KATO® — Tangless® CoilThread Inserts & ToolsKATO introduced Tangless inserts to the market over 20 years ago. Utilizing a ramped driving notch on the inside diameter of the first coil on each end of the insert, the Tangless insert eliminates the need for a traditional “tang” and the tang removal process.

If you don’t have tangs, you don’t have to worry about removing them, or losing them!

KATO is proud to offer products in the following categories:

4Tangless CoilThread Inserts 4CoilThread Inserts 4Electric Tools 4Air Tools 4Hand Tools 4Taps and Gages 4Kato-Kits 4Hexatorq Hinges

KATO’s advanced nano manufacturing techniques enable them to make the world’s smallest Tangless insert yet!Once again, KATO defines the cutting edge in the helically coiled screw thread insert industry with the introduction of the M2X.4 Tangless CoilThread Insert. As technology moves forward, things get progressively smaller and more powerful. As a result, and in response to this trend, KATO utilized advanced nano manufacturing techniques to develop the M2X.4 Tangless CoilThread insert.

The new M2 Tangless CoilThread Insert is currently available in free-running 1, 1-1/2, and 2 diameter nominal lengths. STI taps, STI gages, Installation, and Removal tools are also available . KATO offers the Hex Electric (2KHE Series) and the Round Electric (2KRE Series) tools for either manual or electric installation and increased productivity.

With an OD as small as 2.5mm, and a wire cross-section as small as 0.274mm by 0.389mm KATO M2 Tangless CoilThread Inserts are the world’s smallest Tangless insert yet!

The All New CoilThread Inserts & Tools Design Manual is Here…The all new KATO CoilThread Inserts & Tools Design Manual isn’t simply an update of the KATO catalog. It’s an improvement. Everything is new. The KATO CoilThread Inserts & Tools Design Manual is by far the most comprehensive catalog on helically coiled inserts and tools available anywhere!

KATO has added more technical information, cross references, and images than ever before. The new KATO CoilThread Inserts & Tools Design Manual is much more than your typical product catalog, it’s a technical design and engineering manual.

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