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    A screw is an externally helical threaded fastener capable of being tightened or released by a twisting force (torque) to the head. The most common uses...
    65 KB (6,078 words) - 18:34, 8 May 2024
  • At a minimum, a screw drive is a set of shaped cavities and protrusions on the screw head that allows torque to be applied to it. Usually, it also involves...
    96 KB (9,923 words) - 07:24, 2 May 2024
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    The pentalobe security screw (Apple nomenclature), or pentalobe screw drive, is a five-pointed tamper-resistant system used by, but not limited to, Apple...
    12 KB (1,191 words) - 05:32, 15 April 2024
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    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...
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    Henry F. Phillips (category Screws)
    Oregon. The Phillips-head ("crosshead") screw and screwdriver are named after him. The importance of the crosshead screw design lies in its self-centering property...
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    Sex bolt (redirect from Post and screw)
    book screws or book binding screws, Chicago screws, or Chicago binding screws and posts, connector bolts, female screws, posts and screws, screws and posts...
    5 KB (606 words) - 09:16, 9 March 2024
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    Screw piles, sometimes referred to as screw-piles, screw piers, screw anchors, screw foundations, ground screws, helical piles, helical piers, or helical...
    7 KB (917 words) - 18:50, 2 March 2024
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    Cochliomyia (redirect from Screw-Worm Fly)
    perpendicular to the skin surface, eating into live flesh, again resembling a screw being driven into an object. The larvae then continue to feed on the wound...
    31 KB (3,695 words) - 21:37, 15 May 2024
  • A rotary-screw compressor is a type of gas compressor, such as an air compressor, that uses a rotary-type positive-displacement mechanism. These compressors...
    27 KB (3,476 words) - 10:47, 19 March 2024
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    A screw press is a type of machine press in which the ram is driven up and down by a screw. The screw shaft can be driven by a handle or a wheel. It works...
    3 KB (479 words) - 23:13, 2 November 2023
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    Comfort, and filled with orange juice is a "sloe comfortable screw" or "slow comfortable screw".: 153  A screwdriver with one part of sloe gin, one part...
    12 KB (1,136 words) - 04:01, 2 April 2024
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    Screwdriver (redirect from Screw driver)
    powered, used for turning screws. A typical simple screwdriver has a handle and a shaft, ending in a tip the user puts into the screw head before turning the...
    30 KB (3,643 words) - 10:46, 19 May 2024
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    A screw-cutting lathe is a machine (specifically, a lathe) capable of cutting very accurate screw threads via single-point screw-cutting, which is the...
    12 KB (1,525 words) - 22:12, 24 April 2024
  • This is a list of types of threaded fasteners, including both screws and bolts. "Aspen Fasteners". "Tricks of the Trade". Motorcycle Mechanics. 2 (12)...
    21 KB (225 words) - 01:22, 2 March 2024
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    or locate, guide, and provide clearance for a self-threading screw in wood or plastic to prevent damaging the material or breaking the screw. A pilot hole...
    5 KB (634 words) - 07:34, 23 April 2024
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    An interrupted screw or interrupted thread is a mechanical device typically used in the breech of artillery guns. It is believed to have been invented...
    5 KB (647 words) - 15:05, 4 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Roller screw
    A roller screw, also known as a planetary roller screw or satellite roller screw, is a low-friction precision screw-type actuator, a mechanical device...
    16 KB (2,150 words) - 18:03, 20 March 2024
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    A screw turbine (also known as an Archimedean turbine, Archimedes screw generator or ASG, or Archimedes screw turbine or AST) is water turbine that converts...
    11 KB (1,219 words) - 07:43, 12 April 2024
  • A bleed screw is a device used to create a temporary opening in an otherwise closed hydraulic system, which facilitates the removal of air or another...
    5 KB (602 words) - 09:16, 30 November 2023
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    Computer case screws are the hardware used to secure parts of a PC to the case. Although there are numerous manufacturers of computer cases, they have...
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