maraging steel help

[ultrapeter]

can anyone tell me what speeds and feeds are needed to m/c maraging steel.please

[kalmah]

Milling, drilling ?? what kind of tool do you have ??

Personaly I use:
Milling with solid carbide cutting tool: Vc = 50m/min, fz = 0.008 x D

[ultrapeter]

i am just milling.i will try that out on monday.thanks for your help.how do you find it to machine?

[kalmah]

Today, I've machined maraging steel .
This material is difficult to cut because the chip form is problematic and the strength is high, but it's easier than Superalloy (Inconel, Monell,...)

My case was: Doing thread M0.8x1mm (for watch industry).

[vikram_d]

Hey guys,

I need your help in cutting maraging steel. I have a huge block of maraging steel which has been annealed to 28 - 30HRC. I need to slit this block into smaller pieces and later machine the smaller pieces. The size of the block is about 500mm X 350mm X 1500mm long. The cut pieces will be 500mm X 350mm X 200mm in size.

Here come the doubts
1. Can this be done on a slitting machine?
2. What kind of siltting saw will I need to use to cut this material?
3. Can I use a band saw cutting machine? If yes, what is the grade of bandsaw that I will need to use?

Would appreciate all your inputs regarding this. Thank in advance.