Over the last five or six years Sutton Tools has developed an extensive range of application-specific taps that offers greater life than the commodity-type taps used widely throughout industry. This has moved the focus from cost per tap to tooling cost per hole.
The new Synchro Series adds another factor in the calculation of cost per tapped hole……’shorter cycle times due to increased speeds’…leading to much greater savings in reducing the total cost of threading holes for the manufacturer.
The range consists of several geometries to provide the optimal solution in materials such as general purpose steel, heat treatable steel, aluminum, and copper alloys, as well as stainless steel. On stainless steel a recent case study showed the possibility to run at speeds of around 30 m/min!
For machines where thru-the-spindle coolant is possible, all of the above mentioned types are available with thru-the-tap (IK) coolant ducts from sizes M5 and above. This offers increased coolant flow, resulting in optimal cooling/lubrication at the cutting action & flushing chips out from the hole.
For more information, contact Sutton Tools.