Yes. SAN Tools is the authorised distributor of Pafana carbide brazed lathe tools in the UAE. Every tool ships in original Pafana / Fabryka Narzedzi Pafana S.A. packaging from Pabianice, Poland, with batch traceability and full manufacturer warranty.

ISO 5608 is the international standard that classifies brazed turning tools by geometry. The number after "ISO" tells you the tool's purpose: ISO 1 = straight roughing, ISO 2 = bent (45°), ISO 3 = offset, ISO 4 = wide finishing, ISO 5/6 = side / facing tools, ISO 7 = parting, ISO 8/9 = internal boring, ISO 10/11 = external/internal threading, ISO 12 = knife (finishing), ISO 13 = form turning. The R or L suffix indicates right- or left-handed cutting direction. DIN 4953 / 4954 are the equivalent German standards.

P30 and P40 are sintered tungsten-carbide grades classified to ISO 513. The letter P indicates the application group: P = steel and steel castings (long-chip materials). The number is a wear/toughness scale — lower numbers (P10, P20) are harder and more wear-resistant for finishing; higher numbers (P30, P40) are tougher and more shock-resistant for roughing and interrupted cuts. P40 is the default workhorse Pafana grade for general turning. M = stainless / heat-resistant alloys, K = cast iron / non-ferrous — available on indent.

Brazed turning tools have a sintered carbide tip silver-brazed permanently to a forged steel shank — one-piece tool, ready to use, re-grindable on a tool grinder. Indexable insert holders use replaceable carbide inserts that can be rotated or swapped when an edge wears. Brazed tools are more economical for manual lathes, training shops, repair work and short-batch CNC turning; indexable systems pay off when you're running long production batches and need fast edge-changes. Pafana makes both, but its brazed range is the strongest in the European market.

Yes — that's one of the major advantages of the brazed format. The tungsten-carbide tip is silver-brazed to the shank, so when the cutting edge wears or chips you can re-grind it on a green-grit silicon-carbide grinding wheel and restore the original geometry. A typical brazed tool can be re-ground 10–20 times before the carbide tip is consumed. Pafana also offers a factory re-conditioning and re-grinding service through SAN Tools on indent.

SAN Tools holds the most-requested ISO designations — ISO 2 (bent), ISO 6 (side / facing right-hand), ISO 7 (parting), ISO 9 (internal P30), ISO 12 (knife) and ISO 13 (form) — in P40 grade as default with select P30 stock. Other ISO designations (1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11) and stainless / cast-iron grades (M20, K10, K20) are available on indent within 2–4 weeks. Tap the "Enquire" button on any product card and we'll confirm availability and pricing on WhatsApp.

Standard Pafana brazed turning tool shanks are square cross-section — common sizes are 10×10, 12×12, 16×16, 20×20, 25×25 and 32×32 mm. The shank size you need depends on your lathe's tool post or turret. Smaller manual lathes typically use 10–16 mm shanks; mid-sized CNC lathes use 20–25 mm; larger production lathes use 25–32 mm. Send us your lathe model on WhatsApp and we'll recommend the right shank.

Yes. Most ISO designations come in both right-hand (R) and left-hand (L) variants — ISO 2R / 2L, ISO 6R / 6L and so on. Right-hand is the default for conventional lathes that cut towards the chuck on a forward-rotating spindle; left-hand is needed for back-turning, sub-spindle work, and reverse-rotation operations. Pafana stocks both, but R is held in volume at SAN Tools while L is brought in on indent.

With P30 / P40 grades (the default) you can cut carbon steel, alloy steel, tool steel, mild steel, free-machining steel, ductile iron, and most steel castings. With M-grade tips you can cut stainless steel (austenitic, ferritic, duplex), Inconel and other heat-resistant superalloys (with reduced speed). With K-grade tips you can cut grey/ductile cast iron, bronze, brass, aluminium and copper. Plastic, fibreglass and composites should use K-grade for chip-flow reasons. Always match the grade letter (P/M/K) to your workpiece material group per ISO 513.

Yes. SAN Tools offers dedicated distributor pricing for OEMs, manufacturing facilities, training institutes, vocational colleges and high-volume machine shops. Send us your annual usage estimate or BOM on WhatsApp and we'll come back with a tier price and account terms.

Items shown above and the most common ISO 2/6/7/9/12/13 designations in P40 grade are usually in stock for same-day pickup at our Dubai branch and next-day delivery across the UAE. Special-order Pafana tools (other ISO numbers, M / K grades, custom shank sizes, factory re-conditioning) typically arrive within 2–4 weeks from Pafana Poland.

SAN Tools can send your worn Pafana tools back to Fabryka Narzedzi Pafana S.A.'s factory re-conditioning service for re-brazing and re-grinding to original geometry. Drop your worn tools at any of our three branches (Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman) and we'll batch them for the next outbound shipment. Local re-grinding to a custom profile is also available through our toolroom partners in the UAE.