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Low-Silicon Lowdown

Author Kimberly R. Pontius
Published
May 01, 2001 - 12:00pm

Simplifying tapping operations on low-silicon aluminum.

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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

Kimberly R. Pontius is a regular contributor to CUTTING TOOL ENGINEERING and an executive directorat Ivy Tech State College, Region 3, Fort Wayne, Indiana.