Tapping

Cut Tap vs. Form Taps

Thanika.K
 tapping
 Taps and dies are cutting tools used to create screw threads, which is
called threading

 The process of cutting threads using a tap is called tapping, whereas

the process using a die is called threading

 Joseph Clement was one such early vendor of taps and dies, starting in
1828

 The largest tap and die company to exist in the United States was
Greenfield Tap & Die, The GTD brand is now a part of Widia
Products Group
 Classification :

The classification of the taps can done as follow:

 Form A
 Form B

 Form C

 Form D

 Form E
Tolerance Classes
The taps can be further divided into two type:

Cut taps
Form taps
 FORM TAP
The teeth's of the form tap press into the material
The material starts to flow
The material fills the gap between the Tap and the
material
The fishmouth is fully formed
 Pros and cons:
 No chips, therefore no problems with chip removal
 Better surface finish of the thread
 Higher cutting speed (approx. doubled)
 Increased tool life
 Brittle materials (i.e. grey cast iron) are not suitable
 Workpiece material must have a ductility coefficient
of at least 10%
 Cut taps
The cut taps can be described as cutting of the threads
in a hole by chipping of the metals rather than
forming
The chip evacuation is a very important criteria
Suitable for all type of material cast iron , aluminum
etc
The tolerances are the same as achieved by form taps
Chip evacuation with a helical and straight fluted tap
 Tool profiles for tap and former

Gewinde-
bohrer

Flutless
Machine
Gewinde-
Tap
furcher
(Former)
 Profile comparison of the workpiece

Formed profile Cut profile

Thread forming process
Thread not fully developed

Core hole was to big

Thread fully developed

Core hole was right in size

 Core Hole to small

To much material was left

Tapping process
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