How do use self tapping screws?

Self-tapping screws are commonly used hardware accessories during the furniture installation process. How do use self tapping screws?

★Types of self-tapping screws

There are many types of self-tapping screws. Generally, the head is thick and the material is also divided into different types, such as stainless steel, carbon steel, aluminum, copper, titanium, and other self-tapping screws. There are also a lot of head types, such as pan head, countersunk head, button head, and so on.

The difference between self-tapping screws and ordinary screws is that self-tapping screws are used for non-metallic or softer metals without the need for bottom holes and tapping.

★Use of self-tapping screws

1. Self-tapping screws can be used for fixing wall panels. Self-tapping screws can be screwed into wall panels and drilled.
2. Self-tapping screws are to be constructed by special power tools, drilling, tapping, fixing, and locking self-tapping screws. The self-tapping screws are mainly used for the connection and fixing of some thin plates, such as the connection of color steel plates and color steel plates, the connection of color steel plates with purlins and wall beams.
3. Self-tapping screws are mostly used for the installation of doors and windows.
4. Wall panel self-tapping screws are used for the connection between gypsum wallboard and metal keels. The thread is a double-ended thread, and the thread appearance also has high hardness. It can be screwed into the keel quickly without forming a pre-made hole, and then the connection is made.

★ Note on the use of self-tapping screws

Should choose the appropriate tap and the fair amount of cutting is the hub of the quality of tapping.

In the process of self-tapping, if the tap is broken, the workpiece can be eroded in a nitric acid solution, and the high-speed steel cone can be quickly eroded without scrapping the workpiece.

The exact choice of taps will have a completely different effect on the tapping effect, attacking the hole, tapping a hole, or completely attacking.

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