Thursday, March 13, 2014

Pilot Locator Guide System

The HTS Follow Along style tapping units offer many advantages when In-die tapping.  Two of which are increased production speed and elimination of longer stripper travel normally associated with standard tapping units.  These advantages are derived by starting the tapping process before the strip is down on die level requiring feeders to be accurate to avoid tap breakage from misaligned feed progression.

Misalignment with modern feeders usually is not an issue due their accuracy; however, there are times when it is advantageous to assure correct strip alignment with a physical pilot.  Complex forms on a part or heavier strip applications are a couple such instances.  It is for these applications that we introduce our new Pilot Locator Guide System.  This system pneumatically advances pilots into the strip before the tap enters to insure the tap is aligned with the hole to be tapped.  The Pilot System is mounted in the tapping station below the tapping head in order to assure correct alignment and movement with the strip as it moves to die level.


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