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RLL233 | Issue 4 Aug 2007 |
13] CUTTING SPEEDS.
Typical cutting speeds (RPM) for various materials
Cutter |
| Surface speed. | ||
dia | 9 | 15 | 30 | 45 |
12 | 239 | 398 | 796 | 1194 |
13 | 220 | 367 | 734 | 1102 |
14 | 205 | 341 | 682 | 1023 |
15 | 191 | 318 | 637 | 955 |
16 | 179 | 298 | 597 | 895 |
17 | 168 | 281 | 562 | 842 |
18 | 159 | 265 | 530 | 796 |
19 | 151 | 251 | 503 | 754 |
20 | 143 | 239 | 477 | 716 |
21 | 136 | 227 | 455 | 682 |
22 | 130 | 217 | 434 | 651 |
23 | 125 | 208 | 415 | 623 |
24 | 119 | 199 | 398 | 597 |
25 | 115 | 191 | 382 | 573 |
26 | 110 | 184 | 367 | 551 |
27 | 106 | 177 | 354 | 530 |
28 | 102 | 171 | 341 | 512 |
29 | 99 | 165 | 329 | 494 |
30 | 95 | 159 | 318 | 477 |
31 | 92 | 154 | 308 | 462 |
32 | 90 | 149 | 298 | 448 |
33 | 87 | 145 | 289 | 434 |
34 | 84 | 140 | 281 | 421 |
35 | 82 | 136 | 273 | 409 |
36 | 80 | 133 | 265 | 398 |
37 | 77 | 129 | 258 | 387 |
38 | 75 | 126 | 251 | 377 |
Cutter |
| Surface speed. | ||
dia | 9 | 15 | 30 | 45 |
39 | 73 | 122 | 245 | 367 |
40 | 72 | 119 | 239 | 358 |
41 | 70 | 116 | 233 | 349 |
42 | 68 | 114 | 227 | 341 |
43 | 67 | 111 | 222 | 333 |
44 | 65 | 109 | 217 | 326 |
45 | 64 | 106 | 212 | 318 |
46 | 62 | 104 | 208 | 311 |
47 | 61 | 102 | 203 | 305 |
48 | 60 | 99 | 199 | 298 |
49 | 58 | 97 | 195 | 292 |
50 | 57 | 95 | 191 | 286 |
51 | 56 | 94 | 187 | 281 |
52 | 55 | 92 | 184 | 275 |
53 | 54 | 90 | 180 | 270 |
54 | 53 | 88 | 177 | 265 |
55 | 52 | 87 | 174 | 260 |
56 | 51 | 85 | 171 | 256 |
57 | 50 | 84 | 168 | 251 |
58 | 49 | 82 | 165 | 247 |
59 | 49 | 81 | 162 | 243 |
60 | 48 | 80 | 159 | 239 |
61 | 47 | 78 | 157 | 235 |
62 | 46 | 77 | 154 | 231 |
63 | 45 | 76 | 152 | 227 |
64 | 45 | 75 | 149 | 224 |
65 | 44 | 73 | 147 | 220 |
These speeds should be viewed as a suggested starting point only.
The machine speed may require adjustment to suit the application conditions.
Material |
| Surface speed (M/min) |
Aluminium |
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Cast iron | Soft | |
| Hard alloy | |
| Malleable | |
Steel | Mild (460 N/mm_) | |
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Stainless | Ferritic | |
steel |
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| Austenitic | |
| Martensitic |
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