Solid carbide milling Recommended cutting data End mill – PM series A Starting values for cutting speed vc [m/min] PM-2R PM-4RL PM-4R Machining group Slot milling Shoulder milling Slot milling Shoulder milling Turning Brinell Material group Composition / structure / heat treatment hardness Ø [mm] ap max Ø [mm] ae max Ø [mm] ap max Ø [mm] ae max HB 0 < x < 3 0,1 5x D 0 < x ≤ 20 0.15 x D 0 < x < 3 0,1 5x 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 KMG405 KMG405 ae / D ae / D B 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 1 150 200 265 1 approx. 0,45 % C annealed 190 2 160 210 285 1 145 190 255 1 Unalloyed steel approx. 0,45 % C tempered 250 3 120 155 210 1 105 140 190 1 approx. 0,75 % C annealed 270 4 100 135 180 1 90 120 160 1 approx. 0,75 % C tempered 300 5 95 125 165 1 85 110 150 1 Milling P annealed 180 6 125 165 225 1 115 150 200 1 tempered 275 7 100 135 180 1 90 120 160 1 Low-alloyed steel tempered 300 8 95 125 165 1 85 110 150 1 tempered 350 9 90 115 160 1 80 105 140 1 High-alloyed steel and high-alloyed annealed 200 10 120 155 210 1 105 140 190 1 tool steel hardened and tempered 325 11 90 120 160 1 80 110 145 1 ferritic/martensitic annealed 200 12 55 75 100 1 50 65 85 1 C M Stainless steel martensitic austenitic tempered quench hardened 240 180 13 14 50 60 65 75 85 105 1 1 45 55 60 70 75 95 1 1 austenitic-ferritic 230 15 50 65 85 1 45 60 75 1 perlitic/ferritic 180 16 125 165 220 1 110 150 195 1 Grey cast iron perlitic (martensitic) 260 17 100 135 180 1 90 120 160 1 ferritic 160 18 150 200 270 1 135 180 240 1 Drilling K Cast iron with spheroidal graphite perlitic 250 19 120 155 210 1 105 140 190 1 ferritic 130 20 165 220 300 1 150 200 265 1 Malleable cast iron perlitic 230 21 135 180 240 1 120 160 215 1 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 D N > 12 % Si, cannot be hardened machining steel, PB> 1% 130 110 26 27 Copper and copper alloys CuZn, CuSnZn 90 28 (bronze/brass) CuSn, Pb-free copper, electrolytic copper 100 29 Information annealed 200 30 Technical 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 85 110 145 1 70 95 125 1 Hardened steel E H Hard cast iron hardened and tempered cast 60 HRC 400 38 39 115 145 190 1 95 125 165 1 Hardened cast iron hardened and tempered 55 HRC 40 Thermoplasts 41 Thermosetting plastics 42 Plastic, glass-fibre reinforced GFRP 43 X Non-metallic materials Index 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 454