Going Deep

Author Peter Fretty
Published
January 01, 2001 - 11:00am

Tips for deep-hole tapping in titanium and other aerospace-grade materials. Advice is provided by NIST and the International Titanium Association.

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Related Glossary Terms

  • tapping

    tapping

    Machining operation in which a tap, with teeth on its periphery, cuts internal threads in a predrilled hole having a smaller diameter than the tap diameter. Threads are formed by a combined rotary and axial-relative motion between tap and workpiece. See tap.

Author

Peter Fretty is a contributing editor for Cutting Tool Engineering.