TurningMillingDrillingTechnicalInformationIndex Machining group General turning Recommended cutting data A Turning insert, negative Starting values for cutting speed vc [m/min] HC (CVD) HC (PVD) Brinell Material group Composition / structure / heat treatment hardness YBD152C YBG101 YBG105 HB Feed rate [mm] Feed rate [mm] Feed rate [mm] 0,1 0,3 0,5 0,1 0,3 0,6 0,1 0,3 0,6 approx. 0,15 % C annealed 125 1 approx. 0,45 % C annealed 190 2 Unalloyed steel approx. 0,45 % C tempered 250 3 approx. 0,75 % C annealed 270 4 approx. 0,75 % C tempered 300 5 P annealed 180 6 B Low-alloyed steel tempered 275 7tempered3008 tempered 350 9 High-alloyed steel and high-alloyed annealed 200 10 tool steel hardened and tempered 325 11 ferritic/martensitic annealed 200 12 360 290 200 M Stainless steel martensitic tempered 240 13 180 150 110 austenitic quench hardened 180 14 240 190 140 austenitic-ferritic 230 15 190 150 110 perlitic/ferritic 180 16 570 395 220 Grey cast iron perlitic (martensitic) 260 17 310 230 150 K Cast iron with spheroidal graphite ferritic 160 18 310 230 150 perlitic 250 19 230 170 110 C Malleable cast iron ferritic 130 20 340 280 220 perlitic 230 21 250 180 110 cannot be hardened 60 22 2000 1200 - Aluminium wrought alloys hardenable hardened 100 23 610 420 - ≤ 12 % Si, cannot be hardened 75 24 550 300 - N Cast aluminium alloys ≤ 12 % Si, hardenable hardened 90 25 360 190 - > 12 % Si, cannot be hardened 130 26 320 170 - machining steel, PB> 1% 110 27 730 350 - Copper and copper alloys(bronze/brass)CuZn, CuSnZn 90 28 370 330 - CuSn, Pb-free copper, electrolytic copper 100 29 270 200 - annealed 200 30 65 45 - Fe-based alloys hardened 280 31 60 40 - D Heat-resistant alloysS Ni or Co bass annealedhardened 250 3235033 60 40 -5535- cast 320 34 55 35 - pure titanium Rm 400 35 100 60 - Titanium alloys α and β alloys hardened Rm 1050 36 80 40 - 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 326