Tap Series for Cast Iron, Aluminum
OSG Tap & Die offers additional tap sizes ranging from M16 to M24 in its Exotap-DC series.

Premium Tap Series for Machining Titanium Alloys
The ExoPro-Ti premium tap series from OSG Tap & Die is designed for machining titanium alloys.

Tooling Event Opens New OSG Facility
The new facility near Chicago is dedicated to research and development and promoting communication in the tooling community.

Point Geometry Drives Drilling Efficiency
The Hy-Pro Carb drill from OSG Tap and Die helped make the difference in this shop’s efforts to reduce cycle time enough to win a bid for high-production medical parts.

Fully Committed to Zero Stock Machining
Milling critical mold surfaces to final size (or even a “tenth” undersize) literally leaves no margin for error. This takes absolute confidence in every aspect of the machining process, as well as absolute confidence that the results are worthwhile.

Expanded Shrink-Fit Toolholder Line Improves Efficiency
OSG Tap & Die has expanded its Hy-Pro holder series to maximize performance and efficiency.

Taps Feature Coolant-Through Capabilities
OSG Tap & Die has added coolant-through capabilities to its Hy-Pro HXL, VXL and RXL series for increased chip control.

Forming Tap Series Stably Machines Range of Materials
OSG Tap & Die’s Exopro-S-XPF and Oil-S-XPF tap series are designed for stable machining and prolonged tool life in a range of materials.

Indexable Tools Designed for Rough Milling, Finishing
OSG Tap & Die’s Phoenix series of high performance indexable tools are designed for rough milling and finishing in a variety of applications.

Coolant-Through Drills Boost Metal Removal Rates
OSG Tap & Die has added coolant-through capabilities to its Hy-Pro Carb 3D and 5D drill series.

OSG Establishes Aerospace Division
Cutting tool manufacturer OSG Tap & Die has established a new division dedicated to aerospace industry manufacturing.

Three-Flute Cutters Enable Faster Drilling
The three-flute, coolant-through Mega Muscle drill is designed specifically for drilling at feed rates 1.5 to 2 times faster than a two-flute drill.

Mold Shop Finds Tool Performance Outweighs Price
This moldmaker sought to reduce costs to compete with low-cost overseas manufacturers. While purchasing relatively expensive, high-performance tools might seem counterintuitive, resulting improvements in cycle time and tool life more than made up the difference.

High Accuracy Thread Gages
OSG offers a series of high-precision, standard thread limit gages designed to inspect the pitch diameter and the functional thread for internally threaded products.

Variable Geometry End Mill
OSG Tap & Die’s HY-PRO CARB VGx variable geometry end mill is designed for chatter-free, high-performance machining of a range of materials.

Carbide End Mills Drills and Routers
The Quality Carbide Tool line from OSG features the VG Variable Geometry end mills; HP Drills 3D & 5D; and Aero Routers for aerospace composites.

Performance Drills for a Variety of Materials
The HY-PRO CARB 3D and 5D drills from OSG feature point and flute geometry designed to reduce thrust forces and chip size, which enables higher feeds and metal removal rates.

Coated End Mills Increase Tool Life
OSG Tap & Die’s Exocarb WXS end mills are designed for milling 54 to 70 HRc at high speeds.

Routers For Milling Composites
 OSG’s two Exocarb-Aero routers are designed to mill carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) and other composites.

Variable-Design End Mills
OSG’s Exocarb Aero UVX variable index and variable helix end mills couple positive edge geometry with a variable helix design. The end mills can achieve more consistent, chatter-free milling versus common variable-design end mills, the company says.

Coolant-Through Carbide Drills
OSG’s coolant-through carbide drills are available with WD1 coating, which inhibits the wear on the shoulders and margin, or TiAlN coating. Two flute lengths are available: Exocarb-FTO 5D and Exocarb-FTO 3D.

Deep Drilling Without Pecking Or Through-Tool Coolant
These drills enable machine tools to create holes with L:D ratios as high as 20:1 without pecking and without through-the-tool coolant delivery.

