Insert Selection
Steel
Turning Insert Selection Guide Main Chipbreakers
Negative Type
Positive Type NMU
6
NGE
(Crater- and Wear-Resistant)
4
NGU
NGU NGE 2
Depth of Cut (mm)
Depth of Cut (mm)
NMU NME
(Sharper Edge)
NSU
NSU NSE NFE
0
Feed Rate (mm/rev)
NSU
2
NLU
NLB 1
NLU
NLB NFB
0
0,6
0,4
NMU
NSU
NFB
NSE 0,2
NMU
3
NME
0,2
0,4
Feed Rate (mm/rev)
NFE
Sub-Chipbreakers Negative Type
Chipbreakers for High‑Efficiency Machining 6
NME
Depth of Cut (mm)
Depth of Cut (mm)
6
Strong Edge Chipbreakers
4
2
NGE
NSE
NMX
4 NUX
2 NSX
NFE
0
0,2
0,4
0,6
0,8
0
0,2
Feed Rate (mm/rev) Chipbreakers for Small Depths
15
Depth of Cut (mm)
NLU
1
NFE NFB NFA
0
0,2
0,4
0,6
4
Depth of Cut (mm)
6
2
0,6
Chipbreakers for Heavy Cutting
Wiper Inserts
3
Depth of Cut (mm)
0,4
Feed Rate (mm/rev)
NGU-W
2
NSE-W NLU-W
0
Feed Rate (mm/rev)
0,3
0,6
NHF
NHW
10
5
NHU NHP
NMP
0,9
0
Feed Rate (mm/rev)
0,4
0,8
1,2
1,6
Feed Rate (mm/rev)
Grades Fine Finishing to Finishing
Finishing to Rough Cutting (m/min)
400
T1000A
Cutting Speed (vc)
Cutting Speed (vc)
(m/min)
T1500Z
300
T1500A
200 100
400
Finishing
Continuous Cutting
A4
Roughing
General Cutting
Interrupted Cutting
AC8015P
300
AC8025P
200 100
T3000Z 0
New
AC6030M
New
AC8035P
AC1030U 0
Finishing
Continuous Cutting
Roughing
General Cutting
Interrupted Cutting