
Cost-Efficient, High-Performance Taps for Reliable Threading
High-Quality HSS Taps for a Wide Range of Materials
Applications & Features
Applications
Features
1. The colored ring on the shank helps easily identify the tap’s recommended workpiece material.
- M – Multi-material application
- W – Steel with good machinability Rm<750 N/mm2
- S – Stainless steel
- H – Hardened steel and high temp./super alloys Rm>750 N/mm2
- G – Grey cast iron
- N – Low alloy steel Rm<600 N/mm2
- A – Aluminum and aluminum alloys
- F – Any material with at least 8~10% elongation
- Y – Nickel alloys
Taps & Grades
Taps
Point Tap
TP-**
- M – ISO metric coarse thread
- MF – ISO metric fine thread
- UNC – ISO Unified coarse thread
- UNF – Unified fine thread
Spiral Tap
TS-**
- M – ISO metric coarse thread
- MF – ISO metric fine thread
- UNC – ISO Unified coarse thread
- UNF – Unified fine thread
Grades
HB070
- The steam tempered is a Fe3O4 oxide coating which reduces the friction between the tool and workpiece and prevents cold welding.
NB070
- Recommended surface treatment for machining hard wear/abrasive materials such as grey cast iron, aluminum alloys with high silicon percentage (more than 10%).
PB070
- The TiN coating has a hardness of approximately 2,300 HV and is temperature resistant up to approximately 600°C. This is an excellent golden colored coating for general applications.
GB070
- TiCN takes place of TiN when the conditions require the coating to have a different hardness and toughness. The TiCN brings an advantage to machining very difficult steels or cutting interrupted bores. The TiCN-coating has a hardness of approx. 3,000 HV, but is temperature-resistant up to approx. 400° only. That means TiCN needs excellent cooling for long service life.
DB070
- With its high wear resistance and slight adhesion on nonferrous metals DLC (Diamond-like carbon) coating is perfectly recommended for cutting Aluminium and Aluminium alloys.
AB070
- This is a special coating for machining abrasive materials such as: gray cast iron, alu-alloys with silicon, fiber reinforced
plastics, etc., or machining under high temperatures, which means with insufficient cooling, or high speeds ≥ 600m/min. The TiAIN has a hardness of approx. 3,000 HV and is temperature resistant up to approx. 800°.
Tap designation code key
Hole Type | tap color code | W | M | M | M | M | M | M | S | H | N | H | G | F | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |
Hole Type | tap color code | W | M | M | M | M | M | M | S | H | N | H | G | F | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 [ksi] |
Hardness HB | Chip | Coolant | SFM | SFM | SFM | SFM | SFM | SFM | SFM | SFM | SFM | SFM | SFM | SFM | SFM | |||||||||||||
1 | non-alloy steel and cast steel, free cutting steel | <0.25% C | annealed | 61 | 125 | Ext. Long | T | ● | 35-80 | ●● | 15-150 | ● | 25-80 | ●● | 65-80 | ●● | 50-150 | ● | 25-80 | ●● | 65-80 | ●● | 25-80 | ● | 65-80 | ●● | 65-195 | |||||
