TurningMillingDrillingTechnicalInformationIndex Machining group Indexable milling Recommended cutting data A Indexable milling – group 1 (FMA07/11/12, FMD02, EMP09/13) Starting values for cutting speed vc [m/min] HC (CVD) Material group Composition / structure / heat treatment HB YBC302 YBC401 YBD152 YBD252 ae / D ae / D ae / D ae / D 1/1 | 3/4 1/5 1/1 | 3/4 1/5 1/1 | 3/4 1/5 1/1 | 3/4 1/5 approx. 0,15 % C annealed 125 1 260 300 225 260 approx. 0,45 % C annealed 190 2 225 255 195 225 Unalloyed steel approx. 0,45 % C tempered 250 3 210 240 180 210 approx. 0,75 % C annealed 270 4 185 210 160 185 approx. 0,75 % C tempered 300 5 170 195 150 170 P annealed 180 6 225 255 195 225 B Low-alloyed steel tempered 275 7 185 210 160 185tempered3008170195150170 tempered 350 9 145 165 125 145 High-alloyed steel and high-alloyed annealed 200 10 130 150 115 130 tool steel hardened and tempered 325 11 95 105 80 95 ferritic/martensitic annealed 200 12 M Stainless steel martensitic tempered 240 13 austenitic quench hardened 180 14 austenitic-ferritic 230 15 perlitic/ferritic 180 16 370 430 320 370 Grey cast iron perlitic (martensitic) 260 17 220 255 190 220 K Cast iron with spheroidal graphite ferritic 160 18 255 295 220 255 perlitic 250 19 170 200 145 170 C Malleable cast iron ferritic 130 20 305 355 265 305 perlitic 230 21 205 240 175 205 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 steel hardened and tempered 55 HRC 37 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. Feed rate recommendations on page B248. For examples of material for cutting tool groups view page D22. B 226