Ricky Payling, application specialist at Dormer Pramet, provides advice to support tapping stainless steels.
When tapping stainless steels, tool life can be increased by pre-drilling the hole 0.1 mm larger than recommended.
This will reduce torque levels encountered during threading which, in turn, increases tool life and performance.
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