TurningMillingDrillingTechnicalInformationIndex Machining group Solid carbide milling Recommended cutting data A End mill – NM series Starting values for cutting speed vc [m/min] NM-2E 5502R402NM NM-2B NM-4E NM-4BP NM-2EP Brinell Slot milling Shoulder milling Material group Composition / structure / heat treatment hardness Ø [mm] ap max Ø [mm] ae max HB 0 < x < 12 0,5 x D 0 < x ≤ 20 < 0,5 x D 12 ≤ x ≤ 20 1,0 x D KMG309 KMG309 ae / D ae / D 1/1 1/2 1/10 f-group 1/1 1/10 1/20 f-group B approx. 0,15 % C annealed 125 1approx. 0,45 % Cannealed1902 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 tempered 275 7 Low-alloyed steel tempered 300 8 tempered 350 9 High-alloyed steel and high-alloyed annealed 200 10 tool steel hardened and tempered 325 11 ferritic/martensitic annealed 200 12 C M Stainless steel martensitic tempered 240 13austeniticquench hardened18014 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 ferritic 130 20 Malleable cast iron perlitic 230 21 cannot be hardened 60 22 920 1100 1200 4 1400 1550 4 Aluminium wrought alloys hardenable hardened 100 23 555 660 720 4 840 930 4 ≤ 12 % Si, cannot be hardened 75 24 370 440 480 4 560 620 4 N Cast aluminium alloys ≤ 12 % Si, hardenable hardened 90 25 460 550 600 4 700 775 4 D > 12 % Si, cannot be hardened 130 26 140 165 180 4 210 235 4machining steel, PB> 1%1102728033036044204654 Copper and copper alloys(bronze/brass)CuZn, CuSnZn 90 28 325 385 420 4 490 545 4 CuSn, Pb-free copper, electrolytic copper 100 29 280 330 360 4 420 465 4 annealed 200 30 Fe-based alloys hardened 280 31 Heat-resistant alloys annealed 250 32 S Ni or Co bass hardened 350 33 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 E H Hard cast iron hardened and tempered 60 HRC 38cast40039 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 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 B460. For examples of material for cutting tool groups view page D22. B 446