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Tap Surface Treatments and Coating Types TAPS
The high speed steels we use grant high wear resistance TiAIN-COATING – TiAIN
and toughness.
This is a special coating for machining abrasive materials
For machining certain materials, various surface
such as: grey cast iron, alu-alloys with silicon, fiber
treatments are an advantage.
reinforced plastics, etc., or machining under high
Steam Tempered (ST) temperatures, which means with insufficient cooling, or
high speeds ≥ 600m/min. The TiAIN has a hardness of
The steam tempered is a Fe O
3 4 oxide coating which
approx. 3,000 HV and is temperature resistant up to
reduces the friction between the tool and workpiece and
approx. 800°.
prevents cold welding.
Color: Violet-grey coefficient of friction against steel : 0.4
Nitriding (NI)
Hardslick-COATING – Hardslick
Recommended surface treatment for machining hard
Hardslick combines in a novel way the advantages of an
wear/abrasive materials such as grey cast iron,
extremely hard, thermally stable TiAIN-coating with the
aluminum alloys with high silicon percentage (more
sliding and lubricating properties of an outer
than 10%).
WC/C (Tungsten carbide/carbon) coating. The hardslick
TiN Coating (TI) coating has a hardness of approx. 3,000 HV and is
temperature-resistant up to approx. 800°.
The TiN coating has a hardness of approximately 2,300
Color: Violet-grey coefficient of friction against steel : 0.2
HV and is temperature resistant up to approximately
600°C. This is an excellent golden colored coating Tolerances According to DIN EN 22857
for general applications.
For taps with ISO metric threads.
TiCN-COATING – TiCN
The following chart gives a comparison between
TiCN takes place of TiN when the conditions require the
the new standard DIN EN 22857 and the withdrawn
coating to have a different
standard DIN 802 part 1. An important change is
hardness and toughness.
the re-classification from tap tolerance to tap
The TiCN brings an advantage to machining very difficult
application class.
steels or cutting
interrupted bores.
The TiCN-coating has a hardness of approx. 3,000 HV,
but is temperature-resistant up to approx. 400° only. That
means TiCN needs excellent cooling for long service life.
Color: Blue-grey coefficient of friction against steel : 0.4
Application class Tolerance class to Allotment of the
for taps to withdrawn standard tolerance zones of the nut thread
DIN EN 22857 DIN 802 part 1 to be cut
Class 1 ISO 1 4H 4H 5H - - -
Class 2 ISO 2 6H 5G 5G 6H - -
Class 3 ISO 3 6G - - 6G 7H 8H
- - 7G - - - 7G 8G
A suitable transition period is to be expected.
Codes for tolerance classes 7G/8G and