Tool targeted at auto industry puts threads in aluminum and other soft metals. A few years ago, engineers and management at Emuge Corp., a leading maker of taps, drills, and other rotary tools, ...

Blum-Novotest recently opened its new Competence Center in Erlanger, Kentucky. Inside, the company plans to run a training and technology hub for the U.S. market — especially supporting the growth of ...

WALTER USA launched the TC130 Supreme tapping tool with a new, patent-pending geometry for improved surface quality even when threading large batch sizes. Straight grooves produce short, controllable ...

DORMER PRAMET added a new option to its offering for high-end threading: the Dormer Shark E894 is a high-performance HSS-E thread forming tap suitable for both through and blind holes in a wide range ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

These coated or uncoated solid carbide tools can be used with high pressure through the spindle coolant for altogether rapid threaded hole making. And another thing, EMUGE offers resharpening and ...

Everybody who has worked on a car knows the pain and suffering of stripping or damaging threads. It can and will happen to anybody on a wrenching journey, and it often feels like a firm dead-end for ...

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 ...

In the process of the “custovation*” of a well used — and possibly abused — motorcycle, you’ll eventually be dealing with threaded hardware replacement. More often than not the decision will be what ...