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Next Generation Tooling is excited to offer some new services coming in 2015! Below is a very fast video of our new training series on Tapping which we can present to your manufacturing team at your site. It's a comprehensive overview of screw thread terminology, thread forms, fundamentals of threads, classes of fit, Tap basics, types of chamfers, the tapping process,tap types, screw thread inserts, helix angles, core diameters, re an hook angles, thread reliefs, pitch tolerances, H limits, Tap substrates, Surface treatment and coatings, tapping speeds, tap drill sizes. 
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Understanding tool geometry and selecting the right tap for different workpiece materials can help take the anxiety out of tapping operations.Many machinists have learned to dread tapping. The story goes something like this. They press cycle start and then step back because the machine is in control. If the tap should hit bottom, too bad; the cycle must be completed—no feed-hold is allowed here. If the wrong feed rate was programmed, tough luck; the feed rate override is disabled. What else is there to do but cringe as the tap enters the hole?
For example, lowering the chip load can eliminate premature wear on a tap. Defined as the load induced on any one cutting edge, chip load is typically controlled by altering the feed rate. As mentioned earlier, this is not possible when tapping but the chip load can be altered through tap selection.
OSG’s Hy-Pro tap is designed for vertical and horizontal CNC tapping. The VXL tap (left) has a fast spiral-flute design for vertical machining. The HXL tap, with a slower spiral to break up chips, is for horizontal machining. For any questions about your specific tapping problems be sure and give us a call at 916.765.4227 |
Technical Support BlogAt Next Generation Tool we often run into many of the same technical questions from different customers. This section should answer many of your most common questions.
We set up this special blog for the most commonly asked questions and machinist data tables for your easy reference. If you've got a question that's not answered here, then just send us a quick note via email or reach one of us on our CONTACTS page here on the website AuthorshipOur technical section is written by several different people. Sometimes, it's from our team here at Next Generation Tooling & at other times it's by one of the innovative manufacturer's we represent in California and Nevada. Archives
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