HSS Bright Finish NPS Hand and Machine Intermediate Tap HSS taps provide a high hardness to toughness ratio Manufactured from HSS this general purpose tap is designed for use in medium tensile materials and is for hand or general machine use
Pipe taps are much shorter than a similar size of regular hand tap, but the design features are the same. National Pipe Straight (NPS) – Parallel – made to American Standards). Used for free-fitting mechanical joints where thread sealing is not required. Intermediate Taps have a lead of four threads and are used in most general purpose applications to cut a thread true to a pre-drilled pilot hole, making it a reliable machine tap.