2 | ≥0.25% C | annealed | 94 | 190 | Medium | T | ● | 35-65 | ●● | 40-130 | ● | 35-115 | ●● | 60-65 | ●● | 40-130 | ● | 35-115 | ●● | 50-65 | ●● | 35-115 | ●● | 50-65 | ●● | 65-195 | ||||||
3 | <0.55% C | quenched and tempered | 123 | 250 | Long | T | ● | 40-60 | ●● | 50-80 | ● | 20-40 | ●● | 40-60 | ●● | 50-80 | ● | 20-40 | ●● | 40-60 | ●● | 40-60 | ●● | 55-180 | ||||||||
4 | ≥0.55% C | annealed | 109 | 220 | Long | T | ● | 40-60 | ●● | 50-130 | ● | 20-65 | ●● | 40-60 | ●● | 50-130 | ● | 15-35 | ●● | 40-60 | ●● | 40-60 | ●● | 55-180 | ||||||||
7 | low alloy and cast steel (less than 5% of alloying elements) |
quenched and tempered | 135 | 275 | Long | X | ● | 35-50 | ●● | 15-80 | ● | 15-35 | ●● | 35-50 | ●● | 15-80 | ● | 15-35 | ●● | 35-50 | ●● | 35-50 | ●● | |||||||||
8 | 145 | 300 | Long | X | ● | 20-35 | ●● | 15-80 | ● | 15-35 | ●● | 20-35 | ●● | 15-80 | ● | 15-35 | ●● | 20-35 | ●● | 20-35 | ●● | |||||||||||
9 | 174 | 350 | Long | A | ● | 10-15 | ●● | 15-65 | ● | 10-15 | ●● | 10-15 | ●● | 15-65 | ● | 10-15 | ●● | 10-15 | ●● | 10-15 | ●● | |||||||||||
10 | high alloyed steel, cast steel and tool steel | annealed | 99 | 200 | Long | X | ● | 35-50 | ●● | 65-100 | ● | 25-40 | ●● | 35-50 | ●● | 65-100 | ● | 25-40 | ●● | 35-50 | ●● | 35-50 | ●● | 35-100 | ||||||||
11 | quenched and tempered | 160 | 325 | Long | X | ● | 25-45 | ●● | 40-80 | ● | 15-35 | ●● | 25-45 | ●● | 40-80 | ● | 15-35 | ●● | 25-45 | ●● | 25-45 | ●● | ||||||||||
12 | stainless steel and cast steel | ferritic/martensitic | 99 | 200 | Medium | A | ● | 15-30 | ●● | 25-60 | ● | 5-15 | ● | 15-30 | ●● | 5-35 | ● | 5-16 | ●● | 5-35 | ● | 15-30 | ●● | 25-50 | ||||||||
13 | martensitic | 119 | 240 | Long | A | ● | 15-20 | ●● | 25-50 | ● | 5-15 | ● | 15-20 | ●● | 5-35 | ● | 5-16 | ● | 5-35 | ● | 15-20 | ●● | ||||||||||
14 | stainless steel and cast steel | austenitic, duplex | 87 | 180 | Long | A | ● | 15-30 | ●● | 25-50 | ● | 5-15 | ● | 15-30 | ●● | 5-35 | ● | 5-15 | ● | 5-35 | ● | 15-30 | ●● | |||||||||
15 | gray cast iron (gg) | ferritic / pearlitic | 180 | Ext. Short | X | ● | 35-50 | ●● | 50-150 | ●● | 45-65 | ● | 35-50 | ●● | 50-150 | ●● | 45-65 | ● | 35-50 | ●● | 35-100 | ● | ||||||||||
16 | pearlitic / martensitic | 260 | Ext. Short | X | ● | 25-40 | ●● | 35-130 | ●● | 70-100 | ● | 25-40 | ●● | 35-130 | ●● | 70-100 | ● | 25-40 | ●● | 35-100 | ● | |||||||||||
17 | nodular cast iron (ggg) | ferritic | 160 | Short | X | ● | 25-40 | ●● | 35-80 | ●● | 70-100 | ● | 25-40 | ● | 35-80 | ● | 70-100 | ● | 25-40 | ●● | 35-130 | ● | ||||||||||
18 | pearlitic | 250 | Ext. Short | X | ● | 25-40 | ●● | 35-65 | ●● | 70-100 | ● | 25-40 | ●● | 35-65 | ●● | 70-100 | ● | 25-40 | ●● | 35-100 | ● | |||||||||||
