18. November 2025

Fourworx® processes ST52

an unalloyed constructional steel
  • Customer case studies
  • Milling cutter bodies
  • Fourworx®
  • Steel
Fourworx processes steel.

A customer case study with Fourworx® – four times the machining power

Processing task in 1.2358 53 HRC

ToolFR05-025-E12-05
dc (nominal diameter)25 mm | 0.984 inch
Arbor60 610, 50 3 710
Overhang162,1 mm | 6.382 inch
Coolingwith air
Indexable insertFR05-8048-HF-RP

Technical data | metric sizes

Vc (cutting speed) 196 m/min
n (revolutions)2500 1/min
fz (feed per tooth)0,64 mm
Vf  (feed rate)8000 mm/min
ap (depth of cut)0,3 mm
ae (width of cut)2 mm

Technical data | imperial sizes

SFM (surface feet per minute)643.045 feet/min
RPM (revolutions)2500 RPM
IPT (inches per tooth)0.025 inch
IPM (inches per minute)315 inch/min
DOC (depth of cut)0.012 inch
WOC (width of cut)0.079 inch

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