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self-tapping

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self-tapping
adj
(Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) (of a screw) cutting its own thread when screwed into a plain hole in a metal sheet


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The unit comes with the self-tapping screws or bolts that you will need for this task.
Millions of self-drilling and self-tapping screws are used every year in North America alone.
We bolt the slider plate and the side guides to the conveyor body with grade eight fasteners rather than with self-tapping screws.
 
 
 
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