Question

the work or surface speed for cylindrical grinding varies from

Answer 1

To a limited degree such tables and data do exist, but have limited value in actual applications. As you will be able to see in the data below speeds cover a large range of values. Historically machinists have thought that obtaining data for grinding was simply a matter running tests on a given metal, collecting the data, and producing tables with the best feeds and speeds. However efforts to do just that found the subject was far more complex. See the history of research in Merchant’s Overview of Machining Research. (Download) Some early research lead to special calculators and charts where speeds could calculated from formulas and relationships between machine power, material to be removed, surface finish, depth of cut, etc. Some of those formulas, charts and other data appear in chapter 20 of the Machining Data Handbook. Unfortunately such charts proved to be insufficient to cover the thousands of metals and the many different processing methods used by industry.