3 mm - 0.6 Plug Tap - Hanson

The Hanson 1713 3 mm - 0.6 Plug Tap is an essential tool designed for professional automotive and industrial applications requiring precise metric threading. Crafted from durable High Carbon Steel (HCS), this plug tap is engineered for reliability in both creating new threads and repairing damaged ones. It provides a versatile solution for technicians and mechanics needing to work with metric fasteners in various materials.

Key Features

• Metric Threading: Designed to cut 3 mm diameter threads with a 0.6 mm pitch, ensuring compatibility with standard metric fasteners.
• High Carbon Steel Construction: Manufactured from High Carbon Steel (HCS) for excellent hardness and wear resistance, making it suitable for demanding hand tapping applications.
• Plug Tap Design: Features 3 to 5 tapered threads at the leading end, which aids in easy starting, alignment, and efficient thread engagement in both through and blind holes.
• Precision Ground Flutes: Straight flutes are precision ground to facilitate rapid chip removal, ensuring clean and efficient threading in various materials.
• Class 2B Thread Production: Engineered to produce Class 2B threads, ensuring a precise fit for mating components.
• Etched Identification: Each tap is clearly etched with its size and recommended drill bit size for quick and easy identification.

Applications

This Hanson 1713 Plug Tap is ideally suited for a wide range of professional tasks. It is frequently utilized in automotive repair for re-threading stripped holes in engine blocks, transmissions, and other vehicle components where metric specifications are critical. In industrial settings, it's perfect for maintenance and repair work on machinery, equipment, and assemblies, allowing for the creation of new threads or the restoration of existing ones in materials such as steel, aluminum, brass, and plastics. Its plug tap design makes it effective for general-purpose threading, especially for through-holes where the tap can pass completely through the workpiece, or for deepening threads after an initial taper tap.