Tool Crib Supply: A Leading distributor of Balax: Forming Taps, Cutting Taps, Thread Gages, Roughing End Mills


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Balax Thredfloer Forming Taps

Balax Thredfloer Forming Taps are ideal for applications involving aluminum, brass, copper, lead, stainless steel, carbon steel, cast steel, leaded steel and zinc. In general, any material, which produces a stringy chip, is a good Thredfloer candidate.

Balax's thread forming process offers several advantages over thread cutting, including:

Chipless Tapping
Stronger Threads
Better Thread Gaging
Longer Tap Life
More Efficient Production

Balax Thredfloer Forming Taps are ground on special, patented thread grinders featuring lead form geometry correction. This process produces forming taps whose lead threads are on pitch, resulting in reduced tapping torque.

Thredfloer Forming Taps are available in ANSI, DIN and JIS sizes with plug, bottom, or one thread lead chamfers. Specialty Thredfloers are available in miniature, extension, STI and straight and tapered pipe versions.

Thredshaver Cutting Taps Photo

Balax Cutting Taps

Balax Thredshaver Cutting Taps are the ideal solution for applications which are unsuited for thread forming. Balax Thredshavers are manufactured using CNC grinding equipment and statistical process quality control procedures to assure consistent, lot-to-lot accuracy. Standard features include:

Heavy duty construction.
Maximum abrasion and wear resistance.
Consistent thread geometry.
Precision cutting edge geometry.

Thredshavers are available in a wide range of sizes and styles for tapping low-, medium-, and high-carbon steel, stainless steel, titanium, nickel alloys, aluminum alloys, cast aluminum, magnesium, brass, copper, cast iron, and tool steels.

Thread Gages

Balax Taperlock Thread Gages

Balax Taperlock Thread Gages are ground from hardened High-Speed Tool Steel blanks on proprietary Balax Thread Grinders. This unique grinding process provides an accurate thread pitch with less lead error than other grinding or gage manufacturing methods used today. Taperlock Thread Gages are available in ANSI sizes from 0-80 to 1-12 and in metric sizes from M1.6 x .35 to M12 x 1.75.

Extra Length Thread Gages
Balax Go Gages 4-40 (M3 x .5) thru 7/16 (M10) are made with a longer overall length that allows gaging to thread depths achieved with most standard tap dimensions.

Miniature Thread Gages
Balax Miniature Thread Gages come in sizes from 000-120 to 00-90 or 0.90 UNM to 1.40 UNM. They are manufactured from special high speed steel blanks using a special grinding process which assures a consistency and accuracy never before available with miniature gages. They are held in color-coded collet type holders.

Taperlock Oversize Pre-Plate Gages
Oversize gages come in sizes ranging from 0-80 to 1/4-28, or M1.6 x 0.35 to M10 x 1.5. They are designed for Class 2B fit with a 0.0003" plating thickness allowance. Metric pre-plate gages are designed to a 6G tolerance.

Certificate of Inspection
A Certificate of Inspection, furnished with every gage, assures the accuracy of your gage to "Class X" tolerance levels. Unlike most other thread gages, all Balax Thread Gages are furnished with actual fifth place (.00000) measurements of pitch diameter and major diameter

Balax Rouging End Mills

Balax Roughing End Mills are available in a variety of side-cutting and center-cutting styles for machining aluminum, steel, stainless steel, titanium, cast iron, and all commonly used alloys. They are designed and manufactured to provide optimum production efficiency.

Flutes and cutting teeth are ground from one solid, hardened blank.
Production-proven cutting edge geometry permits high metal removal and fast feed rates.
Exact flute location and indexing produce a sharp, even cut.
Uniform cutting load per tooth assures minimum chatter and deflection.
Optimum land width permits numerous regrinds.
Drawn end mill shanks increase tool strength and minimize tool breakage.
Tools are available in TiN and TiCN coatings.

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