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2. Torx - Wikipedia

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   A security Torx L-key and fastener with holes for a safety pin to hinder disassembly with an ordinary Torx key. A Torx T8 screw head on a hard disk drive. Torx (pronounced / t ɔːr k s /) is a trademark for a type of screw drive characterized by a 6-point star-shaped pattern, developed in 1967 [1] by Camcar Textron. [a] A popular generic name ...

3. List of screw drives - Wikipedia

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   An external Torx screw has a projecting head in the shape of a Torx screwdriver bit (instead of a standard recessed cavity); a Torx socket is used to drive it. The external "E" Torx nominal sizing does not correspond to the "T" size (for example, an E40 socket is too large to fit a T40, while an E8 Torx socket will fit a T40 Torx bit [ 68 ] ).

4. Computer case screws - Wikipedia

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   Sometimes a Green Robertson or Torx drive is used instead. All three patterns may also be combined with a slot for a flat-blade screwdriver. Usually they are provided with a 1/4 in (0.25 inches (6.4 mm)) flanged hex head. Non-standard metricized 5.5 millimetres (0.22 in) flanged hex heads can also be encountered.

5. Torque screwdriver - Wikipedia

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   A torque screwdriver is a screwdriver with components that ensure tightening to a specified torque, ensuring tightening which is sufficient, but not excessive. An insufficiently tightened screw connection may loosen in operation, and excessive tightening can damage parts; for example, if the nuts holding the wheel of a car in place are too ...

6. Robertson screw - Wikipedia

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   Screwdriver bits in different sizes for Robertson screws When Henry Ford tried the Robertson screws, he found that they saved considerable time in Model T production. When Robertson refused to license the design, Ford realized that the supply of screws would not be guaranteed, and chose to limit their use to his Canadian division.

7. Screwdriver - Wikipedia

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   The tool used to drive a slotted screw head is called a standard, common blade, flat-blade, slot-head, straight, flat, flat-tip, [6] or "flat-head" [7] screwdriver. This last usage can be confusing, because the term flat-head also describes a screw with a flat top, designed to install in a countersunk hole. Before the development of the newer ...

8. List of screw and bolt types - Wikipedia

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   A socket cap screw, also known as a socket head capscrew, socket screw, or Allen bolt, is a type of cap screw with a cylindrical head and hexagonal drive hole. The term socket head capscrew typically refers to a type of threaded fastener whose head diameter is nominally 1.5 times that of the screw shank diameter, with a head height equal to the ...

9. Set screw - Wikipedia

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   On a shaft, this may be simply a flattened area. A set screw may have any type of drive, such as hex or square head, slot, or recessed --- cross (Phillips), hex (Allen), star (Torx), or square (Robertson). In the UK, the term "set screw" or "setscrew" refers simply to a bolt which is fully threaded, with no smooth shank; called cap screw in the US.