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Material Use

Metals, both ferrous and nonferrous, plastics, and other organic materials have been used.

The starting workpiece is usually the product of other processes, such as casting, shaping, forging, extrusion, and drawing.

Machinability is an important factor in the cost of turned products. Products made of materials with high machinability cost less even when if the bulk materials are more expensive.

Following is a list of materials and their machinability ranking.

A value of zero means that the corresponding material is never used with this process, a ranking of 100 means that it is excellent for use with this process.