TurningMillingDrillingTechnicalInformationIndex Machining group Indexable milling Recommended cutting data A Indexable milling – group 5 (SMP01/03/05) Starting values for cutting speed vc [m/min] HC (CVD) HC (PVD) Material group Composition / structure / heat treatment HB YBC302 YBM253 YBG101 YB9320 ae / D ae / D ae / D ae / D 1/4 1/4 1/4 1/4 approx. 0,15 % C annealed 125 1 165 180 190 175 approx. 0,45 % C annealed 190 2 145 155 165 150 Unalloyed steel approx. 0,45 % C tempered 250 3 135 145 155 140 approx. 0,75 % C annealed 270 4 120 130 135 125 approx. 0,75 % C tempered 300 5 110 120 125 115 P annealed 180 6 145 155 165 150 B Low-alloyed steel tempered 275 7 120 130 135 125tempered3008110120125115 tempered 350 9 95 100 105 100 High-alloyed steel and high-alloyed annealed 200 10 85 90 95 90 tool steel hardened and tempered 325 11 60 65 70 65 ferritic/martensitic annealed 200 12 90 95 90 M Stainless steel martensitic tempered 240 13 80 80 75 austenitic quench hardened 180 14 100 105 95 austenitic-ferritic 230 15 80 80 75 perlitic/ferritic 180 16 215 190 Grey cast iron perlitic (martensitic) 260 17 125 115 K Cast iron with spheroidal graphite ferritic 160 18 145 135 perlitic 250 19 95 90 C Malleable cast iron ferritic 130 20 175 160 perlitic 230 21 115 105 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 240