The Right Tool at the Right Time

Forming Taps
Metric Coarse Range
Features & Benefits
Material E291
Manufactured from premium grade High Speed
Cobalt (HSS-E) for:
▪ Increased hardness and toughness
▪ Improved edge strength
▪ Longer tool life
Surface Treatment
Titanium Nitride (TiN) coating reduces friction,
resulting in longer tool life; a bright finish option is
E294
also available.

Flute Geometry and Chamfer

The thread profile generates low torque. This
not only ensures a smooth surface finish on the
completed thread but also promotes longer tool life.
Oil grooves on the E294 facilitate the flow of coolant
to the machining area.
Available with:
▪ Chamfer form E for blind holes.
▪ Chamfer form C for blind and through holes.
Threading Depth
Threading to depths of up to 3.5 x Diameter
Customer Benefits
Thread Form
All taps are available in Metric thread form. ▪ High performance and productivity in a wide
range of materials
Tool Holding
These tap ranges have been designed for use ▪ Chamfer type C can be used for both through
with a high quality floating tool holder. Maximum and blind holes
performance of CNC machines can be fully
exploited. ▪ Chip-free threading operation produces
a stronger thread than cutting taps with
Standard increased load bearing capabilities. Higher
Available in DIN 2174 standard cutting speeds are, therefore, recommended.

Marking and Labeling ▪ Greater accuracy of finished thread with lower

Forming Taps have different pre-hole drilling surface roughness.
requirements to thread cutting taps. Please refer
to the recommendation tables on page 3 of this ▪ Highly stable design means less risk of tap
brochure. breakage and optimum process security.

For additional customer convenience, the correct ▪ Oil groove option facilitates coolant flow to the
pre-hole drilling diameter is clearly marked on the machining area, further increasing tool life.
shank of the tool and also on the label.

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 Threading with taps
Flow of material when forming a thread Drill diameters for cold forming taps -
The tapping hole size depends upon the material Recommendation table
being drilled, the cutting conditions selected and the Drill diameter can be calculated from:
condition of the equipment being used. If material
is pushed up at the thread entry by the tap and/or
the life of the tap is too short, select a slighly larger D = D nom - 0,0068 * P * 65
drill diameter. If on the other hand the profile of the
thread formed is insufficient, then select a slightly
smaller drill diameter. D = Drill diameter (mm)
D nom = Tap nominal diameter (mm)
P = Tap pitch (mm)
65 in the formula stands for
desired thread height in %
Section of thread
obtained by forming
tap on steel C45

ISO Metric Coarse Thread

Max.
Internal Pre Hole
Tap Diam. Diameter
Drilled hole for a cutting tap mm mm
3 2.599 2.78
Drilled hole for a forming tap 3.5 3.010 3.23
4 3.422 3.69
5 4.334 4.65
6 5.153 5.56
8 6.912 7.45
10 8.676 9.34
12 10.441 11.23
14 12.210 13.12
16 14.210 15.12
Cold forming taps require more power on the
spindle, compared to a cutting tap of the same size,
since it generates higher torque.

M6 blind hole Vc 30 m/min

6

4
Torque (Nm)

2
Forming
Cutting Spiral
1

0
AMG 1.2 AMG 1.3 AMG 2.2

Torque comparison between forming and cutting

taps in different material groups.

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Application
Material Groups
Excellent for Application
Good for Application
Example
30 = Peripheral speed in metres/minute +/- 10%

E291 E292 E293 E294 E295 E296

M3 - M16 M3 - M16 M3 - M10 M3 - M16 M3 - M12 M3 - M10

Application Material Group Hardness HB Tensile stength N/mm2 ISO

1.1 Magnetic soft steel < 120 < 400 30 55 55 55 55 55 P

1.2 Structural steel, case carburizing steel < 200 < 700 27 50 50 50 50 50 P
1.3 Plain Carbon steel < 250 < 850 23 45 45 45 45 45 P
1.4 Alloy steel < 250 < 850 20 40 40 40 40 40 P
1. Steel
1.5 Alloy steel, Hardened and tempered steel > 250 < 350 > 850 < 1200 20 20 20 20 20 P
1.6 Alloy steel, Hardened and tempered steel > 350 > 1200 < 1620 P
1.7 Alloy steel, Heat treated 49-55 HRc > 1620 H
1.8 Alloy steel, Hardened & Wear resistant steel 55-63 HRc > 1980 H
2.1 Free machining, Stainless Steel < 250 < 850 18 18 18 18 18 M
2. Stainless 2.2 Austenitic < 250 < 850 15 15 15 15 15 M
Steel 2.3 Ferritic + Austenitic, Ferritic, Martensitic < 300 < 1000 10 10 10 10 10 M
2.4 Precipitation Hardened < 320 < 410 > 1100 < 4100 M
3.1 Lamellar graphite > 150 > 500 K
3.2 Lamellar graphite > 150 ≤ 300 > 500 < 1000 K
3. Cast Iron
3.3 Nodular graphite, Malleable Cast Iron < 200 < 700 K
3.4 Nodular graphite, Malleable Cast Iron > 200 <300 > 700 < 1000 K
4.1 Titanium, unalloyed < 200 < 700 35 35 35 35 35 S
4. Titanium 4.2 Titanium, alloyed < 270 < 900 S
4.3 Titanium, alloyed > 270 <350 > 900 ≤ 1250 S
5.1 Nickel, unalloyed < 150 < 500 20 20 20 20 20 S
5. Nickel 5.2 Nickel, alloyed > 270 > 900 8 8 8 8 8 S
5.3 Nickel, alloyed > 270 <350 > 900 < 1200 S
6.1 Copper < 100 < 350 25 25 25 25 25 N
6.2 β-Brass, Bronze < 200 < 700 N
6. Copper
6.3 α-Brass < 200 < 700 40 40 40 40 40 N
6.4 High Strength Bronze < 470 < 1500 N
7.1 Al, Mg, unalloyed < 100 < 350 26 55 55 55 55 55 N
7. Aluminium 7.2 AI alloyed, Si < 0.5% <150 < 500 38 55 55 55 55 55 N
Magnesium 7.3 Al alloyed, Si > 0.5% < 10% <120 < 400 22 40 40 40 40 40 N
7.4 AI alloyed, Si > 10% Whisker reinforced AI-alloys Mg-alloys <120 < 400 25 25 25 25 25 N
8.1 Thermoplastics --- --- O
8. Synthetic
8.2 Thermosetting plastics --- --- O
materials
8.3 Reinforced plastic materials --- --- O
9. Hard material 9.1 Cermets (metals-ceramics) < 550 < 1700 H
10. Graphite 10.1 Graphite --- < 100 O

