	Hole Type					tap color code		W		M		M		M		M		M		M		S		H		N		H		G		F
	1	2	3	4	5
						tool material		HSS		HSS-E		HSS-E		HSS-E		HSS-E		HSS-E		HSS-E		HSS-E		HSS-E		HSS-E		HSS-E		HSS-E		HSS-E
						surface treatment/coating		–		–		TI		ST		–		TI		ST		ST		–		ST		ST		NI		TI
						flute hand and angle		–		–		–		–		R40°		R40°		R40°		–		–		R40°		R40°		–		–
						lead according to DIN 2197		1\2\3		B		B		B		C		C		C		B		B		C		C		C		C
						Hole Type		1-2-3-4-5		4-5		4-5		4-5		1-2-3		1-2-3		1-2-3		4-5		4-5		1-2-3		1-2-3		1-2-3-4-5		1-2-3-4-5
Material No.	Material		Condition	Tensile Strength [N/mm²]	Hardness HB	Chip	Coolant	M/min		M/min		M/min		M/min		M/min		M/min		M/min		M/min		M/min		M/min		M/min		M/min		M/min
1	non-alloy steel and cast steel, free cutting steel	<0.25% C	annealed	420	125	Ext. Long	T		●	10-25	●●	15-45	●	8-25	●●	20-25	●●	15-45	●	8-25	●●			20-25	●●	8-25	●	20-25	●●			20-60
2		≥0.25% C	annealed	650	190	Medium	T		●	10-20	●●	12-40	●	10-35	●●	15-20	●●	12-40	●	10-35	●●			15-20	●●	10-35	●●	15-20	●●			20-60
3		<0.55% C	quenched and tempered	850	250	Long	T		●	12-18	●●	15-25	●	6-12	●●	12-18	●●	15-25	●	6-12	●●			12-18	●●			12-18	●●			17-55
4		≥0.55% C	annealed	750	220	Long	T		●	12-18	●●	15-40	●	6-20	●●	12-18	●●	15-40	●	6-20	●●			12-18	●●			12-18	●●			17-55
7	low alloy and cast steel (less than 5% of alloying elements)		quenched and tempered	930	275	Long	X		●	10-15	●●	5-25	●	4-10	●●	10-15	●●	5-25	●	4-10	●●			10-15	●●			10-15	●●
8				1000	300	Long	X		●	6-10	●●	5-25	●	4-10	●●	6-10	●●	5-25	●	4-10	●●			6-10	●●			6-10	●●
9				1200	350	Long	A		●	3-5	●●	5-20	●	3-5	●●	3-5	●●	5-20	●	3-5	●●			3-5	●●			3-5	●●
10	high alloyed steel, cast steel and tool steel		annealed	680	200	Long	X		●	10-15	●●	20-30	●	7-12	●●	10-15	●●	20-30	●	7-12	●●			10-15	●●			10-15	●●			10-30
11	high alloyed steel, cast steel and tool steel		quenched and tempered	1100	325	Long	X		●	7-13	●●	12-25	●	5-10	●●	7-13	●●	12-25	●	5-10	●●			7-13	●●			7-13	●●
12	stainless steel and cast steel		ferritic/martensitic	680	200	Medium	A		●	5-9	●●	8-18	●	1-5	●	5-9	●●	2-10	●	1-5	●●	2-10	●					5-9	●●			7-15
13	stainless steel and cast steel		martensitic	820	240	Long	A		●	4-6	●●	8-15	●	1-5	●	4-6	●●	2-10	●	1-5	●	2-10	●					4-6	●●
14	stainless steel and cast steel		austenitic, duplex	600	180	Long	A		●	5-9	●●	8-15	●	1-4	●	5-9	●●	2-10	●	1-4	●	2-10	●					5-9	●●
15	gray cast iron (gg)		ferritic / pearlitic		180	Ext. Short	X		●	10-15	●●	15-45	●●	13-20	●	10-15	●●	15-45	●●	13-20	●							10-15	●●	10-30	●
