I mentioned this in another thread and one member told me that his customer would never accept self tapping screws. But I am never the sort to give in easily
When I first started using these you could only get the Taptite version, now other manufacturers do the same thing. This is the Taptite manufacturer website:
https://taptite.com/products/taptite-2000
It is a self tapper but it doesn't cut a thread, it rolls it. There are no metal cutting produced as you drive in the screw. The tite bit refers to the fact that generally you don't need a lock washer. You can see below that unless you are sharp eyed you won't see a difference between standard and taptite (thread rolling) screws, size shown is M5.
You drill a hole, drive in the screw, and that is it. I struggle to understand why anyone would still insist on drilling, tapping and having to add an anti-vibration washer.