|
Turnning
Workpiece
Material
|
Speed
(m/min)
|
Feed
(mm/min)
|
Typical
Depth of Cut (mm)
|
| Aluminium Alloys, Copper, Brass and their Allows |
300
- 1000
|
0.05
- 0.5
|
up
to 10.0
|
| Metal Matrix Composites |
100
- 300 reducing with Si
|
0.05
- 0.5
|
up
to 10.0
|
| Sintered Tungsten Carbide (using 9.5 mm rounds) |
10
- 30 increasing with Co
up to 25%
|
0.05
- 0.5
|
up
to 2.0
|
| Green Tungsten Carbide |
50
- 200
|
0.1
- 0.5
|
up
to 5.0
|
| Glass / Carbon Fibre re-inforced plastics |
100
- 600
|
0.05
- 0.5
|
up
to 5.0
|
| Ceramics |
100
- 600
|
up
to 2.0
|
up
to 2.0
|
| Milling Workpiece Material | |||
| Aluminium Alloys |
500
- 300
|
0.1
- 0.5
|
up
to 5.0
|
| Metal Matrix Composites |
100
- 500 reducing with Si
|
0.1
- 0.2
|
up
to 5.0
|
| Copper, Brass and their allows |
200
- 1000
|
0.1
- 0.5
|
up
to 2.0
|
| Chipboard and Fibreboard |
2000
- 3000
|
1.5
- 2.0
|
up
to 15
|
© David Richards Engineering 2008