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CUTTING TAPS – RECOMMENDED CUTTING SPEEDS – EMKAY TAPS

Steel Loe Alloy Steel , Structure Steel , <200 <700 15 30


Free Cutting Steel.
  Plain Carbon Steel , Alloy Steel & <300 <1000 12 20
Cold Work Tool Steels.
Stainless Free Machine Stainless Steel <250 <850 10 15
Steel Austenitic Ferritic AISI 304, 316,
321
Cast Grey Cast Iron <250 <800 10 20

Iron Malleable Cast Iron <250 <800 8 15

Copper & Soft <100 <350 12 20

Its Alloy Hard <200 <700 25 40

Brass Sort Chipping <200 <700 15 25

  Long Chipping <200 <700 15 25

Aluminium Pure Aluminium <100 <350 15 30

& Its Aluminium Alloyed Si < 5% <150 <500 15 30

Alloy Aluminium Alloyed Si < 10% <120 <400 15 30

Zinc Alloys     20 40

Types of TPI Hardness (HB) TENSILE Bright Coated


Material Strengh
(N/mm2)

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