Quality HSS Machine Taps & HSS Hand Tap Manufacturer

1. Market Background Turkey has become an important manufacturing hub between Europe and the Middle East, with a strong base in automotive parts, white goods, hydraulics and general machinery. Local workshops perform huge volumes of M3–M20 tapping on carbon steels and structural/alloy steels, and they increasingly demand stable tool life and consistent thread quality. Previously, many end users and distributors used a mix of brands and geometries, which caused: Using the same tap type for both through-holes and blind holes, leading to poor chip evacuation and frequent breakage in blind holes; Large variation in tool life from batch to batch under the same cutting parameters; Complicated stock structure with mixed standards and forms, making warehouse and replenishment difficult. Distributors started to look for a clear, DIN-based machine tap solution that separates through-hole and blind-hole applications while keeping performance consistent. 2. Customer Profile & Application Our customer in Turkey is a regional cutting tool and industrial supply distributor, serving: Automotive and home appliance component manufacturers; Hydraulic/pneumatic valve and pump body producers; General machine shops and maintenance companies. Typical applications: M3–M20 steel tapping in through-holes for plates, brackets and housings; Blind-hole tapping in valve bodies, housings and tooling components; Machine tapping on vertical machining centers, drill-tap centers and turning centers. Their key requirement: the right geometry for through and blind holes, stable batch performance and unified standards for easy stock management. 3. Our Solution (Product Package & Specifications) After reviewing workpiece materials and hole types, we supplied a batch of DIN371/376 HSS-M2 TiN-coated machine taps as a complete package: Standards: DIN371 / DIN376 DIN371: reinforced shank for smaller sizes, ideal for M3–M10; DIN376: standard shank for medium and larger sizes such as M12–M20. Size range: M3–M20 Material: HSS-M2 high speed steel, balancing performance and cost for steels and mild alloy steels; Coating: TiN (TIN COATED) for improved surface hardness, wear resistance and high-temperature behavior; Geometries: FORM B and FORM C-R35 FORM B: straight flute, recommended for through-hole tapping; FORM C-R35: 35° spiral flute, optimized for blind-hole tapping with upward chip evacuation to reduce chip packing and breakage. Total quantity: 36,750 pcs Key Specification Summary (excerpt) Item Specification Standards DIN371 / DIN376 Thread range M3–M20 Material HSS-M2 high speed steel Coating TiN (TIN COATED) Geometries FORM B (through holes), FORM C-R35 (blind-hole spiral) Total quantity 36,750 pcs Typical use Steel through/blind-hole tapping in automotive, white goods and hydraulics With this package, the distributor can present to end users a complete M3–M20 tapping solution instead of just selling single tap sizes. 4. Customer Feedback After several months of sales and usage in Turkish workshops, the distributor received positive feedback: More stable tapping performance FORM B is now dedicated to through-holes and FORM C-R35 to blind holes, significantly reducing breakage and chipping, allowing more stable machine parameters. Improved tool life and batch consistency HSS-M2 with TiN coating delivers reliable life in medium-strength steels, and life variation between batches has been reduced. Cleaner stock structure Inventory is now organized by standard (DIN371/376), size range (M3–M20) and geometry (FORM B / FORM C-R35), making sales and replenishment more straightforward. The customer has positioned this DIN371/376 HSS-M2 TiN machine tap package as their core tapping product in Turkey and plans to promote it as a standard “through + blind-hole” solution when developing new regional dealers and large machining accounts. 5. Conclusion This shipment of 36,750 pcs DIN371/376 M3–M20 FORM B / FORM C-R35 HSS-M2 TiN-coated machine taps to Turkey helps the distributor upgrade by: Replacing scattered, mixed-geometry taps with a unified DIN-based, single-material product system; Using FORM B and FORM C-R35 to optimize chip evacuation and tool life for through-holes and blind holes respectively; Leveraging one-batch, integrated supply to build a repeatable, standardized tapping product line and strengthen their brand position in the Turkish machining market.

