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.