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Product Icons are shown throughout all the product pages in our standard catalog and website. In the three major product groups Taps, Drills and End mills the first Icon depicts the material the product is made from, the second set of icons describes key features and the third notes any surface treatment or coating applied to that specific group of tools.
TAP icons include the grade or kind of high speed steel the tap is made from. In the case of carbide taps, it represents micro-grain carbide. There are icons to designate the United States Cutting Tool Institute dimension table to which the tap is made. Icons of the common coatings and treatments which can be applied to taps are listed in order to select a means of increasing tool life.
High Speed Steel
3% Vanadium High Speed Steel
M7 High Speed Steel
Micrograin Carbide
Power Metal High Speed Steel
American National Coarse Thread Series
American National Fine Thread Series
Metric Screw Thread Series
Metric Fine Screw Thread Series
Unified Coarse Thread Series
Unified Fine Thread Series
Unified Thread - Special
Dryseal American Ntl Standard Straight Pipe
American Ntl Standard Tapered Pipe Thread
Dryseal American Ntl Std Internal Straight Pipe
Dryseal American National Standard Taper Pipe Thread
American Ntl Std Straight Pipe Thread For Free Fitting Mechanical Joints
Aeronautical National Form Taper Pipe Thread
British Standard Taper Pipe Thread
British Standard Pipe (Parallel) Thread
Aluminum Titanium Nitride
Titanium Nitiride
Black Oxide
Nitirde & Oxide
Standard Tap Dimensions
Short Thread Length Tap Dimensions
Standard Tap Dimensions Short Length (over 1”)
Extension Tap Dimensinos
Pipe Tap Dimensions
Standard Metric Tap Dimensions
The first icon confirms the material the tool is made from. The second group notes multiple features to assist in selecting the right geometry. Number of flutes, end geometry and helix angle can be quickly identified. Coating are identified by icon and end mills made to NAS specifications are noted as well.
High Speed Steel
Cobalt
Power Metal High Speed Steel
Micrograin Carbide
2 Flute
3 Flute
4 Flute
5 Flute
6 Flute
8 Flute
20° Helix
30° Helix
40° Helix
45° Helix
Single End
Double End
Center Cutting
Ball Nose
Aluminum Titanium Nitride
Titanium Nitiride
NAS 986
Drill icons follow the same pattern. Material the drill is made from is the first group of icons. The second group notes the point configuration of the drill. The third notes the coatings and treatments normally associated with our twist drills.
High Speed Steel
Cobalt
Carbide Tipped
Micrograin Carbide
Titanium Coated
Aluminum Titanium Nitride
Titanium Nitride Point
90° Point
118° Point
118° Split Point
118° Blend Thinned Point
120° Point
130° Point
135° Split Point
140° Point
Bright
Bright & Black Oxide
Bronze Oxide
Black Oxide
NAS 907