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HSS Spiral Point Taps
When it comes to finding effective and high-quality threading tools that provide speed, precision and efficient chip removal, spiral point taps are the best choice. At Rennie Tool, we stock quality, professional HSS spiral point taps to suit your needs. With a variety of styles and sizes, our collection has something for every project and application. This range is designed to deliver consistent, accurate and reliable threading for various materials, withstanding regular use and tough surfaces. Our taps are also made to give great performance that allows you to achieve consistent and precise thread cutting.
From standard HSS taps to cobalt designs, we have a solution for general-purpose threading applications and demanding machining jobs for flawless results.
What is a Spiral Point Tap?
A spiral point tap, also known as a gun-nose tap, helps to push chips forward in the direction of travel when machining to create clean thread cuts. This tool has straight flutes with angled cutting edges, which stops chips from building up within the threaded hole and makes it perfect for pristine through-hole applications.
Unlike spiral flute taps, which pull chips back out of the hole, a spiral point tap drives them forward in front of the cutting to give you a smoother and more effective threading finish. This means that you gain better productivity and cleaner thread formation, while also reducing the risk of chip clogging, which can lead to costly holdups and breakages.
Why Choose Our HSS Taps?
Choosing our high-quality HSS taps for various machining applications means that you gain an excellent mixture of outstanding toughness, incredible durability and excellent cutting performance. Crafted from strong and reliable high-speed steel (HSS), our taps offer the strength needed to withstand constant cutting cycles, without wearing down or breaking, to ensure the cutting edge is always sharp.
Our HSS spiral point taps are designed with the perfect balance between performance and cost-effectiveness. They can be used with multiple materials, such as mild steel, carbon steel, aluminium, brass and other metal materials. Our taps supply you with a long service life to reduce the need to replace tools frequently, allowing you to constantly reuse them and still produce accurate, pristine results. To further reduce the need for replacing tools, our taps can be re-sharpened when needed for a better cutting edge and extend their service life.
Benefits of Our HSS Spiral Point Tap
Our HSS spiral point tap products offer numerous benefits when using them for a variety of thread-cutting applications. These include:
- Easy and quick chip removal through the hole for a flawless finish.
- Clean and precise threaded holes that create smooth results.
- The ability to withstand faster tapping speeds during production without breaking.
- Compatible with manual and machine tapping applications.
- Reduces chip buildup and packing, as well as tap breakage.
- Multiple sizes available in our range to suit your exact threading needs.
What’s more is that most of our spiral point taps are TiN-coated, which further improves the wear resistance of the bit and extends the tool life. This means that you can use them for the harshest environments, heavy-duty tasks and toughest materials repeatedly with no breakage or dulling.
Applications for Spiral Pointed Taps
One of the greatest things about our spiral pointed taps is that they can be used for a wide variety of applications, such as manufacturing, engineering, fabrication and repair work. They are most effective for tapping through holes where chips can be pushed forward, so that the cutting area is clear and smooth. Due to this, they’re perfect for CNC machining centres, lathes, pillar drills and manual tapping jobs.
A spiral point tap is most valued across multiple industries because the unique spiral design is efficient and reliable to easily produce large volumes of threaded holes. These solutions also have amazing performance in through-hole applications due to their ability to move chips from where the material is being cut, creating a stunning finish.
Find the Right HSS Spiral Point Tap for Your Needs
You can find the right HSS spiral point tap for your project in our varied collection. We stock a range of sizes and styles of high-quality HSS, TiN-coated and cobalt with TiN taps to meet your exact professional requirements. Whether you’re looking for a specialised HSS TiN-coated spiral point tap for tough materials or a standard HSS tap for general machining, we have the best tool for you. Find taps from as little as 0.25 cobalt to 3.5 cobalt, 0.5 HSS to 2.5 HSS and 0 BA to 12 BA for your exact project.
Spiral Point Taps FAQs
What Can I Use HSS Taps for?
HSS taps are mostly used for threading clean and precise holes. They are designed to push chips forward through the hole to help prevent clogging and improve cutting efficiency.
Is an HSS Spiral Point Tap Suitable to Use for Steel?
Yes. An HSS spiral point tap can be used to thread mild steel, carbon steel, aluminium, brass and other machinable materials. It provides a strong combination of toughness and cutting performance.
Why Should I Choose TiN-Coated HSS Spiral Pointed Taps?
Choosing to use TiN-coated HSS spiral pointed taps means that you can gain better wear resistance, reduced friction and extended tool life to maintain exceptional cutting performance during long production runs.
