Threading tap
AssigneeSandvik AB
InventorsPeder Von Holst, Josef Giessler
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Abstract
A threading tap comprises a cylindrical shaft and a threading portion. At least the threading portion comprises a compound material comprising a core of high speed steel or tool steel and a cover of "Coronite".RTM., i.e., a hard material with 30 to 70% by volume of submicronic hard materials in the form of carbides, nitrides and/or carbonitrides of Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo and/or W in a metallic matrix based on Fe, Co and/or Ni. The chip surfaces adjacent to the cutting edges of the cutting threads have a negative rake angle. The threading tap has proven to be excellent at the threading of titanium-based alloys.
Claims6
A threading tap comprising an elongate, substantially cylindrical shaft, which at one is provided with two or more lands which are straight or helically twisted around the central axis of the shaft, which lands are provided with cutting threads of substantially equal profiles and which are separated by straight or equally twisted chip-conveying flutes, at least the portion of the threading tap provided with lands comprising a core of high speed steel or tool steel and a cover of a hard material of 30 to 70% by volume of submicronic hard materials of carbides, nitrides and/or carbonitrides of Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo and/or W in a metallic matrix based on Fe, Co and/or Ni, the chip surfaces adjacent to the cutting edges of the cutting threads having a negative rake angle between -6.degree. and -12.degree..
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