Product category:
Tapping, chasing and thread rolling tools, attachments
News Release from: North American Tool Corporation | Subject: 'QC' Cost Cutter quick-change drill/tap
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 15 December 2003
Combination drill and tap tool saves
time, costs
Quick-change, hex drive combination drill and tap are ideally suited for on-site tapping in maintenance and repair, assembly and production where one pass drill/tap saves time and costs.
North American Tool Corporation has introduced the 'QC' Cost Cutter, a unique quick-change, hex drive combination drill and tap These quick change drill and taps are ideally suited for on-site tapping in construction, maintenance and repair, assembly, production, and other environments where one pass drilling and tapping saves time and costs
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 8 Jun 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The 'QC' Cost Cutter line is available in various styles of boxed and pouch sets.
Set contents can be customized to fit specific applications with drill and tap tooling, quick change chuck, extension, as well as other specified 1/4in hex drive bits.
'QC' Cost Cutters are designed to perform two operations - drill and tapping - in one pass, making them a truly unique hex drive tool.
The drill is designed with a split point, which eliminates the need for center drilling/punching.
The 'QC' Cost Cutter is made for through-hole tapping applications.
* Tap size range: inch: 4-40 through 3/8-24, metric: M4 X.7 through M10 X 1.50.
* Sets include: (1) auto-insert/lock-out quick change chuck with 3/8in shank; (1) quick-change power bit extension; fits all 1/4in hex products.
North American Tool Corporation, an ISO 9001:2000 Registered manufacturer, is a world class supplier of precision cutting tools to the many facets of the metalworking industry.
The company operates special thread tool facilities in South Beloit, IL, Costa Mesa, CA, USA and Rotherham, England; and also has two subsidiary operations, the Gaylee Corporation and Bitner Tooling Technologies, both located in Sterling Heights, Michigan, USA.
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