BALAX, INC.
NORTH LAKE, WI

ially", giving rise to the company's name, BALAX Thredfloer Taps, with their low torque capabilities, soon found acceptance among US manufacturers across the country. Balax has since added other metalworking tools to its product line, including Thredshaver Cutting Taps, and Thread Gages. All manufacturing processes are done in house at Balax, including blank making, heat treating, shank and square grinding, fluting, thread grinding and surface treatments. Balax also maintains a fully equipped tapping laboratory to test new design concepts for tapping torque, tapping speed, tool geometry, coolant or lubrication performance, pretap hole sizing, and material compatibility. A BALAX, INC. GUIDE TO TAPPING IN THE 21ST CENTURY At Balax, we recognize the increased demands placed on our customers for improved quality and lower production costs.  To accommodate these needs, you will find in this catalog new generations of high performance tools that will lead to "least cost tapped hole" by providing increased tool life, less machine downtime, and better thread quality.  This catalog reflects our commitment to serve our customers by providing skillfully engineered, high quality, state of the art products made in the USA. In-Stock Thredfloer and Thredshaver are optimized to tap a specific material with geometry and coatings engineered to provide maximum results. Balax has introduced other important design features to its standard tap product lines that increase tap consistency and benefit tap life and productivity: Balax, inc. Tapping Laboratory Balax is fully equipped to evaluate your future tapping projects and to help you make the decision whether to cold form or cut thread your part.  Working with your part prints and actual material being tapped, Balax will provide you with the correct recommendation for pre-tap hole size, tapping torque, tapping speed, and tap lubrication.  Based on all of this information, Balax will design and manufacture the optimum tap that will allow you to successfully production tap your parts from the very beginning. For five (5) decades, Balax Inc, has been designing and manufacturing quality Thredfloer Cold Forming Taps and Thredshaver Cutting Taps in North Lake, Wisconsin. All our products are manufactured utilizing in-house operations that include blank making, heat treating, shank and square grinding, fluting, thread grinding and surface treatment. Balax operates its factory three shifts, five days a week in order to provide prompt delivery. This question is for testing whether you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.