group General turning Recommended cutting data A Turning insert, negative Starting values for cutting speed vc [m/min] HC (CVD) Brinell Material group Composition / structure / heat treatment hardness YB6315 YBC152 YBC252 HB Feed rate [mm] Feed rate [mm] Feed rate [mm] 0,1 0,2 0,6 0,1 0,2 0,6 0,1 0,4 0,8 approx. 0,15 % C annealed 125 1 500 400 270 500 400 270 480 370 230 approx. 0,45 % C annealed 190 2 420 340 230 420 340 230 400 310 190 Unalloyed steel approx. 0,45 % C tempered 250 3 330 280 200 330 280 200 310 250 160 approx. 0,75 % C annealed 270 4 320 270 190 320 270 190 300 240 150 approx. 0,75 % C tempered 300 5 280 240 170 280 240 170 260 210 130 P annealed 180 6 400 300 180 400 300 180 380 290 170 B Low-alloyed steel tempered 275 7 280 230 150 280 230 150 260 210 140tempered3008260220150260220150240200140 tempered 350 9 230 190 120 230 190 120 220 180 110 High-alloyed steel and high-alloyed annealed 200 10 360 290 190 360 290 190 310 250 170 tool steel hardened and tempered 325 11 190 160 130 190 160 130 150 130 100 ferritic/martensitic annealed 200 12 M Stainless steel martensitic tempered 240 13 austenitic quench hardened 180 14 austenitic-ferritic 230 15 perlitic/ferritic 180 16 Grey cast iron perlitic (martensitic) 260 17 K Cast iron with spheroidal graphite ferritic 160 18 perlitic 250 19 C Malleable cast iron ferritic 130 20 perlitic 230 21 cannot be hardened 60 22 Aluminium wrought alloys hardenable hardened 100 23 ≤ 12 % Si, cannot be hardened 75 24 N Cast aluminium alloys ≤ 12 % Si, hardenable hardened 90 25 > 12 % Si, cannot be hardened 130 26 machining steel, PB> 1% 110 27 Copper and copper alloys(bronze/brass)CuZn, CuSnZn 90 28 CuSn, Pb-free copper, electrolytic copper 100 29 annealed 200 30 Fe-based alloys hardened 280 31 D Heat-resistant alloysS Ni or Co bass annealedhardened 250 3235033 cast 320 34 pure titanium Rm 400 35 Titanium alloys α and β alloys hardened Rm 1050 36 hardened and tempered 55 HRC 37 Hardened steel H hardened and tempered 60 HRC 38 Hard cast iron cast 400 39 Hardened cast iron hardened and tempered 55 HRC 40 Thermoplasts 41 Thermosetting plastics 42 X Non-metallic materials Plastic, glass-fibre reinforced GFRP 43 Plastic, carbon fibre reinforced CFRP 44 E Graphite 45 Wood 46 Note: The given cutting values are guide values, which were determined under ideal conditions. The values have to be adapted in individual cases. For examples of material for cutting tool groups view page D22. A 324