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Material Groups Reference

DoALL classifies every workpiece material into one of 20 groups, from structural steels through exotic alloys and ceramics. Every band saw blade in the catalog is rated against these groups and at what performance tier — this page is the rosetta stone for those numbers. Click any group to see the blades rated for it.

Performance tiers

Catalog page 5 — Band Speed & Group Selector

Standard 1

Standard 2

High Performance 1

High Performance 2

Ultimate Performance

Not recommended

Standard blades are multi-purpose production tools. High Performance blades push throughput on demanding work. Ultimate is reserved for specialty blades tuned for a single hard material.

Structural & free-machining steels

Examples: St37, C10/C15, 16MnCr5

Band speed (m/min)per workpiece diameter

	<100 mm	100–400 mm	>400 mm
Bi-Metal	40-90	35-80	35-70
Carbide	75-160	75-150	75-160

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See blades rated for group 1 →

Bearing & spring steels

Examples: 100Cr6, 50CrV4, 65Si7

Band speed (m/min)per workpiece diameter

	<100 mm	100–400 mm	>400 mm
Bi-Metal	35-50	30-45	30-45
Carbide	70-95	70-95	65-95

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See blades rated for group 2 →

Hot working & case-hardened steel

Examples: C35, 42CrMo4, 34CrNiMo6

Band speed (m/min)per workpiece diameter

	<100 mm	100–400 mm	>400 mm
Bi-Metal	25-55	23-55	24-55
Carbide	50-125	50-120	55-125

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See blades rated for group 3 →

Nitriding & high-alloyed hot working

Examples: 34CrAl6, X40CrMoV5-1 (H13)

Band speed (m/min)per workpiece diameter

	<100 mm	100–400 mm	>400 mm
Bi-Metal	24-35	21-31	23-33
Carbide	48-70	46-68	51-74

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See blades rated for group 4 →

Unalloyed tool steels

Examples: C125W (W112), C80W1 (W108)

Band speed (m/min)per workpiece diameter

	<100 mm	100–400 mm	>400 mm
Bi-Metal	34-46	31-41	31-41
Carbide	69-93	68-92	68-92

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See blades rated for group 5 →

Cold working tool steels

Examples: X210Cr12 (D3), X155CrVMo12 (D2)

Band speed (m/min)per workpiece diameter

	<100 mm	100–400 mm	>400 mm
Bi-Metal	20-46	17-41	19-41
Carbide	40-93	38-92	42-92

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See blades rated for group 6 →

High-speed steels

Examples: S6-5-2 (M2), S2-10-1-8 (M42)

Band speed (m/min)per workpiece diameter

	<100 mm	100–400 mm	>400 mm
Bi-Metal	29-39	24-33	26-35
Carbide	58-78	54-74	58-78

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See blades rated for group 7 →

Cast iron

Examples: GG30 (Sc30), GGG50 (Vc50)

Band speed (m/min)per workpiece diameter

	<100 mm	100–400 mm	>400 mm
Bi-Metal	31-41	26-36	28-37
Carbide	61-83	53-71	55-75

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See blades rated for group 8 →

Austenitic stainless steels

Examples: 304 (X5CrNi18-10), 303

Band speed (m/min)per workpiece diameter

	<100 mm	100–400 mm	>400 mm
Bi-Metal	33-43	26-35	28-39
Carbide	60-81	52-70	57-77

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See blades rated for group 9 →

Molybdenum & high-alloy stainless

Examples: 316Ti, 316L, 420, X20Cr13

Band speed (m/min)per workpiece diameter

	<100 mm	100–400 mm	>400 mm
Bi-Metal	23-36	20-32	21-36
Carbide	45-73	39-65	43-72

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See blades rated for group 10 →

Heat-resistant steels

Examples: HNV3 (40Ch9S2), 314, 330

Band speed (m/min)per workpiece diameter

	<100 mm	100–400 mm	>400 mm
Bi-Metal	15-36	12-32	13-36
Carbide	31-73	24-65	26-72

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See blades rated for group 11 →

Nickel base alloys

Examples: Inconel, NiCr15MoNb, NiCr20Co

Band speed (m/min)per workpiece diameter

	<100 mm	100–400 mm	>400 mm
Bi-Metal	10-13	9-12	10-13
Carbide	20-26	17-23	20-27

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See blades rated for group 12 →

Aluminium

Examples: 6003 and aluminium alloys

Band speed (m/min)per workpiece diameter

	<100 mm	100–400 mm	>400 mm
Bi-Metal	95-115	100-120	100-120
Carbide	175-200	175-200	170-225

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See blades rated for group 13 →

Copper

Examples: AA1100 pure copper

Band speed (m/min)per workpiece diameter

	<100 mm	100–400 mm	>400 mm
Bi-Metal	95-115	100-120	100-120
Carbide	175-200	175-200	170-225

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See blades rated for group 14 →

Brass

Examples: CDA110 and brass alloys

Band speed (m/min)per workpiece diameter

	<100 mm	100–400 mm	>400 mm
Bi-Metal	50-70	40-60	35-45
Carbide	100-140	80-120	70-90

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See blades rated for group 15 →

Alu-bronze

Examples: CuZn39Pb1AlB-B

Band speed (m/min)per workpiece diameter

	<100 mm	100–400 mm	>400 mm
Bi-Metal	73-110	73-110	85-115
Carbide	175-200	175-200	170-225

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See blades rated for group 16 →

Titanium alloys

Examples: Ti-6Al-4V

Band speed (m/min)per workpiece diameter

	<100 mm	100–400 mm	>400 mm
Bi-Metal	13-23	10-20	10-15
Carbide	40-50	40-50	35-45

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See blades rated for group 17 →

High-tensile steels (>1000 N/mm²)

Examples: 1000–1600 N/mm² steels

Band speed (m/min)per workpiece diameter

	<100 mm	100–400 mm	>400 mm
Bi-Metal	20-35	15-30	10-25
Carbide	40-70	30-60	20-50

2Supreme 1TiN Penetrator 1Tungsten Carbide STS 1Tungsten Carbide T3P 1Tungsten Carbide T7P

See blades rated for group 18 →

Abrasive building materials, non-ferro

Examples: abrasive castings

2Tungsten Grit 1Tungsten Carbide STC 1Tungsten Carbide TCN-F

See blades rated for group 19 →

Silicon glass, glass fiber, ceramics

Examples: glass, ceramics, composites

2Tungsten Grit 1Tungsten Carbide STC

See blades rated for group 20 →

Not sure which group matches your workpiece? The Cutting Advisor walks you through material identification by DIN / AISI / Werkstoff / JIS designation and recommends a specific blade with cutting parameters.