Straight Flute Tandem Taps

WESTport manufactures Special Straight Flute Tandem Taps for customers who require maximum thread accuracy, production efficiency, and long tool life in demanding machining applications. Designed to combine roughing and finishing operations into a single tool, Straight Flute Tandem Taps reduce machining time while producing highly consistent internal threads. As part of WESTport's Special Taps product line, each tool is custom manufactured to meet your exact specifications, making it an ideal solution when standard catalog taps cannot satisfy your application requirements.

Every WESTport Straight Flute Tandem Tap is manufactured from premium High-Speed Steel (HSS), cobalt, powdered metal, or carbide materials selected specifically for your workpiece material and production environment. Precision grinding ensures accurate thread geometry, smooth cutting action, and excellent dimensional repeatability throughout the life of the tool. Whether you require Unified, Metric, ACME, pipe thread, or another specialty thread form, our engineering team can manufacture custom taps from customer drawings, samples, or engineering specifications.

The tandem design features a roughing section followed by a finishing section that completes the thread in a single pass. This configuration reduces cycle time while maintaining outstanding thread quality and dimensional consistency. Straight flute geometry makes these taps well suited for applications where chip control can be managed effectively and where maximum rigidity and strength are required. WESTport can also customize chamfer styles, overall lengths, coatings, shank configurations, thread lengths, and other critical design features to optimize tool performance for your specific manufacturing process.

Our Special Straight Flute Tandem Taps are used throughout aerospace, automotive, hydraulic, energy, medical, heavy equipment, and general industrial manufacturing. Whether you're producing prototype components or running high-volume CNC production, WESTport delivers precision tooling engineered for repeatable performance, exceptional durability, and dependable results.

Since 1989, WESTport has supplied manufacturers worldwide with precision quality assurance products, custom thread tooling, calibration services, and metrology solutions. Our commitment to engineering excellence, responsive customer service, and precision manufacturing has made WESTport a trusted partner for custom threading solutions.

Benefits

• Combines roughing and finishing into one tool
• Reduces machining cycle time
• Produces highly accurate, repeatable threads
• Excellent dimensional consistency
• Long tool life
• Custom engineered for your application
• Improves production efficiency
• Ideal for prototype and production manufacturing

Typical Applications

• CNC machining centers
• Through-hole threading
• Automotive components
• Aerospace manufacturing
• Hydraulic components
• Tool and die manufacturing
• Industrial machinery
• Heavy equipment
• OEM production
• Precision machined components

Technical Information

Straight Flute Tandem Taps utilize two cutting sections within a single tool. The first section progressively roughs the thread, while the second section finishes it to the final size and tolerance. WESTport custom manufactures these tools to match your workpiece material, thread form, production volume, and machining process. Optional coatings, special chamfers, modified thread geometries, and custom dimensions are available to maximize tool life and machining performance.

Why Choose WESTport?

Since 1989, WESTport has been a trusted supplier of precision thread gages, calibration services, hardness testing equipment, metrology products, and custom threading solutions. Our experienced engineering team works directly with manufacturers to develop tooling that improves productivity, extends tool life, and consistently produces precision threads. From one-piece prototypes to large production runs, WESTport delivers dependable quality, technical expertise, and responsive customer support manufacturers rely on.