Material selection for the tool holder working under hard milling conditions using different multi criteria decision making methods

► The material selection problem for tool holders used in hard milling was solved. ► EXPROM2, TOPSIS and VIKOR methods were used for ranking the alternative materials. ► The weighting of criteria was performed by compromised weighting method. ► The best material for the tool holder was selected as Fe-5Cr-Mo-V aircraft steel.