Reasonable Machining Speeds Feeds

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Reasonable Machining Speeds Feeds

Manufacturing, Design and Engineering

Machining reasonable speeds and feeds for a single cutting point tool table

speeds and feeds for a single cutting point tool

Cutting is a balance between a number of factors,
- cutting slowly will add costly time to manufacturing operations.
- cutting faster will lead to decreased tool life, and extra time will be required to repair tools.

Material	Depth (in)	Feed per Rev. (ipr)	Cutting Speed (fpm)
Aluminum	0.005-0.015 0.020-0.090 0.100-0.200 0.300-0.700	0.002-0.005 0.005-0.015 0.015-0.030 0.030-0.090	700-1000 450-700 300-450 100-200
Brass, Bronze	0.005-0.015 0.020-0.090 0.100-0.200 0.300-0.700	0.002-0.005 0.005-0.015 0.015-0.030 0.030-0.090	700-800 600-700 500-600 200-400
Cast Iron (medium)	0.005-0.015 0.020-0.090 0.100-0.200 0.300-0.700	0.002-0.005 0.005-0.015 0.015-0.030 0.030-0.090	350-450 250-350 200-250 75-150
Machine Steel	0.005-0.015 0.020-0.090 0.100-0.200 0.300-0.700	0.002-0.005 0.005-0.015 0.015-0.030 0.030-0.090	700-1000 550-700 400-550 150-300
Tool Steel	0.005-0.015 0.020-0.090 0.100-0.200 0.300-0.700	0.002-0.005 0.005-0.015 0.015-0.030 0.030-0.090	500-750 400-500 300-400 100-300
Stainless Steel	0.005-0.015 0.020-0.090 0.100-0.200 0.300-0.700	0.002-0.005 0.005-0.015 0.015-0.030 0.030-0.090	375-500 300-375 250-300 75-175
Titanium Alloys	0.005-0.015 0.020-0.090 0.100-0.200 0.300-0.700	0.002-0.005 0.005-0.015 0.015-0.030 0.030-0.090	300-400 200-300 175-200 50-125