SECO TOOLS launched a new thread cutting and forming taps product line that encompasses three performance levels, allowing manufacturers to cost-effectively match the right tap to their particular ...

The high-performance HSS-E thread-forming tap suitable for through holes and blind holes in a wide range of materials, with toughness, hardness, and heat resistance to the entire tap. DORMER PRAMET ...

Both spiral and plug-type cutting taps were used, in addition to a thread-forming tap. Plug taps have little or no lead-in and are used primarily for tapping blind holes.

Tapping screws form mating threads in materials they are driven into. There are two basic types: thread forming and thread cutting.