Along-the-Length Turning

Back Boring

Boring

Chamfering

Cutoff

External Grooving

External Profiling

External Threading

Face Grooving

Facing

Internal Grooving

Internal Profiling

Internal Threading

Milling

0.160"

0.079"

0.087"

0.094"

0.118"

0.122"

0.145"

0.15"

0.157"

0.161"

0.187"

0.195"

0.197"

0.201"

0.236"

0.252"

0.315"

0.354"

0.002"

0.003"

0.004"

0.005"

0.006"

0.007"

0.008"

0.009"

0.010"

0.011"

0.013"

0.017"

0.020"

Roughing

Medium

Finishing

Carbide

Ceramic Alumina

Cermet

Cubic Boron Nitride

Polycrystalline Diamond

T15 High-Speed Tool Steel

1

2

3

4

6

8

12

Aluminum Oxide Coated

Aluminum Titanium Chromium Nitride (AlTiCrN) Coated

Aluminum Titanium Nitride (AlTiN) Coated

Diamondlike Carbon (DLC) Coated

Titanium Aluminum Nitride (TiAlN) Coated

Titanium Aluminum Oxygen Nitride (TiAlON) Coated

Titanium Carbon Nitride (TiCN) Coated

Titanium Diboride (TiB₂) Coated

Titanium Nitride (TiN) Coated

Uncoated

35°

55°

60°

80°

90°

0°

5°

7°

11°

15°

Yes

No

EAR99

0.084"

0.089"

0.095"

0.11"

0.13"

0.131"

0.15"

0.158"

0.173"

0.203"

0.217"

0.312"

CVD (Chemical Vapor Deposition)

PVD (Physical Vapor Deposition)

0.031"

0.047"

0.062"

0.072"

0.078"

0.087"

0.088"

0.094"

0.097"

0.105"

0.11"

0.122"

0.125"

0.142"

0.156"

0.161"

0.178"

0.185"

0.187"

0.189"

0.201"

0.252"

0.315"

0.378"