16	gray cast iron (gg)		pearlitic / martensitic		260	Ext. Short	X		●	8-12	●●	10-40	●●	21-31	●	8-12	●●	10-40	●●	21-31	●							8-12	●●	10-30	●
17	nodular cast iron (ggg)		ferritic		160	Short	X		●	8-12	●●	10-25	●●	21-31	●	8-12	●	10-25	●	21-31	●							8-12	●●	10-40	●
18	nodular cast iron (ggg)		pearlitic		250	Ext. Short	X		●	8-12	●●	10-20	●●	21-31	●	8-12	●●	10-20	●●	21-31	●							8-12	●●	10-35	●
19	malleable cast iron		ferritic		130	Short	X		●	10-15	●	15-45	●●	13-20	●	10-15	●●	15-45	●●	13-20	●							10-15	●●	10-45	●
20	malleable cast iron		pearlitic		230	Short	X		●	10-15	●	10-40	●●	13-20	●	10-15	●●	10-40	●●	13-20	●							10-15	●●	10-40	●
21	aluminum-wrought alloys		not hardenable		60	Medium	T		●	25-35	●	50-70	●	12-25	●●	25-35	●	30-60	●	12-25	●●					12-25	●●	25-35	●●
22	aluminum-wrought alloys		hardenable		100	Medium	T		●	25-35	●	50-70	●	12-25	●●	25-35	●	30-60	●	12-25	●●					12-25	●●	25-35	●●
23	aluminum-cast alloys	≤12% Si	not hardenable		75	Short	T		●	10-15	●	10-40	●	10-25	●●	10-15	●	15-40	●	10-25	●●					10-25	●●	10-15	●●
24		≤12% Si	hardenable		90	Short	T		●	10-15	●	10-40	●	10-25	●●	10-15	●	15-40	●	10-25	●●					10-25	●●	10-15	●●
25		>12% Si	high temperature		130	Short	T		●	10-15	●	10-30	●	10-20	●●	10-15	●	15-30	●	10-20	●●					10-20	●●	10-15	●●
26	copper alloys	>1% Pb	free cutting		110	Med/Short	T		●	25-35	●	50-70	●	20-40	●●	25-35	●	30-65	●	20-40	●●					20-40	●●	25-35	●●			17-40
27			brass		90	Long	T		●	15-20	●	5-60	●	13-30	●●	15-20	●	20-45	●	13-30	●●					13-30	●●	15-20	●●			20-60
28			electrolytic copper		100	Long	T		●	15-20	●	5-25	●	10-17	●●	15-20	●	15-30	●	10-17	●●					10-17	●●	15-20	●●			20-60
29	non metallic		duroplastics, fiber plastics		70 Shore D	Short	Z		●	6-10	●	5-25	●	6-13	●●	6-10	●	10-20	●	6-13	●●					6-13	●●	6-10	●●
31	high temperature alloys	Fe based	annealed		200	Long	A		●	2-4	●●	4-8	●			2-4	●	3-7	●●					2-4				2-4	●
32		Fe based	hardened		280	Long	A		●	2-4	●●	4-8	●			2-4		3-7	●●					2-4				2-4	●
33		Ni or Co based	annealed		250	Long	A		●	2-4	●●	4-8	●			2-4		3-7	●●					2-4				2-4	●
34			hardened		350	Long	A		●	2-4	●●	4-8	●			2-4		3-7	●●					2-4				2-4	●
35			cast		320	Long	A		●	2-4	●●	4-8	●			2-4		3-7	●●					2-4				2-4	●
36	titanium alloys		pure	400	190	Med/Short	A		●	6-10	●●					6-10	●●							6-10				6-10	●
37	titanium alloys		alpha+beta alloys, hardened	1050	310	Med/Short	A		●	6-10	●					6-10	●●							6-10				6-10	●
							A – cutting oil T – oil X – oil or emulsion Z – dry or emulsion	● Recommended ●● Suitable

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