Self-tapping screws have five main characteristics

Self-tapping screws are more advanced than ordinary hardware screws. The drilling of self-tapping screws does not require tapping holes. The screws used are different from the general ones. It's a bit like, you can screw in directly without tapping. Metal and plastic usually use this method. There are many types of self-tapping screws, but they have the same characteristics, and there are five main characteristics.

1. Generally, it is made of carburized steel (accounting for 99% of the total products). It can also be made of stainless steel or non-ferrous metals.

2. The product must undergo heat treatment. Carbon steel self-tapping screws must be carburized, and stainless steel self-tapping screws must be solid solution hardened. In order to make the self-tapping screw meet the mechanical performance and use performance required by the standard. (Guide: Knowledge of Fastener Burr Treatment)

3. The product has high surface hardness and good core toughness. That is soft inside and rigid outside. This is a major feature of the performance requirements of self-tapping screws. If the surface hardness is low, it cannot be screwed into the matrix; if the core toughness is poor, it will break when screwed and cannot be used. Therefore, the inner flexible and outer rigid are self-tapping screws to meet the performance requirements.

4. The surface of the product needs surface protection treatment, usually electroplating treatment. The surface of some products needs to be treated with phosphate (phosphating). Such as: wallboard self-tapping screws are mostly phosphated.

5. Produced by cold heading process. It is recommended to use high-speed cold heading machine and high-speed thread rolling machine or high-speed planetary thread rolling machine to ensure product quality. The head of the self-tapping screw produced in this way is well formed and the thread quality is high.

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