Product Icon Key

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.

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Taps, Mills and Thread Gages

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. 

Material

High Speed Steel

3% Vanadium High Speed Steel

M7 High Speed Steel

Micrograin Carbide

Power Metal High Speed Steel

Thread Form

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

Coating

Aluminum Titanium Nitride

Titanium Nitiride

Black Oxide

Nitirde & Oxide

USCTI Dimension Table

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

End Mills

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. 

Material

High Speed Steel

Cobalt

Power Metal High Speed Steel

Micrograin Carbide

Flutes

2 Flute

3 Flute

4 Flute

5 Flute

6 Flute

8 Flute

Helix

20° Helix

30° Helix

40° Helix

45° Helix

End Type

Single End

Double End

Center Cutting

Ball Nose

Coating

Aluminum Titanium Nitride

Titanium Nitiride

National Aerospace Specification

NAS 986

Drills

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.

Material

High Speed Steel

Cobalt

Carbide Tipped

Micrograin Carbide

Coating

Titanium Coated

Aluminum Titanium Nitride

Titanium Nitride Point

Drill Point

90° Point

118° Point

118° Split Point

118° Blend Thinned Point

120° Point

130° Point

135° Split Point

140° Point

Treatment

Bright

Bright & Black Oxide

Bronze Oxide

Black Oxide

National Aerospace Specification

NAS 907