
| p | PM PM PM- St | -2E -4E 4E-G arting values for cu | tting spee | PM- PM-4 PM-4 d vc[m/m | 4EL EL-G EX-G in] | |||||
| Brinell | grou | Slot m | illing | Shoulder milling | Slot m | illing | Shoulde | r milling | ||
| Material rou | Comosition / structure / heat treatment | hardness | ng | |||||||
| gp | p | HB | ini | Ø [mm] | ap max | Ø [mm] ae max | Ø [mm] | ap max | Ø [mm] | ae max |
| Mach | 0 < x < 3 | 0,1 5x D | 0 < x ≤ 20 0,15 x D | 0 < x < 3 | 0,1 5 x D | 0 < x ≤ 20 | 0,15 x D | |||
| 3 ≤ x < 6 | 0,3 x D | 3 ≤ x < 6 | 0,3 x D | |||||||
| 6 ≤ x ≤ 20 | 0,5 x D | 6 ≤ x ≤ 20 | 0,5 x D | |||||||
| KMG | 405 | KMG | 405 | |||||||
| ae | / D | ae | / D | |||||||
| 1/1 | 1/2 | 1/10 f-group | 1/1 | 1/2 | 1/10 | f-group | ||||
| approx. 0,15 % C annealed | 125 | 1 | 165 | 220 | 300 1 | 140 | 190 | 255 | 1 | |
| approx. 0,45 % C annealed | 190 | 2 | 160 | 210 | 285 1 | 135 | 185 | 245 | 1 | |
| Unalloyed steel | approx. 0,45 % C tempered | 250 | 3 | 120 | 155 | 210 1 | 100 | 135 | 180 | 1 |
| approx. 0,75 % C annealed | 270 | 4 | 100 | 135 | 180 1 | 85 | 115 | 155 | 1 | |
| approx. 0,75 % C tempered | 300 | 5 | 95 | 125 | 165 1 | 80 | 105 | 145 | 1 | |
| P | annealed | 180 | 6 | 125 | 165 | 225 1 | 110 | 145 | 195 | 1 |
| Low-alloed steel | tempered | 275 | 7 | 100 | 135 | 180 1 | 85 | 115 | 155 | 1 |
| y | tempered | 300 | 8 | 95 | 125 | 165 1 | 80 | 105 | 145 | 1 |
| tempered | 350 | 9 | 90 | 115 | 160 1 | 75 | 100 | 135 | 1 | |
| High-alloyed steel and high-alloyed | annealed | 200 | 10 | 120 | 155 | 210 1 | 100 | 135 | 180 | 1 |
| tool steel | hardened and tempered | 325 | 11 | 90 | 120 | 160 1 | 75 | 105 | 140 | 1 |
| ferritic/martensitic annealed | 200 | 12 | 55 | 75 | 100 1 | 45 | 65 | 85 | 1 | |
| M Stainless steel | martensitic tempered | 240 | 13 | 50 | 65 | 85 1 | 40 | 55 | 75 | 1 |
| austenitic quench hardened | 180 | 14 | 60 | 75 | 105 1 | 50 | 65 | 90 | 1 | |
| austenitic-ferritic | 230 | 15 | 50 | 65 | 85 1 | 40 | 55 | 75 | 1 | |
| Grey cast iron | perlitic/ferritic | 180 | 16 | 125 | 165 | 220 1 | 105 | 140 | 190 | 1 |
| perlitic (martensitic) | 260 | 17 | 100 | 135 | 180 1 | 85 | 115 | 155 | 1 | |
| ferritic | 160 | 18 | 150 | 200 | 270 1 | 130 | 175 | 230 | 1 | |
| K Cast iron with spheroidal graphite | perlitic | 250 | 19 | 120 | 155 | 210 1 | 100 | 135 | 180 | 1 |
| Malleable cast iron | ferritic | 130 | 20 | 165 | 220 | 300 1 | 145 | 190 | 255 | 1 |
| perlitic | 230 | 21 | 135 | 180 | 240 1 | 115 | 155 | 205 | 1 | |
| 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 | ||||||||
| Fe-based allos annealed | 200 | 30 | ||||||||
| y hardened | 280 | 31 | ||||||||
| Heat-resistant alloys | annealed | 250 | 32 | |||||||
| S | Ni or Co bass hardened | 350 | 33 | |||||||
| cast pure titanium | 320 Rm400 | 34 35 | ||||||||
| Titanium alloys | α and β alloys hardened | Rm1050 | 36 | |||||||
| Hardened steel | hardened and tempered hardened and temered | 55 HRC 60 HRC | 37 38 | 80 | 105 | 140 1 | 65 | 90 | 120 | 1 |
| H Hard cast iron | p cast | 400 | 39 | 105 | 140 | 185 1 | 85 | 120 | 160 | 1 |
| Hardened cast iron | hardened and tempered Thl | 55 HRC | 40 | |||||||
| ermopasts Thermosetting plastics | 41 42 | |||||||||
| X Non-metallic materials | Plastic, glass-fibre reinforced GFRP i | 43 | ||||||||
| Plastic, carbon fibre reinforced CFRP | 44 | |||||||||
| Graphite Wood | 45 46 |
Note: The given cutting values are guide values, which were determined under ideal conditions.