High Speed Drills Eliminate Exit Burrs
 OSG’s Nexus, part of the Vanadium series of high speed drills, features a 40-degree helix and a sharp, thinning point designed to reduce work hardening, improve finish and eliminate exit burrs. The series features WD1, the company’s latest coating technology for drills. Higher oxidation temperatures, better adhesion strength and elevated hardness allow the drills to run faster without shortening tool life, the company says.

Cobalt HSS Drill For Deep-Hole Drilling
For deep-hole drilling, the company offers the Helios 15D and 20D cobalt HSS drills. The drills can process deep holes without the use of an internal coolant supply and without pecking. The flute design improves chip evacuation, making it feasible to drill as much as 20 × D without pecking.

Ball End Mill with Higher Removal Rates
OSG is proud to introduce the new Blizzard® Ball End Mill as an addition to their popular Blizzard® line of end mills. Refined geometry and ultra-smooth flute gullets make the Blizzard® Ball the ideal choice for rough and finish contouring in Aluminum. In-house testing versus the competition yielded 45% higher metal removal rates in roughing and superior finishes when finishing, further reinforcing the Blizzard® name as the only name in Aluminum machining.

Form Taps Eliminate Chip-Packing
OSG is forming the future with OSG Form Taps.   Form taps displace the work material rather than removing it, thereby eliminating the most common cause of tape failure known as chip-packing.   Versus cut threads, OSG forming taps produce smoother and stronger threads at faster speeds.

Hard Milling Made Easy
Hard milling just got easier with the expansion of the WXS®.   WXS® is now offered in new sizes: List 4440: (Square, Regular Length, Multiple Flute) Entire new fractional size offering!List 4410: (Ball Nose, Regular Length, 2 Flute) Entire new factional size offering!List 4592: (Rib Processing, Corner Radius, Stub Length, 2 Flute) Entire new metric size offering!Also, the patented nano-technology coating on the WXS® increases productivity and tool life versus TiAIN coating in materials up to 70 HRC.   The WXS® coating has a higher oxidation temperature to permit higher spindle speeds, which leads to faster cycle times.

HY-PRO PIPE Taps
OSG is proud to present the new HY-PRO PIPE Taps.   The HY-PRO can be used on a wide range of materials.   This new tap has many features and benefits including; HSSE material for increased wear resistance, eccentric relief for reduced cutting torque and heat generation, slow spiral for efficient chip evacuation, interrupted thread for reduced cutting torque, and TiCN coating for increased surface hardness and wear resistance.

Milling for Wet and Dry Applications
OSG is creating “A Milling Evolution” with the new EXOCARB® - WXL®!  The evolutionary, brand-new substrate, geometry, and coating have led to new benchmarks for productivity and tool life. The WXL® is 3x’s more durable in wet and dry applications.   Plus the WXL® can handle a wide range of materials with 3x’s greater wear resistance.

The Tap Breakage Solution
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Threaded Fasteners for the Aerospace Industry
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Drill Deletes Delamination In CFRP
Composites are becoming increasingly common in aerospace applications, and machining new materials can be a challenge for shops used to cutting metal. One such substance, carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP), can be difficult to drill because tools often “push” through the material rather than executing a cle

CAM Software Is The Driving Force
Doug Noxell knew he had the right software for machining to zero, so he created a shop to add the rest of the capability.

The Hard-Milling Imperative
A job shop that specializes in hard milling shows why this technique is becoming indispensable for mold manufacturers. Hard milling allows mold components to be machined in the hardened state, thus skipping several expensive and time-consuming processes such as electrical discharge machining and hand polishing. Hard milling requires a certain type of machining center, tool holding system and programming software. The requirements for each of these elements are explained.

Handle With Care
Micro-size drills and end mills don’t have to be difficult to use.

End Mill Designed For Chip Removal

Thread Mills For Exotic Materials

Bigger Cutters For Small Mills
This cutting tool manufacturer has developed a lighter, more compact face milling cutter that is available in 80-mm, 100-mm and 125-mm diameters for 30-taper machines.

• Video: Hard Pocket Milling

  Relieved end mills and pre-machining of corners are two important considerations for accurate pocket machining in hard steel.

• Exit-Side Drill Penetration Without Delamination

  Slow-motion video shows the effect of a micograin tool coating in drilling CFRP.