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2. Tap and die - Wikipedia

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   A die is used to cut or form the male portion of the mating pair (e.g. a bolt). The process of cutting or forming threads using a tap is called tapping, whereas the process using a die is called threading. Both tools can be used to clean up a thread, which is called chasing. However, using an ordinary tap or die to clean threads generally ...

3. Threading (manufacturing) - Wikipedia

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   In manufacturing, threading is the process of creating a screw thread.More screw threads are produced each year than any other machine element. [1] There are many methods of generating threads, including subtractive methods (many kinds of thread cutting and grinding, as detailed below); deformative or transformative methods (rolling and forming; molding and casting); additive methods (such as ...

4. Screw thread - Wikipedia

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   Glass Packaging Institute threads (GPI), primarily for glass bottles and vials; Power screw threads Acme thread form; Square thread form; Buttress thread; Royal Microscopical Society (RMS) thread, also known as society thread, is a special 0.8-inch diameter × 36 thread-per-inch (TPI) Whitworth thread form used for microscope objective lenses.

5. Die head - Wikipedia

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   A die head is a threading die that is used in the high volume production of threaded fasteners. Die heads are commonly used on lathes, turret lathes, screw machines and CNC lathes. They may be used for either cutting a thread or rolling a thread. They may also be used for internal or external thread cutting.

6. Self-tapping screw - Wikipedia

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   Self-tapping screws can be divided into two classes: [3] those that displace material (especially plastic and thin metal sheets) without removing it, known as "thread-forming" self-tapping screws, and self-tappers with sharp cutting surfaces that remove the material as they are inserted, termed "thread-cutting" self-tapping screws.

7. Cutting tool (machining) - Wikipedia

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   Linear cutting tools include tool bits (single-point cutting tools) and broaches. Rotary cutting tools include drill bits, countersinks and counterbores, taps and dies, reamers, and cold saw blades. Other cutting tools, such as bandsaw blades, hacksaw blades, and fly cutters, combine aspects of linear and rotary motion. The majority of these ...