Widia™ 17254 GTD™ TRU-LEDE™ 5502 Form E Forming Tap, Imperial, 3/8-16, UNC Thread, 4 Flutes, Right Hand Cutting Direction

Thread Forming Taps
390387 MFG #: 17254
WIDIA™
17.98000 / ea
QTY
  • Features
Necked design in sizes #4 through 3/8 in improves coolant flow when threading deep blind holes
Forming taps displace metal, comparable to external thread rolling, conventional cutting taps remove metal as chips that can clog the threaded hole
Improved lobe groove design on machine screw sizes #5 and larger improves threading efficiency in blind hole applications
Tapping speeds can be almost doubled above conventional cutting taps, improving efficiency of the forming action
Applicable on steel, stainless steel, gray cast iron, ductile cast iron, wrought aluminum, cast aluminum, copper and copper alloys
Flood coolant
1/2 in neck length
1-1/4 in flute length
2 to 3 pitch
H5 thread limit