
Indexable milling Recommended cutting data Indexable milling – group 6 (FMD03, FME04, FMP03, HMP01) A Starting values for cutting speed vc [m/min] Machining group 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 Turning approx. 0,15 % C annealed 125 1 200 230 170 200 approx. 0,45 % C annealed 190 2 170 200 145 170 Unalloyed steel approx. 0,45 % C tempered 250 3 160 185 140 160 approx. 0,75 % C annealed 270 4 140 165 120 140 approx. 0,75 % C tempered 300 5 130 150 115 130 P annealed 180 6 170 200 145 170 tempered 275 7 140 165 120 140 B Low-alloyed steel tempered tempered 300 350 8 9 130 110 150 130 115 95 130 110 High-alloyed steel and high-alloyed annealed 200 10 100 115 85 100 tool steel hardened and tempered 325 11 70 85 60 70 ferritic/martensitic annealed 200 12 Milling martensitic tempered 240 13 M Stainless steel austenitic quench hardened 180 14 austenitic-ferritic 230 15 perlitic/ferritic 180 16 255 295 220 255 Grey cast iron perlitic (martensitic) 260 17 150 175 130 150 ferritic 160 18 175 205 150 175 K Cast iron with spheroidal graphite perlitic 250 19 115 135 100 115 C Malleable cast iron ferritic perlitic 130 230 20 21 210 140 245 165 180 120 210 140 cannot be hardened 60 22 Aluminium wrought alloys hardenable hardened 100 23 ≤ 12 % Si, cannot be hardened 75 24 Cast aluminium alloys ≤ 12 % Si, hardenable hardened 90 25 Drilling N > 12 % Si, cannot be hardened 130 26 machining steel, PB> 1% 110 27 Copper and copper alloys CuZn, CuSnZn 90 28 (bronze/brass) CuSn, Pb-free copper, electrolytic copper 100 29 annealed 200 30 Fe-based alloys hardened 280 31 Heat-resistant alloys annealed 250 32 D S Ni or Co bass hardened cast 350 320 33 34 pure titanium Rm 400 35 Titanium alloys α and β alloys hardened Rm 1050 36 Information Hardened steel hardened and tempered 55 HRC 37 Technical hardened and tempered 60 HRC 38 H Hard cast iron cast 400 39 Hardened cast iron hardened and tempered 55 HRC 40 Thermoplasts 41 Thermosetting plastics 42 Plastic, glass-fibre reinforced GFRP 43 X Non-metallic materials Plastic, carbon fibre reinforced CFRP 44 E Graphite Wood 45 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. Index B 242