How to Calculate Feed Rate for Cnc Milling
Free CNC Speed and Feed Calculator and Formula
The Speed and Feed calculator allows machinists and programmers to calculate cutting parameters for multiple materials and cutting tool types.
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This free speed and feed calculator allows CNC Machinists and Programmers to calculate cutting parameters for a wide variety of materials and tools.
FSWizard is the first and only online speed and feed calculator to consider dozens of variables when calculating Milling, Drilling and Turning Speeds and Feeds.
Key features of FSWizard CNC Machinist Speed and Feed Calculator
- Built-in material and tool database (Check here for a list of materials available in the PRO version: Supported Materials)
- Materials ranging from Mild and tool steels to Stainless, Aluminum, and Plastics
- Speeds and Feeds all kinds of Machining operations. Supports Milling, Drilling, Tapping, and Turning tools
- Drilling Speed and Feed Calculator
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- Calculate Cutting Speed (SFM), Chip-Load (ipt), RPM, and Feed-Rate.
- Calculate required Machining Power
- Calculate optimal Depth and Width of Cut
- Calculate Chip Thinning and HSM(High-Speed Machining)
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How to calculate speeds and feeds using FSWizard CNC Machinist Speed and Feed Calculator
- Click on the Material button to select the work material
- Select the Tool Type drop-down to pick a proper tool for the job.
Milling, Drilling, Tapping, and Turning tools are supported - Then enter proper tool geometry and cutter engagement.
- Your results are displayed on the blue toolbar
- Click on the toolbar to get more insights about your cutting data.
- MENU button gives access to additional calculators and reference data!
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What are Machining Speeds and Feeds
One of the basic tasks a machinists must learn to perform is calculation of speeds and feeds required for milling, drilling and turning.
It starts from knowing your workpiece materiel and tooling you are going to use in order to cut it.
The combination of these two factors determines your initial Cutting Speed and Chip Load that you can put into the speed and feed formulas to calculate the cutting tool RPM and feed rate.
Cutting Speed is the speed at which the tip of the tool travels through material. It is commonly expressed in Surface Feet per Minute (SFM) or Surface Meters per Minute (SMM).
Chip Load is the advancement of each tooth per revolution of the tool.
In other words Chip Load is the thickness of the material that each tooth removes per each revolution.
So how do you find the Cutting Speed and Chip Load for your tool?
Tool manufacturers often post Cutting Speeds and Feeds for their tools for various materials and cutting conditions.
Most experienced machinists simply remember cutting speeds and chip loads for materials they machine most often.
Here are commonly recommended cutting speeds and chip loads for carbide tools for a couple of materials:
- Aluminum: 300SFM, 0.7% of the diameter (for example fz = 0.5"dia x 0.007 = 0.0035in/tooth)
- Annealed Tool steel: 150SFM, 0.4% of the diameter (for example fz = 0.5" x 0.004 = 0.002in/tooth)
When you have manufacturers data simply find your tool in the catalogue and cross-reference the cutting speed and chip load against the tool diameter:
Since cutting speeds can be in either Imperial (SFM) or Metric (SMM or m/min) units, you have to use two formulas to calculate the RPM.
Imperial Speed and Feed Calculation
Code
| RPM= | 12 x SFM | = Please enter Speed and Diameter |
| 3.14 x in |
Feed Rate = RPM x x in = Please enter RPM, number of teeth and chip load (in/min)
Metric Speed and Feed Calculation
Code
| RPM= | 1000 x m/min | = Please enter Speed and Diameter |
| 3.14 x mm |
Feed Rate = RPM x x mm = Please enter RPM, number of teeth and chip load (mm/min)
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More about formulas needed to calculate turning, drilling, and of coursemilling speeds and feeds
Here are a few basic formulas with term explanations to get you going:
Calculating Spindle Speed (RPM) Using Imperial Cutting Speed:
Code
| RPM= | 12 x SFM |
| 3.14 x Diameter |
Simplified imperial formula:
Calculating Spindle Speed (RPM) using Metric Cutting Speed:
Code
| RPM= | 1000 x SMM |
| 3.14 x Diameter |
Simplified metric formula:
Calculating Feed Rate :
Feed_Rate=RPM x N(teeth) x CL(chip load)
Definitions
- RPM= Revolutions Per Minute, Spindle Speed , Number of revolutions of spindle per minute
- SFM = Imperial. Surface Feet Per minute, Cutting speed , Speed at which tip of tool travels through material
- SMM= Metric. Surface Meters Per minute, Cutting speed , Speed at which tip of tool travels through material
- Feed_Rate= Inches Per Minute or Millimeters Per Minute, Feed Rate , Distance in inches or millimeters the tool the will travel through workpiece per minute.
- N = Number of teeth on the cutter
- CL= Chip Load per tooth, This is the advancement of the cutter per revolution per each cutting edge. Otherwise generally explained as the thickness of material each tooth takes per each revolution
Examples:
Calculate Speeds and Feeds for 1/2" (0.5 in) 2 flute end mill in Mild Steel at cutting speed = 100(ft/min), Chip Load=0.001(inch per tooth)
Calculating Spindle Speed (RPM):
Code
| RPM= | 12 x SFM |
| 3.14 x Diameter |
=
| RPM= | 12 x 100(ft/min) | =764(revs/min-1) |
| 3.14 x 0.5(in) |
For turning applications, we do not need this formula since Spindle Speed is usually given in Constant Surface Speed (CSS), which uses SFM value directly. But if you still want to use the RPM formula, then the diameter value is the actual diameter of the workpiece.
Calculating Feed Rate in Inches Per Minute (IPM)
The formula is used for milling and drilling applications. Please note that some tool manufacturers provide their recommended feed rate as feed per revolution. In such cases do not multiply by the number of teeth.
Code
Feed Rate = RPM x N x CL
Feed Rate = 800(RPM) x 2(teeth) x 0.001("chip load) =1.600 (in/min)
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