19 | malleable cast iron | ferritic | 130 | Short | X | ● | 35-50 | ● | 50-150 | ●● | 45-65 | ● | 35-50 | ●● | 50-150 | ●● | 45-65 | ● | 35-50 | ●● | 35-150 | ● | ||||||||||
20 | pearlitic | 230 | Short | X | ● | 35-50 | ● | 35-130 | ●● | 45-65 | ● | 35-50 | ●● | 35-130 | ●● | 45-65 | ● | 35-50 | ●● | 35-130 | ● | |||||||||||
21 | aluminum-wrought alloys | not hardenable | 60 | Medium | T | ● | 80-115 | ● | 165-230 | ● | 40-80 | ●● | 80-115 | ● | 100-195 | ● | 40-80 | ●● | 40-80 | ●● | 80-115 | ●● | ||||||||||
22 | hardenable | 100 | Medium | T | ● | 80-115 | ● | 165-230 | ● | 40-80 | ●● | 80-115 | ● | 100-195 | ● | 40-80 | ●● | 40-80 | ●● | 80-115 | ●● | |||||||||||
23 | aluminum-cast alloys | ≤12% Si | not hardenable | 75 | Short | T | ● | 35-50 | ● | 35-130 | ● | 35-80 | ●● | 35-50 | ● | 50-130 | ● | 35-80 | ●● | 35-80 | ●● | 35-50 | ●● | |||||||||
24 | hardenable | 90 | Short | T | ● | 35-50 | ● | 35-100 | ● | 35-80 | ●● | 35-50 | ● | 50-130 | ● | 35-80 | ●● | 35-80 | ●● | 35-50 | ●● | |||||||||||
25 | >12% Si | high temperature | 130 | Short | T | ● | 35-50 | ● | 35-100 | ● | 35-65 | ●● | 35-50 | ● | 50-100 | ● | 35-65 | ●● | 35-65 | ●● | 35-50 | ●● | ||||||||||
26 | copper alloys | >1% Pb | free cutting | 110 | Med/Short | T | ● | 80-115 | ● | 165-230 | ● | 65-130 | ●● | 80-115 | ● | 100-215 | ● | 65-130 | ●● | 65-130 | ●● | 80-115 | ●● | 55-130 | ||||||||
27 | brass | 90 | Long | T | ● | 50-65 | ● | 15-195 | ● | 45-100 | ●● | 50-65 | ● | 65-150 | ● | 45-100 | ●● | 45-100 | ●● | 50-65 | ●● | 65-195 | ||||||||||
28 | electrolytic copper | 100 | Long | T | ● | 50-65 | ● | 15-80 | ● | 35-55 | ●● | 50-65 | ● | 50-100 | ● | 35-55 | ●● | 35-55 | ●● | 50-65 | ●● | 65-195 | ||||||||||
29 | non metallic | duroplastics, fiber plastics | 70 Shore D | Short | Z | ● | 20-35 | ● | 15-80 | ● | 25-45 | ●● | 20-35 | ● | 35-65 | ● | 20-45 | ●● | 20-45 | ●● | 20-35 | ●● | ||||||||||
31 | high temperature alloys | Fe based | annealed | 200 | Long | A | ● | 5-15 | ●● | 15-25 | ● | 5-15 | ● | 10-25 | ●● | 5-15 | 5-15 | ● | ||||||||||||||
32 | hardened | 280 | Long | A | ● | 5-15 | ●● | 15-25 | ● | 5-15 | 10-25 | ●● | 5-15 | 5-15 | ● | |||||||||||||||||
33 | Ni or Co based | annealed | 250 | Long | A | ● | 5-15 | ●● | 15-25 | ● | 5-15 | 10-25 | ●● | 5-15 | 5-15 | ● | ||||||||||||||||
34 | hardened | 350 | Long | A | ● | 5-15 | ●● | 15-25 | ● | 5-15 | 10-25 | ●● | 5-15 | 5-15 | ● | |||||||||||||||||
35 | cast | 320 | Long | A | ● | 5-15 | ●● | 15-25 | ● | 5-15 | 10-25 | ●● | 5-15 | 5-15 | ● | |||||||||||||||||
36 | titanium alloys | pure | 58 | 190 | Med/Short | A | ● | 20-35 | ●● | 20-35 | ●● | 20-35 | 20-35 | ● | ||||||||||||||||||
37 | alpha+beta alloys, hardened | 152 | 310 | Med/Short | A | ● | 20-35 | ● | 20-35 | ●● | 20-35 | 20-35 | ● | |||||||||||||||||||
A – cutting oil T – oil X – oil or emulsion Z – dry or emulsion |
● Recommended ●● Suitable |
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