
25. Trouble Shooting
Undersize cutting of internal thread Bad surface, surface damaged Improve cutting Improve cutting
Selection and design of tap Work material Prevent welding Check cutting condition
performance performance
- Check workmaterial. Use workpiece which has
even structure and hardness.
- Pay attention to tapping Pay attention to tapping
position and material thick- position and material thickness. ness.
●Adopt bigger bored hole.
- Prevent work hardening of material.
●Prevent work hardening. ●Provide bigger bored holes. Prevent slanting of hole.
Feed according to pitch.
●Use the tap holder of floating type. ●Prevent vibrating of axis of tap ●Prevent centering-off with work piece. ●Reduce cutting speed.
- Provide proper timing for changing or filling-up of cutting oil.
- Prevent mixing of other oil into cutting oil.
- Use other cutting oil which prevents cold welding.
- Use cutting oil of insoluble type.
- Adjust flow of cutting oil and method of lubrication.
Remove unnecessary chips
- Provide Nitride on taps. Use oversiza taps. Use spiral pointed taps Provide oxide coating on Use oil hole taps.
(for through hole). taps.
- Provide larger cutting angle. Adjust relief angle on cutting Provide larger cutting angle.
- Reconsider length of cutting
Change of no. of flutes on
chamfer. taps. chamfer.
- Adjust relief angle on cutting chamfer.
- Provide thread relief.
Provide more narrow margin.
- Increase re-sharpening Provide better surface frequency. finishing on flutes.
- Increase re-sharpening frequency.
●Provide precise re-sharpening. ●Be careful about burning during re-sharpening.