No more broken screws with Cryo Ex-Tract from NCH

NCH Europe has launched Cryo Ex-Tract, an extraction system designed to remove sunken or sheared-off screws, studs and bolts. Applications include broken fasteners in flanges, casings, cylinder heads, sumps and gearbox housings.

The system features three parts. The first is Cryo Ex-Tract end-mills, a range of five end-mills manufactured from Cryophase-treated tungsten carbide, and involves freezing the product cryogenically to harden it. With a speed rating between 17,000 and 22,000 rpm, the end-mills can machine metals with a hardness of 50 HRc, and bolts up to and including grade 12.9.

The second part is Cryobit LH 135, a range of Cryophase-treated drill bits with a left-handed flute and 135° split-point geometry. The final part is a range of hardened steel, straight fluted tap-in extractors that can bite into materials of up to 58 HRc.