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Materials

Starting speeds and feeds for each material, condition by condition: turning, end milling, drilling and tapping. Every number comes from at least two manufacturer charts where they exist.

Steel

Stainless

Cast iron

Non-ferrous

Superalloys & titanium

Plastics

  • Delrin (acetal homopolymer)No sourced cutting data yet
  • Acetal copolymerNo sourced cutting data yet
  • Nylon 6/6No sourced cutting data yet
  • PEEKNo sourced cutting data yet
  • UHMW polyethyleneNo sourced cutting data yet
  • AcrylicNo sourced cutting data yet
  • PTFENo sourced cutting data yet
  • Ultem (PEI)No sourced cutting data yet
  • PolycarbonateNo sourced cutting data yet

Composites

  • G10 / FR4No sourced cutting data yet
  • Carbon fiber (CFRP)No sourced cutting data yet
  • Fiberglass (GFRP)No sourced cutting data yet