GB2324752A - Tap tools - Google Patents
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- GB2324752A GB2324752A GB9808528A GB9808528A GB2324752A GB 2324752 A GB2324752 A GB 2324752A GB 9808528 A GB9808528 A GB 9808528A GB 9808528 A GB9808528 A GB 9808528A GB 2324752 A GB2324752 A GB 2324752A
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B23G—THREAD CUTTING; WORKING OF SCREWS, BOLT HEADS, OR NUTS, IN CONJUNCTION THEREWITH
- B23G7/00—Forming thread by means of tools similar both in form and in manner of use to thread-cutting tools, but without removing any material
- B23G7/02—Tools for this purpose
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B23B—TURNING; BORING
- B23B2222/00—Materials of tools or workpieces composed of metals, alloys or metal matrices
- B23B2222/28—Details of hard metal, i.e. cemented carbide
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Abstract
A tap tool, for forming female threads in a workpiece, comprises a mounting shank 12 and a head 14 which has forming lobes and is made from carbide material. The head 14 is of composite form comprising a spigot on one end of the shank, which spigot is fixed concentrically in a socket within a cylinder or cap of the carbide material. The cylinder has a peripheral surface in which a forming thread 30 is formed.
Description
TAP TOOLS
This invention concerns tap tools, for forming female threads in a workpiece, such as a nut or socket, of a kind comprising a mounting shank and a head in which the head has forming lobes made from carbide material.
A tool of said kind is disclosed in DE 39 34 621 Al in which thin strips of carbide material are secured in radially open grooves which extend longitudinally of the forming head, the strips being formed so as to provide thread segments aligned with a male thread formed on the head. These strips are vulnerable to damage at the front where the carbide is particularly thin.
Tap tools are also known which are made wholly of solid carbide material. It is known that carbide materials are very brittle and such tools are prone to break when subject to shock loads and misalignment which commonly arise during tapping. However, carbide material is also well known to be very expensive, and such expensiveness is a problem in itself.
In order to reduce the above problems the present invention provides a tap tool of the kind mentioned at the beginning hereof, which is characterised in that the head is of composite form comprising a spigot on one end of the shank, which spigot is fixed concentrically in a socket within a cylinder or cap of the carbide material, which cylinder has a peripheral surface in which a cutting thread is formed.
The radial thickness of the cylinder wall to the root of the thread is preferably greater than the maximum depth of the thread and is preferably less than the spigot diameter in order to maximise the torsional strength of the joint between the spigot and the socket.
The length of the socket is preferably greater than that of the spigot to leave a bonding material reception space between the ends thereof when the spigot is inserted fully into the socket.
An end face on the wall of the cylinder preferably confronts a shoulder formed on the shank, and may be bonded thereto by bonding material. Said end face is preferably chamfered.
The preferred bonding material is a brazing material.
A mechanical fixing between the spigot and the socket may also be used.
The thread is preferably ground so as to be lobed, and preferably, there are a small plurality of, e.g. three, four, five or more lobes per turn at equal angular intervals. Each lobe is preferably cam shaped to provide rising and descending flanks to an apex over an arc.
The invention will be described further, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying diagrammatic drawings, wherein FIGURE 1 shows a tap tool of the invention, in side elevation;
FIGURE 2 shows a section on the line II-II in FIGURE 1;
FIGURE 3 is a thread detail diagram of a conical lead of the tap tool;
FIGURE 4 shows a shank of the tap tool in side elevation; and
FIGURE 5 shows a carbide blank in longitudinal section prior to being mounted on the shank and ground to form the cutting head of said tap tool.
The tap tool 10 (FIGURE 1) comprises a shank 12 and a head 14 secured together by brazing material.
The shank has a driving square 20 (FIGURE 1) at one end, and a cylindrical spigot 22 (FIGURE 4) at the other end of a stem which terminates at a shoulder 23. The driving square 20 is of known form. The shank is made from steel a tough material such as HSS grade steel and is ground to size.
The forming head 14 comprises a cylinder or cap 40 of carbide material formed from a blank 40A (FIGURE 5) which provides an internal socket 41 having a mouth 42 at one end 45 of the cylinder, and provides a small co-axial centre hole 46 at the other end 44 of the cylinder. Said hole 46 is tapered at a cone angle A, and said end 45 is internally and externally chamfered, e.g. at about 45 , so that its face is tapered to produce a shoulder.
