Tapping Vertical & Horizontal in Heat-Treated Alloy Steel with a FlexArm
Watch a GHM-60 Hydraulic FlexArm easily tap 1 1/4" holes in heat-treated alloy steel both vertically and horizontally with the multi-position head.
Watch a GHM-60 Hydraulic FlexArm easily tap 1 1/4" holes in heat-treated alloy steel both vertically and horizontally with the multi-position head.
Watch the FlexArm Hydraulic Tapping arm tap a 1 1/4" hole in a steel clevis part with special fixturing.
Tangible Solutions was tired of breaking taps and were ready to free up the CNC for other parts, so they're tapping offline with a FlexArm tapping arm.
Eliminate extra time spent external threading by hand or in the lathe with a FlexArm solution that guarantees perpendicularity and precise accuracy.
A potential customer wanted to know whether or not a FlexArm tapping arm could tap some laser-cut holes in stainless steel, so they sent in their parts for us to perform a tap test. As you can tell, the GH-18 Hydraulic FlexArm had no problem with these holes.
A prospect was looking to free up their 5-axis machines by tapping offline. They are tapping into aluminum with a 7/8" full torque tap, while also tapping at 10.5- and 15-degree angles.
In this Tap Test, we tested out the GH-60 Hydraulic Tapping Arm for Flexitallic by chasing threads in some huge nuts with a 3" tap.
FlexArm offers two main types of tapping arms: pneumatic and hydraulic-driven. But the question is, which one is better? Well, it depends on your situation.
We had a customer send in some nuts for us to tap, so we put the GH-60 Hydraulic FlexArm tapping solution to the test.
See how more efficient your shop can be by tapping offline instead of thread milling. By tapping offline with a FlexArm tapping solution, you can tap faster, get more parts through your shop, and put your operators to work.
Learn how RockRabbit Guitars will cut their machine time in half by tapping 18 holes in their titanium part with a FlexArm instead of thread milling.
Watch how easy it is for the pneumatic A-32 FlexArm tapping arm to tap these engine blocks for Paccar Engine Company.
Watch us use an A-32 Arm 400 RPM tested in plastic.