Tapping

Tap passes the acid test

01/03/2019

General-purpose tap achieves reliability while eliminating twisted swarf and short tool life woes.

Dormer Pramet product tour traverses planes, trains and more

Brian Norris, president of The Americas for Dormer Pramet, spent a few minutes during IMTS 2018 to guide Cutting Tool Engineering Publisher Dennis Spaeth through a number of product highlights from Precision Twist Drill, Union Butterfield, Dormer and Pramet.

Among the highlights:

Where taps fear to thread

12/01/2009

Author:

Daniel McCann

A growing number of shops are shelving their taps and opting to thread mill heat-treated steel.

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High anxiety

08/01/2009

Author:

Dave Nelson

Understanding tool geometry and selecting the right tap for different workpiece materials can help take the anxiety out of tapping operations.

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Tapping the Hard Stuff

03/01/2007

Author:

Joseph Hazelton

Design and use of taps for threading harder materials. Specially designed taps can be very effective for threading hard materials, as can thread mills.

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