Threads, threading tools, manufacturing processes
Whether you want to start with the design of a threading tool or manufacture a designed tool: PTM supports you comprehensively, starting with the geometric description and the process parameterization. The individual information for tool production is provided by intelligent post-processors.
Thread
Fastening thread
- Standard and special threads
- Bolt and nut thread
Pipe thread
- Standard and special threads
- Internal and external thread
- Cylindrical and conical design
Motion screw thread
- Ball screws, spindles and nuts
- Trapezoidal thread
- Saw thread
- Special thread
Transport thread
- Pump and compressor rotors
- Extruder screws
- Conveyor and transport screws
- Profiles according to customer specifications
Thread manufacturing processes supported in PTM
Machining, with geometrically defined cutting edge
- Profile milling, single or multi-groove
- Whirls, single or multi-grooved
Machining, with geometrically undefined cutting edge
- Profile grinding, single or multi-groove
Forming process
- (Smooth) Rolling
Tools for thread production
with geometrically defined cutting edge
- Thread milling cutter, single or multi-groove
- Whirling tools, single or multi-grooved
with geometrically indeterminate cutting edge
- Profile grinding wheels, single or multi-groove
Forming tools
- Rolling rollers, revolving or inclined
- Taps
Manufacturing method for threading tools
Soft machining with geometrically defined cutting edge
- Slot milling
- Profile milling
- Profile relief-turning
- Whirling
Hard grinding with geometrically undefined cutting edge
- Slot grinding
- Profile grinding
- Profile relief grinding
- Profile grinding of thread formers (non-circular grinding)
- (Index) generating grinding