| Application Material Groups (AMG) | Hardness HB | Tensile Strength N/mm2 | Normal Chip Form |
| 1. Steel | 1.1 Magnetic soft steel | <120 | <400 | extra long |
1.2 Sturctural steel
Case carburising steel | <200 | <700 | middle/long |
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| 1.3 Plain Carbon steel | <250 | <850 | long |
| 1.4 Alloy steel | <250 | <850 | long |
1.5 Alloy steel
Hardened and tempered steel | >250
<350 | >850
<1200 | long |
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1.6 Alloy steel
Hardened and tempered steel | >350 | >1200
<1620 | long |
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| 1.7 Alloy steel Hardened | 49-55 HRC | >1620 |  |
| 1.8 Alloy steel Hardened | 55-63 HRC | <1960 | |
2. Stainless
Steel | 2.1 Free machining Stainless Steel | <250 | <850 | middle |
| 2.2 Austenitic | <250 | <850 | long |
2.3 Ferritic + Austenitic
Ferritic, Martensitic | <300 | <1000 | long |
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| 3. Cast Iron | 3.1 Lamellar graphite | <150 | <700 | extra short |
| 3.2 Lamellar graphite | >150
<300 | >500
<1000 | extra short |
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3.3 Nodular graphite
Malleable Cast Iron | <200 | >700 | middle/short |
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3.4 Nodular graphite
Malleable Cast Iron | >200
<300 | >700
<1000 | middle/short |
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| 4. Titanium | 4.1 Titanium, unalloyed | <200 | <700 | extra long |
| 4.2 Titanium, alloyed | <270 | <900 | middle/short |
| 4.3 Titanium, alloyed | >270
<350 | >900
<1250 | middle/short |
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| 5. Nickel | 5.1 Nickel, unalloyed | <150 | <500 | extra long |
| 5.2 Nickel, alloyed | <270 | <900 | long |
| 5.3 Nickel, alloyed | >270
<350 | >900
<1200 | long |
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| 6. Copper | 6.1 Copper | <100 | <350 | extra long |
| 6.2 ß-Brass, Bronze | <200 | <700 | middle/short |
| 6.3 a Brass | <200 | <700 | long |
| 6.4 High Strength Bronze | <470 | <1500 | short |
7. Aluminium
Magnesium | 7.1 Al, Mg, unalloyed | <100 | <350 | extra long |
| 7.2 Al alloyed, Si<0.5% | <150 | <500 | middle |
| 7.3 Al alloyed, Si>0.5%<10% | <120 | <400 | middle/short |
7.4 Al alloyed, Si>10%
Whisker reinforced
Al-alloys, Mg-alloys | <120 | <400 | short |
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8. Synthetic
Materials | 8.1 Thermoplastics | - | - | extra long |
| 8.2 Thermosetting plastics | - | - | short |
| 8.3 Reinforced plastic materials | - | - | extra short |
| 9. Hard Materials | 9.1 Cermets (metal-ceramics) | <550 | <1700 | extra short |
| 10. Graphite | 10.1 Standard Graphite | - | <100 | extra short |