Kennametal Inc.

Yamawa Manufacturing Limited

Yamawa Mfg. Co., Ltd.

Yamada Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Willard E Henderer

Sadayuki Akaki

Stephen Michael George

Vladimir David Volokh

Steven R Burns

Anakkavur T Santhanam

Timothy Austin Moore

Masao Mitsui

Alan L Barrows

Dennis J Greene

Sadayuki Yamawa Mfg Co Ltd Akaki

M Yamawa Mfg Co Ltd Mitsui

S Yamawa Mfg Co Ltd Akaki

A cutting tap includes a body having an axial forward end and an axial rearward end. The body has a threaded body portion with spiral flutes adjacent the axial forward end, a cylindrical shank portion adjacent the axial rearward end. The threaded body portion includes a chamfered fluted section and a constant diameter section. The threads have a chamfer relief extending radially inward from the cutting edge to a heel of a land. The amount of chamfer relief reaches a maximum value at a point between the cutting edge and the heel, and then becomes smaller between the point of maximum relief and the heel of the land to provide a clearance that reduces the propensity of the tap to chip.

Chip-resistant cutting tap

A cutting tap includes a body having an axial forward end and an axial rearward end and a central longitudinal axis. The body has a fluted section at the axial forward end. The fluted section includes a chamfered fluted section extending from the axial forward end of the body and terminating at a first full cutting thread. The chamfered fluted section includes a first cutting thread located a first distance from the axial forward end of the body, and a second cutting thread located a second distance from the axial forward end of the body. The second distance is greater than the first distance. The chamfered fluted section is shaped such that a thickness of a section of material removed by the second cutting thread is smaller than a thickness of a section of material removed by the first cutting thread. A method of making the cutting tap is also disclosed.

Cutting tap and method of making same

A cutting tool that includes an elongate body that has a forward end and a rearward end. The elongate body has a fluted portion that beginning near and extends in a rearward direction from the forward end. The fluted portion has a flute that defines a cutting edge. The flute presents a concave cutting face wherein the concave cutting face is defined by a first radius. The flute further presents a concave core surface adjacent to the concave cutting face wherein the concave core surface is defined by a second radius. The flute presents a convex heel surface adjacent to the concave core surface wherein the convex heel surface is defined by a fourth radius.

Spiral flute tap

A cutting tap that has an elongate tap body with a fluted section at the axial forward end thereof wherein the fluted section includes a chamfered fluted section and a finishing fluted section. Each cutting thread in the chamfered fluted section has a cutting face disposed at a cutting face angle that becomes more negative the more axially rearward the cutting thread is from the axial forward end of the chamfered fluted section. Each cutting thread in the finishing fluted section has a cutting face disposed at a finishing cutting face angle that is essentially equal. The finishing cutting face angle is more negative than the cutting face angle for the cutting thread at the axial rearward termination of the chamfered fluted section.

Cutting tap and method of making a cutting tap

A high-speed forming tap () for cutting and forming a female screw by cutting edges (E) of a screw portion () fed in synchronous with the rotation of a machine tool. The high-speed forming tap is characterized in that chamfers (CF) are provided at a bevel lead () of the screw part (). The chamfers (CF) start from the cutting edge (E) and are provided along ridgelines (R) between a crest face () and flanks, or a following flank () and a leading flank (). This structure enables the shape of the edges of the tap leading portion to be stably maintained and high-speed, smooth female screw cutting with high accuracy, and provides a tap with long life.

High-speed forming tap

A precision cemented carbide threading tap is designed for use in precision tool holders in synchronous high speed tapping. The precision tap includes a fully cylindrical shank without the aid of squares, flats or other notches. The precision tap further includes a threaded body portion and a threaded cutting chamfer portion. The threaded body portion and the threaded cutting chamfer portion of the precision tap are concentric to the cylindrical shank of the tap within a runout of 10 microns. The precision cemented carbide threading tap improves the accuracy, life and speed by which internal screw threads are produced.

Precision cemented carbide threading tap

A coated carbide tap comprises a substrate consisting of tungsten carbide cemented with 12 to 16% by weight cobalt with additions of small amounts of transition metal carbides added to restrain grain growth, and may also contain low levels of impurities that might be picked up during processing. The substrate is coated with a layer of metal nitrides, carbides, carbonitrides, borides and/or oxides, the metal being chosen from one or more of the following: aluminum, silicon and the transition metals from Groups IV, V, and VIof the Periodic Chart. The coating may comprise a monolayer and/or alternating layers optionally with varying chemical composition. To reduce friction, a top outer layer comprised of molybdenum disulphide; molybdenum disulphide and transition metals, or any combination thereof; carbon; carbon and transition metal carbides, or any combination thereof; carbon and a transition metal, or any combination thereof; and/or carbon nitride may be either co-deposited as a single layer or deposited in multiple or alternating layers to the coating. The coated carbide tap of the invention can be used at cutting speeds at least three times faster than conventional taps without chipping or breaking the tap.

Coated carbide tap

A low torque tap includes a shank portion with a driving square and a thread cutting portion. The thread cutting portion includes a threaded body with one or more asymmetrical straight flutes that run essentially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the tap. The thread cutting portion also includes one or more short angular flutes or spiral points and a tapered chamfer. For tapping steel alloys, the cutting edges of the straight flutes and the spiral points have a rake or chordal hook angle of between about 5 and 15 degrees. For tapping ferrous materials, the tap is made from molybdenum-enriched high-speed steel and may be coated with a wear-resistant, friction-reducing layer. A second, outer layer, such as molybdenum disulfide, may be applied over the wear-reducing layer for further reduction in friction. For tapping non-ferrous materials, the tap may be coated with a layer of material containing carbon.

Low torque tap

A coated tool such as, for example, a cutting tool for removing material from a workpiece or a forming tool for contacting a workpiece. The coated tool includes a substrate wherein the substrate with a coating scheme on the substrate. The coating scheme comprises an outer coating region wherein the outer coating region is in contact with the workpiece during operation. The outer coating region comprises at least one layer of tribological coating material. The coating scheme has an inner coating region that comprises at least one layer of a hard coating material. Optionally, there is an adhesion coating region on the substrate and in contact with the inner coating region and/or present between the outer coating region and the inner coating region.

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Willard E Henderer