Ceramic grades run at high speeds and feeds on a variety of work piece materials.
Typical ceramic applications include turning and grooving of workpieces up to 65 rc, roll turning, machining of large workpieces and machining applications with high metal removal requirements. Additionally Kyocera sells cubic boron nitride inserts for hard part machining. A65 also performs well at finish turning high temperature alloys. AZ5000 AZ5000 is an aluminum oxide based ceramic used for rough turning gray, ductile, and malleable cast irons up to 300 Hb. AZ5000 also works well for rough turning carbon and alloy steels up to 38 Hrc.