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E291

E292

E293

E294

E291 ●
●
 Machine Forming Tap
M
M Maschinen-Gewindeformer

E292
● M Roltappen
● M Tarauds à refouler

E293
● M Machos de laminación
● M Machos de Máq. De Laminação

●  Machine Forming Tap - Oil grooves

M
● M Maschinen-Gewindeformer, Ölnuten

E294
● M Roltappen met smeergroeven
● M Tarauds à refouler
● M Machos de laminación, con ranuras de lubrificación
● M Machos de Máq. De Laminação, Rasgos p/ Lubr.

E291

E292; E293; E294

E291 E292 E293 E294

M3 - M16 M3 - M16 M3 - M10 M3 - M16

l1 l2 d2 l3 l4
P Ø a E291 E292 E293 E294
M mm mm mm mm mm mm z mm
3 0.50 56 9 3.5 2.7 6 4 2.8 18 E291M3 E292M3 E293M3 E294M3
3.5 0.60 56 11 4.0 3.0 6 4 3.2 20 E291M3.5 E292M3.5
4 0.70 63 12 4.5 3.4 6 5 3.7 21 E291M4 E292M4 E293M4 E294M4
5 0.80 70 13 6.0 4.9 8 5 4.6 25 E291M5 E292M5 E293M5 E294M5
6 1.00 80 15 6.0 4.9 8 5 5.5 30 E291M6 E292M6 E293M6 E294M6
8 1.25 90 18 8.0 6.2 9 5 7.4 35 E291M8 E292M8 E293M8 E294M8
10 1.50 100 20 10.0 8.0 11 5 9.3 39 E291M10 E292M10 E293M10 E294M10
12 1.75 110 23 9.0 7.0 10 5 11.2 E291M12 E292M12 E294M12
14 2.00 110 25 11.0 9.0 12 6 13.0 E294M14
16 2.00 110 25 12.0 9.0 12 6 15.0 E291M16 E292M16 E294M16

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Catalogue

E292
M Machine Forming Tap
2013.02

l1 l2 d2 l3 l4 e-code
P Ø a
M mm mm mm mm mm mm z mm
1.6 0.35 40 8 2.5 2.1 5 3 1.4 - E292M1.6
2 0.40 45 6 2.8 2.1 5 3 1.8 - E292M2
2.5 0.45 50 8 2.8 2.1 5 3 2.3 - E292M2.5
3 0.50 56 9 3.5 2.7 6 4 2.8 18 E292M3
3.5 0.60 56 11 4.0 3.0 6 4 3.2 20 E292M3.5
4 0.70 63 12 4.5 3.4 6 5 3.7 21 E292M4
5 0.80 70 13 6.0 4.9 8 5 4.6 25 E292M5
6 1.00 80 15 6.0 4.9 8 5 5.5 30 E292M6
8 1.25 90 18 8.0 6.2 9 5 7.4 35 E292M8
10 1.50 100 20 10.0 8.0 11 5 9.3 39 E292M10
12 1.75 110 23 9.0 7.0 10 5 11.2 - E292M12
16 2.00 110 25 12.0 9.0 12 8 15.0 - E292M16

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E295

E296

●  Machine Forming Tap

M

E295 ●
●
M
 Maschinen-Gewindeformer
M
 Roltappen

E296
● M
 Tarauds à refouler
● M
 Machos de laminación
●  Machos de Máq. De Laminação
M

E295; E296

E295 E296

M3 - M12 M3 - M10

l1 l2 d2 l3 l4
P Ø a E295 E296
M mm mm mm mm mm mm z mm
3 0.50 56 9 3.5 2.7 6 4 2.8 18 E295M3 E296M3
3.5 0.60 56 11 4.0 3.0 6 4 3.2 20 E295M3.5
4 0.70 63 12 4.5 3.4 6 5 3.7 21 E295M4 E296M4
5 0.80 70 13 6.0 4.9 8 5 4.6 25 E295M5 E296M5
6 1.00 80 15 6.0 4.9 8 5 5.5 30 E295M6 E296M6
8 1.25 90 18 8.0 6.2 9 5 7.4 35 E295M8 E296M8
10 1.50 100 20 10.0 8.0 11 5 9.3 39 E295M10 E296M10
12 1.75 110 23 9.0 7.0 10 5 11.2 E295M12

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