In American English, a set screw is a screw that is used to secure an object, by pressure and/or friction, within or against another object, such as fixing...

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...

keeps the screw from being driven deeper than its length; an exception being the set screw (aka grub screw). The cylindrical portion of the screw from the...

place with set screws. In pursuit of headless set screws with a better drive than a straight slot, Hallowell said, SPS had sourced set screws of square-socket...

ambiguous as it is also used for the Torq-set screw drive. Various models of the iPod Classic include pentalobe screws on its Toshiba hard drive. The first...

itself to easy installation. The first mass-produced shaft collars were set screw collars and were used primarily on line shafting in early manufacturing...

This is a list of types of threaded fasteners, including both screws and bolts. "Aspen Fasteners". "Tricks of the Trade". Motorcycle Mechanics. 2 (12)...

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...

Standardization (ISO) was set up in 1947.[citation needed] The "M" designation for metric screws indicates the nominal outer diameter of the screw thread, in millimetres...

the head of a screw, may be held by a metal plate forced against the wire by a screw, or may be held by what is, in effect, a set screw in the side of...

A Robertson screw, also known as a square screw or Scrulox, is a type of screw with a square-shaped socket in the screw head and a corresponding square...

his stage name DJ Screw, was an American hip hop DJ based in Houston, Texas, and best known as the creator of the chopped and screwed DJ technique. He...

A screw thread is a helical structure used to convert between rotational and linear movement or force. A screw thread is a ridge wrapped around a cylinder...

The Turn of the Screw is an 1898 horror novella by Henry James which first appeared in serial format in Collier's Weekly (January 27 – April 16, 1898)...

of 45°, requires 1/8 turn to lock. In the artillery application, the screw is set into the breechblock and mated with a partially threaded hole at the...

A ball screw (or ballscrew) is a mechanical linear actuator that translates rotational motion to linear motion with little friction. A threaded shaft...

A Screw is a single by the New York City experimental rock group Swans. The single's three songs were later appended as bonus tracks to the CD release...

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...

Screw is a pornographic online magazine published in the United States aimed at heterosexual men; it was originally published as a weekly tabloid newspaper...

often called a screw if on a ship or an airscrew if on an aircraft) is a device with a rotating hub and radiating blades that are set at a pitch to form...

A screw extractor is a tool for removing broken or seized screws. There are two types: one has a spiral flute structure, commonly called an easy out after...

drilled and tapped for a set screw. The lever design allowed him to cock the rifle by spinning it around his hand. In addition, the screw could be positioned...

to bent pushrods or burnt valves. A locknut secures the set screw-in place. Loose set screws can cause catastrophic engine failure, which has led to fatal...

solid wires are too stiff to be reliably connected with this method. Set screw connectors, clamps or crimp connectors are used instead. Ceramic twist-on...

Manufacturing Company Inc advertisement for the Allen Safety Set Screw, a brand of set screw, in the Automobile Trade Directory, January 1913. Originally...

municipality in the district of Hildburghausen in Thuringia, Germany Headless set screw, a British term GNU GRUB, the GNU project's bootloader software Grub (search...

The screw is a mechanism that converts rotational motion to linear motion, and a torque (rotational force) to a linear force. It is one of the six classical...

values – Coarse thread 3. Flat washers with specified property classes 5. Set screws and similar threaded fasteners not under tensile stresses 6. (Now withdrawn)...

continuous set of displacements. Because each of these displacements has a screw axis, the movement has an associated ruled surface known as a screw surface...

attached on both sides by screwing or sliding them directly onto the spindle, and then securing one or more retaining screws (set screws) through the knob perpendicular...