1. Market Background Brazil has a strong base of equipment manufacturing, maintenance and engineering contractors. Thousands of small and mid-size workshops rely on taps every day to cut internal threads in carbon steel, alloy steel and stainless steel parts. For years, many local distributors sourced taps from multiple small suppliers. This led to several common problems: Highly fragmented sources – the same size tap from different batches behaves very differently. Low-cost products chip or break easily, causing unstable thread quality and frequent complaints. Mixed standards (DIN/ISO/local) make stock management complicated and hurt delivery reliability. As end users demand better thread quality and longer tool life, distributors are moving from pure trading toward building a stable, traceable standardized tap portfolio. 2. Customer Profile & Application Our Brazilian customer is a regional cutting tool and hardware distributor. Their end users include: General machine shops and repair workshops; Automotive component manufacturers; Construction and maintenance contractors. Typical pain points they reported: Chaotic stock structure The same tap size was purchased from different factories, with different standards, materials and coatings. Warehouse and replenishment became difficult. Poor and inconsistent tool life Machine shops complained that some batches lasted reasonably long, while others chipped after only a few holes – especially in alloy steels and harder workpieces. High after-sales cost Breakage, stripped threads and out-of-tolerance threads caused returns and technical disputes, consuming a lot of time and energy on the distributor’s side. They wanted one batch of DIN standard taps with stable performance, to replace their previous scattered and unreliable sources. 3. Our Solution (Product Package & Specifications) After analyzing the users’ workpiece materials, threading methods and common thread sizes, we supplied two key DIN tap families as a combined package: 3.1 DIN352 HSS-M2 Hand Tap Sets Standard: DIN 352 Material: HSS-M2 high speed steel Quantity: 10,500 sets Form: conventional hand tap sets (normally taper, second and bottom tap) Typical use: repair work, assembly and low-speed machine tapping in carbon steel, medium-strength alloy steel and some non-ferrous materials. By unifying on DIN352 and HSS-M2, the distributor can offer a cost-effective, universal hand tap line for general maintenance and workshop use. 3.2 DIN371 / DIN376 Machine Taps (FORM B, FORM C-R35) Standards: DIN371 for smaller sizes with reinforced shank; DIN376 for medium and larger sizes with standard shank. Material: HSS-M35 cobalt high speed steel Coating: TiN (TIN coated) for higher wear and heat resistance Thread forms: FORM B and FORM C-R35 FORM B: general-purpose geometry for through-holes, with smooth chip evacuation; FORM C-R35: 35° spiral flute, optimized for blind holes, lifting chips out of the hole and reducing chip packing and breakage. Total quantity: 36,500 pcs (combined FORM B + FORM C-R35, allocated by size according to the customer’s demand) Typical use: batch machine tapping on automatic and CNC machines in alloy steels and higher-strength materials. Key Specification Summary (excerpt) Product Type Standard Material Coating Geometry/Form Supplied Quantity Typical Application Hand tap sets DIN 352 HSS-M2 None Taper + Second + Bottom 10,500 sets Repair, assembly, manual / low-speed tapping Machine taps (mainly through) DIN 371/376 HSS-M35 TiN FORM B Included in total 36,500 pcs Through-hole tapping, batch production Machine taps (blind-hole focus) DIN 371/376 HSS-M35 TiN FORM C-R35 spiral flute Included in total 36,500 pcs Blind-hole tapping in alloy / deeper threads Note: The combined quantity of FORM B + FORM C-R35 machine taps is 36,500 pcs, shipped in a size and geometry mix tailored to the customer’s request. All taps in this package are heat-treated, ground and coated in the same production batches, ensuring consistent tool life and thread quality across sizes. 4. Customer Feedback After the shipment arrived in Brazil and the taps were distributed to end users, the customer collected feedback from several key machine shops: Tool life clearly improved Especially the TiN-coated HSS-M35 machine taps performed much better in alloy steels and harder workpieces, with noticeably longer change-over intervals. Fewer breakage and thread-quality complaints With unified DIN352 / DIN371 / DIN376 standards, thread tolerance and tapping stability became easier to control, and after-sales complaints dropped significantly. Cleaner, easier stock management By focusing on “DIN352 hand taps + DIN371/376 FORM B / FORM C-R35 machine taps”, the distributor simplified a messy multi-brand inventory into a few clear product lines, improving purchasing, stocking and sales efficiency. The distributor now positions these two DIN tap families as a “standard, repeatable combo” when developing new regional dealers and end-user accounts. 5. Conclusion This shipment to Brazil – 10,500 sets of DIN352 HSS-M2 hand taps plus 36,500 pcs of DIN371/376 FORM B & FORM C-R35 HSS-M35 TiN-coated machine taps – helped the local distributor upgrade in three key ways: Replace scattered, quality-fluctuating sources with a unified DIN standard and stable material system; Use the HSS-M35 + TiN combination to significantly improve machine-tapping life and consistency in batch production; Build a clear, easy-to-replicate tap portfolio that strengthens their brand image and pricing power in the Brazilian machining and maintenance market.