- Product Overview: The Spiral Flute Tap features a thread size of M10 x 1.5 + 0.05 and a square size of 6 mm (0.24 inches). Its innovative spiral flute design allows for upward chip removal, ensuring fast and precise thread cutting. - Durability: The tap is coated with titanium, providing exceptional corrosion resistance, enhanced wear resistance, and increased hardness, which minimizes friction during use. - Versatile Applications: Ideal for creating threads in blind holes and working with various materials, including aluminum, tool steel, stainless steel, bronze, and plastics. Recommended feed speeds are: - General Steel: 6-15 m/min - Harder Steel: 5-10 m/min - Stainless Steel: 2-7 m/min - Cast Iron: 8-10 m/min Note: Avoid excessive feed speeds to prevent tap breakage. - Special Design Features: The tap is designed to accommodate workpieces that require electroplating or sandblasting after tapping. It allows for a reinforcement of 0.03-0.1 mm based on coating thickness, ensuring high hardness, toughness, and heat resistance. - User-Friendly Operation: Compatible with drilling and tapping machines, CNC, and milling machines. For optimal results, use tapping oil to achieve higher quality threads and prolong tap life. It is recommended to operate with thread cutting pliers that have overload protection. - Practical Use Cases: - Threading aluminum components for automotive applications. - Tapping stainless steel parts in precision engineering. - Creating threads in plastic housings for consumer electronics. This Spiral Flute Tap combines precision, durability, and versatility, making it an essential tool for professionals seeking reliable threading solutions.