High-speed steel taps provide good wear resistance in general purpose tapping applications in a range of materials.

High-performance pipe and conduit taps provide better wear resistance than other high-speed steel pipe and conduit taps when threading holes in workpieces made from specific materials. These taps are made from HSS-E, a type of high-speed steel that has a higher percentage of cobalt and vanadium than standard high-speed steel.

Carbon steel taps are an economical choice for tapping applications in maintenance operations.

Interrupted-thread taps provide more space for chip evacuation than taps with a standard thread pattern, which allows large chips to be cleared from the taps during threading applications. They have an interrupted thread pattern in which every other tooth has been removed from the cutting edge.

Short-projection pipe and conduit taps have fewer tapered threads at their tip than standard pipe and conduit taps. They don't have to enter deep into the workpiece to produce full threads, making them suitable for tapping shallow holes. These taps have a bottoming chamfer that allows them to create threads close to the bottom of a blind hole. They are made from high-speed steel and provide good wear resistance in general purpose tapping applications in a range of materials.

Cobalt taps are harder and more wear-resistant than high-speed steel taps. They are used in high-speed tapping applications in hard materials.

The spiral flutes on these pipe and conduit taps pull chips out and away from the hole as the taps move into the hole to create threads, which helps prevent chips from packing in the hole. They are used for creating internal threads in blind holes.