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  2. Screw extractor - Wikipedia

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    The screw is first drilled out to the proper diameter for that extractor. The extractor is then inserted into this hole and turned in the direction opposing the stuck screw's original one, usually using a tap wrench. As the extractor is turned, the flutes on the tool dig into the screw, causing it to lock tightly and withstand the applied ...

  3. Riveting machine - Wikipedia

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    This action causes the end of the rivet to roll over in the rollset which causes the end of the rivet to flare out and thus join the materials together. Impact riveting machines are very fast and a cycle time of 0.5 seconds is typical. Example of a 4-step orbital rivet Diagram of how an orbital riveting works

  4. CNC riveting - Wikipedia

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    The main advantages of this type of CNC riveting machine are that it can use a variable minimum distance between rivets, and rivets of different length or heights can be used. High flexibility and change over time due to programmable memory. It can process many workpieces and different rivets can be used in one operation.

  5. Tap and die - Wikipedia

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    Tapping may either be achieved by a hand tapping by using a set of taps (first tap, second tap & final (finish) tap) or using a machine to do the tapping, such as a lathe, radial drilling machine, bench type drill machine, pillar type drill machine, vertical milling machines, HMCs, VMCs. Machine tapping is faster, and generally more accurate ...

  6. Rivet - Wikipedia

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    Riveting machines; Pin hammer, rivet set; Rivets small enough and soft enough are often bucked. [20] In this process, the installer places a rivet gun against the factory head and holds a bucking bar against the tail or a hard working surface. The bucking bar is a specially shaped solid block of metal.

  7. Screw conveyor - Wikipedia

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    The first type of screw conveyor was the Archimedes' screw, used since ancient times to pump irrigation water. [ 1 ] They usually consist of a trough or tube containing either a spiral blade coiled around a shaft, driven at one end and held at the other, or a " shaftless spiral ", driven at one end and free at the other.

  8. Screw - Wikipedia

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    An assortment of screws, and a US quarter for size comparison A wood screw: a) head; b) non-threaded shank; c) threaded shank; d) tip The six classical simple machines. A screw is an externally helical threaded fastener capable of being tightened or released by a twisting force to the head. The most common uses of screws are to hold objects ...

  9. Screw mechanism - Wikipedia

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    Animation showing the operation of a screw. As the screw shaft rotates, the nut moves linearly along the shaft. This is a type called a lead screw. A machine used in schools to demonstrate the action of a screw, from 1912. It consists of a threaded shaft through a threaded hole in a stationary mount.