In response to strong demand for reliable machining solutions in the aerospace industry, cutting tool and tooling system specialist Sandvik Coromant has launched new tapping and thread milling tools ...

The CoroTap® 400 is a chip-free solution for blind and through holes in aluminum applications with a stable design, offering a lower risk for breakage. Threading is often the last operation in part ...

A few years ago, engineers and management at Emuge Corp., a leading maker of taps, drills, and other rotary tools, decided it needed a new tool for forming helical threads in lightweight metals and ...

Historically, the threading of holes has been a fairly straightforward operation, usually performed close to the end of a part’s machining. Once the holes had been drilled, thread taps of the ...

It’s become a common sight in manufacturing. An employee, needing to tap a hole in a metal part, reaches for a standard hand drill instead of the tool designed specifically for the job—a tapper.

Twist drills do not make accurately sized or good finish holes; a reamer of some type is often used to cut the final size and finish. A reamer will not make the original hole; it will only enlarge a ...

Haitian Precision USA has been selling industrial machine tools since 2000 under the Absolute Group of Companies. Absolute started by selling and s...READ MORE ...

The average do-it-yourselfer hates to drill metal, especially steel. We don’t know how many questions readers have submitted and we’ve answered on that topic over the years. Even the most enthusiastic ...

Tapping screws form mating threads in materials they are driven into. There are two basic types: thread forming and thread cutting. The thread-forming screw displaced material around the pilot hole so ...

Thread taps are an essential part of any mechanic’s toolbox-- mostly because, well, you will ruin some threads. Or, as is the case for YouTube user This Old Tony, you’re fabricating parts from scratch ...