If you want to get the best out of your UN thread tap or any other thread taps that you are using in your manufacturing unit, it is important to keep to the best practices. Here are some of the thread tap best practices for the users. By following these best practices, you will be able to increase the life of the thread taps and avoid unnecessary breakage of thread taps in the components when tapping thread.

In the manufacturing process, thread is tapped at the end of the manufacturing cycle. This could however, add to the risk factor and it could result in the unnecessary damage of the products that are being manufactured. In order to minimize such damages, it is important to have strict usage protocols. You should already be having such protocols if you are using thread taps. In case such protocols are not in place yet then you need to immediately have strict usage protocols in place.

One of the important conditions in your protocol should be that the thread taps should be used only by someone fully trained and qualified. Untrained personnel should never be allowed use metric tap or UN thread tap. This is for safety reasons and to prevent damages to your products when tapping thread.

Before selecting the thread taps, careful review should be conducted about the nature of the thread to be tapped. This requirements review will help you establish what type of thread taps are to be used. Depending on the material used, thread taps are selected. Not all types of taps are suitable for all materials. Different metals and materials respond differently to the tapping process. It is important to take into account such responses too when selecting the thread taps. When you fail to pay attention to such details then you will select the wrong thread taps. It could lead to breaking of the tap when tapping threads.

Choosing the wrong hole size is also a mistake. These are not things one would handle in a random fashion. The quality of the threads tapped will be affected if the optimal hole size is not selected. You need to decide all these factors before ordering the custom thread taps. The nature of the product you are manufacturing and the component in which the thread is tapped will determine the specification of the holes and the other tapping details.