Product Overview: HSS Tiger Stainless Steel Spiral Point Tap Metric – 5SMP Series

【Product Features & Why We Recommend It】

• French Brand Professional Quality: Originating from a professional French cutting tool brand with rigorous quality control — recommended for users with high demands on metric stainless steel thread tapping accuracy and tool durability.
• Stainless Steel Metric Dedicated Optimized Design: Features a spiral point tap geometry specifically optimized for the difficult-to-machine characteristics of stainless steel — including high toughness, susceptibility to work hardening, and continuous chip formation — recommended for precision stainless steel metric thread machining applications where standard metric taps are prone to tooth chipping due to adhesion or work hardening, serving as the dedicated solution for metric stainless steel tapping.
• HSS-EX Ultra-High Performance Substrate: Manufactured with HSS-EX ultra-high performance high-speed steel, delivering superior hardness, toughness, and wear resistance compared to standard HSS and HSS-CO — recommended for long-duration stable metric tapping of difficult-to-machine materials such as stainless steel.
• Black Oxide Surface Treatment: The surface is treated with black oxide (Steam Oxide) finishing, providing good lubricity and anti-adhesion characteristics — more effectively reducing friction between chips and the tool compared to uncoated tools, recommended for suppressing built-up edge and adhesion issues during metric stainless steel tapping to maintain thread quality and tapping stability.
• Spiral Point Through-Hole Design: Features a spiral point tap design that pushes chips forward and out of the hole — recommended for stainless steel metric through-hole tapping operations, effectively managing continuous chip evacuation to ensure smooth tapping and thread accuracy.
• 23 Metric Specification Precise Coverage: Available in thread diameter 2–24mm and pitch 0.4–3mm across 23 specifications — recommended as the dedicated high-performance stock tool for metric through-hole tapping of stainless steel materials.

【Machining Applications & Uses】

• Primary Use: Stainless steel metric through-hole precision thread tapping, NC machining center stainless steel metric automatic tapping, and high-toughness material precision thread forming.
• Recommended Work Materials:
  • M-Class (Stainless Steel): SUS304, SUS316, SUS420, and other high-toughness stainless steel — the sole dedicated recommended application scenario for this series, where the stainless steel metric dedicated geometry combined with HSS-EX substrate and black oxide surface treatment effectively addresses the unique stainless steel tapping challenges of work hardening, continuous chip formation, and adhesion, recommended for use with appropriate cutting fluid.