Hand Tap Factory Alloy Steel M3-M6 Metal Cutting Tools
Carbon steel (Mainly refers to gcr15 in China) taps can be a good choice for certain applications, particularly for hand tapping, threads cleaning, and repairing, but they may not be ideal for high-volume cutting or tapping on hard materials . They tend to dull more quickly than high-speed steel (HSS) taps
Pros of Carbon Steel Taps:
Lower Cost: Carbon steel taps are cheaper.
Good for Hand Tapping: They are suitable for manual threading, especially when cutting with soft materials like Aluminium, Brass, Plastic etc .
Effective for threads cleaning and repairing: They can be useful for rethreading damaged threads or removing burrs.
Technical Data
Standard | DIN 352 |
Material | Gcr15 |
Surface | Bright/Black Finished |
Flute Type | Straight |
Cutting Direction | Right |
Thread | Metric |
Thread Angle | 60° |
HRC | 58-61 |
Both Ends | Cusp |
In addition to hand taps, we also offer highly efficient machine taps.
We offer various types of internal thread cutting tools.
