
Cutting angle and Chamfer relief angle θ: Cutting angle γ: Chamfer relief angle
Chordal Hook Angle Rake Angle Tangential Hook Angle
| Cutting angle of hook face. | Cutting angle of rake face. | Cutting angle of hook face. |
| The angle between the center line passing | The angle between the center line passing | The angle between the center line passing |
| the cutting edge and the straight line linking | the cutting edge and the straight line linking | the cutting edge and the straight line tan- |
| the cutting edge with the thread root. | the cutting edge with thread root. | gent to the rake face on the cutting edge. |
Thread relief S: Indicator drop for thread relief
Concentric-unrelieved Con-eccentric thread relief Eccentric thread relief
(A)
(B)
| No relief exists at land. Start (A) and heel (B) | Radial relief in the thread form starts at the | Radial relief in the thread form starts at the | |
| of thread land have same concentricity. | back of a concentric margin. | cutting edge and continues to the heel. | SPECIAL |
THREADS, GAUGES Land A The amount of cut portion
Please refer to the pictures shown. For the taps with MILLS Land D 4 fl utes and 3 threads chamfer, the cutting operation progresses in order from the edge of A1, B1, C1, D1… Land B Land A A2, B2…A4. Tap end is usually smaller than the size of bored hole, and A1 may not make any cutting operation. DIES Land C
Land B t: Amount of cut portion per blade
Land C
Land D
Tapping direction Bored hole diameter