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Self-tapping screw

A self-tapping screw is a screw that can tap its own hole as it is driven into the material. More narrowly, self-tapping is used only to describe a specific type of thread-cutting screw intended to produce a thread in relatively soft material or sheet materials, excluding wood screws. Other specific types of self-tapping screw include self-drilling…

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Mechanism

Screw headCase-hardenedFluteHardnessNail
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Self-drilling screws

Center drillThreadingAssembly linesRoofing
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Thread-forming vs. thread-cutting

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Mechanism

Thread-forming vs. thread-cutting

Self-drilling screws

Applications

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Self-tapping screw

Nodes28
Edges27
Triples28
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.071429
Components1

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Self-tapping screw

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related to Mechanism · 4
Self-tapping screw → Common, For, Self-tapping, Thus
related to Sheet metal screw · 4
Self-tapping screw → Pan-head, Parker Kalon, PK, Sheet
related to Self-drilling screws · 3
Self-tapping screw → Some, Tek, These
related to Thread-forming vs. thread-cutting · 3
Self-tapping screw → Self-tapping, Taptite, Thread-forming
has application · 2
Self-tapping screw → DIY, Self-tapping
related to Surgical · 2
Self-tapping screw → Dental, Different
is a · 1
Self-tapping screw → screw that can tap its own hole as it is driven into the material

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self-tapping screws screw thread metal tip tap hole material wood applications thread-cutting sheet self-drilling used materials cutting one drilling type

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Self-tapping screwis ascrew that can tap its own hole as it is driven into the material0.90text
metal or hard plasticsinstance ofoften case-hardened.For hard substrates0.80text
the self-tapping ability is often created by cutting a gap in the continuity of the thread on the screwinstance ofoften case-hardened.For hard substrates0.80text
generating a fluteinstance ofoften case-hardened.For hard substrates0.80text
cutting edge similar to those on a tapinstance ofoften case-hardened.For hard substrates0.80text
wood or soft plasticsinstance ofFor softer substrates0.80text
the self-tapping ability can come simply from a tip that tapers to a gimlet pointinstance ofFor softer substrates0.80text
the Tek screw brandinstance ofSelf-drilling screwsSome self-tapping screws0.80text
are also self-drillinginstance ofSelf-drilling screwsSome self-tapping screws0.80text
which means that in addition to the thread-forming section there is also a fluted tip much like the tip of a center drillinstance ofSelf-drilling screwsSome self-tapping screws0.80text
Self-tapping screwhas applicationSelf-tapping0.60section
Self-tapping screwhas applicationDIY0.60section

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