The socket 41 is axially longer than the spigot 22 so that when the spigot 22 is brazed into the cylinder 40, brazing material can flow into and be accommodated in the space 13 between the end 43 of the socket 41 and the end of the spigot. Excess brazing material or flux can escape back along the clearance between spigot and socket 41.
During brazing the tapered face of said end 45 may be brazed to the shoulder 23.
After brazing, excess flux or brazing material is cleaned off and a thread 30 is ground into the peripheral surface of the cylinder 40.
The thread 30 is ground as indicated in FIGURE 2 to provide, in this example, four lobes 31 per turn at 90" intervals so that the lobes are aligned in four rows extending longitudinally of the head. Each lobe has a rising flank 32, an apex 33 and a descending flank 34 and extends over an arc of about 20 . A conical lead is ground onto the first flow threads, e.g. 2 to 7, typically threads at a small angle B of typically about 7" to the axis as indicated in FIGURE 3.
The overall thread depth is less than the radial thickness of the wall of the cylinder as can be appreciatec from FIGURE 2, and said wall thicknesses is less than the diameter of the spigot.
The invention is not confined to details of thz foregoing example, and many variations and modifications, e.g. the number of lobes, the lead angle, the thread pitch and form, and relative thickness, may be made within th( scope of the invention.
The invention further includes a tool having an novel feature or novel combination of features disclose herein or in the drawings; and also includes a method ol making a tool as disclosed herein. The method may include any novel step or combination of steps disclosed herein.
Claims (9)
1. A tap tool, for forming female threads in a workpiece, comprising a mounting shank and a head which has forming lobes made from carbide material, and characterised in that the head is of composite forming comprising a spigot on one end of the shank, which spigot is fixed concentrically in a socket within a cylinder or cap of the carbide material, which cylinder has a peripheral surface in which a forming thread is formed.
2. A tap tool as claimed in Claim 1 wherein the radial thickness of the cylinder wall to the root of the thread is greater than the maximum depth of the thread and is less than the spigot diameter.
3. A tap tool as claimed in Claim 1 or 2 wherein the length of the socket is greater than that of the spigot to leave a bonding material reception space between the ends thereof when the spigot is inserted fully into the socket.
4. A tap tool as claimed in Claim 1,2 or 3 wherein an end face on the wall of the cylinder confronts a shoulder formed on the shank, and is bonded thereto by bonding material.
5. A tap tool as claimed in Claim 4 wherein said end face is chamfered.
6. A tap tool as claimed in any preceding claim wherein the bonding material is a brazing material.
7. A tap tool as claimed in any preceding claim wherein the thread is ground so as to be lobed, and there are a small plurality of lobes per turn at equal angular intervals.
8. A tap tool as claimed in Claim 7 wherein each lobe is cam shaped to provide rising and descending flanks to an apex over an arc.
9. A tap tool substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
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GBGB9708596.3A GB9708596D0 (en) | 1997-04-29 | 1997-04-29 | Tap tools |
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GB2324752A true GB2324752A (en) | 1998-11-04 |
GB2324752B GB2324752B (en) | 2001-12-05 |
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GBGB9708596.3A Pending GB9708596D0 (en) | 1997-04-29 | 1997-04-29 | Tap tools |
GB9808528A Expired - Fee Related GB2324752B (en) | 1997-04-29 | 1998-04-23 | Tap tool |
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US7114891B2 (en) * | 2001-05-22 | 2006-10-03 | Sandvik Intellectual Property Ab | Thread forming tool with annular ridge |
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US7575520B2 (en) | 2003-08-04 | 2009-08-18 | Adcock Technology Limited | Tap and a method of tapping |
WO2005014214A1 (en) * | 2003-08-04 | 2005-02-17 | Adcock Technology Limited | A tap and a method of tapping |
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US8312941B2 (en) | 2006-04-27 | 2012-11-20 | TDY Industries, LLC | Modular fixed cutter earth-boring bits, modular fixed cutter earth-boring bit bodies, and related methods |
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