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thread-forming screw [2 records]

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Record 1 2009-05-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metal Fasteners
  • Rough Carpentry
CONT

There are two types of self-tapping screw: a thread-forming screw which forms its mating thread by displacement rather than by the removal of any material (this can be used only with materials sufficiently soft to allow this) and a thread-cutting screw which cuts its mating thread. Both types are driven with the aid of a pilot hole.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Clouterie et visserie
  • Charpenterie
Key term(s)
  • vis auto-taraudeuse formant le filet
  • vis auto-taraudeuse par formage du métal

Spanish

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Record 2 2007-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metal Fasteners
  • Building Hardware
DEF

A screw with a specially hardened thread that makes it possible for the screw to form its own internal thread in sheet metal and soft materials when driven into a hole.

OBS

There are two types of self-tapping screws: a thread-forming screw which forms its mating thread by displacement rather than by the removal of any material (this can be used only with materials sufficiently soft to allow this) and a thread-cutting screw which cuts its mating thread. Both types are driven with the aid of a pilot hole.

Key term(s)
  • thread-forming screw
  • thread-cutting screw

French

Domaine(s)
  • Clouterie et visserie
  • Quincaillerie du bâtiment
DEF

Vis à extrémité légèrement conique, dont le filetage taraude [...] le trou dans lequel on la visse.

OBS

Ne pas confondre la vis autotaraudeuse avec la vis à métaux qui doit être vissée dans une pièce femelle à filetage identique (qui peut être l'écrou); souvent confondu à tort avec la vis taraudeuse, la vis Parker en est un type particulier.

Key term(s)
  • vis auto-taraudeuse
  • vis auto-fileteuse
  • vis fileteuse

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Clavos y tornillos
  • Artículos de ferretería para la construcción
DEF

Tornillo que forma el fileteado por deformación plástica.

OBS

Se utiliza principalmente para ensamblar piezas de chapa, por ejemplo, carrocerías de automóviles.

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