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 ...

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 ...

Bad threads, and repair procedures, right. Broken studs and stripped threads are not always the product of the overzealous neophite. Several factors cause thread damage: Wear from repeated assemblies ...

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 ...

The strength of some internal threads is more sensitive to tap diameter than previously thought. • Cold-formed threads are no stronger than cut threads when holes are correctly sized. • Cut threads ...