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Yes, absolutely! You can reference my channel name: Corey @ Smithreps

Haha you are correct in a few instances. Some companies do run their machines 24 hours, 7 days a week and have weekend shifts and overnights scheduled. This is not too common, as it does require a person to be present and aware if there are issues with the machine. If there are machines running overnight or on the weekend, it's usually when there's an important deadline, an emergency (such as when ventilators were needed during the pandemic), or it's temporary and they are trying to lower their backlog. More often than not, companies run their machines during normal business hours.

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It's pretty nuts, isn't it?

No, not necessarily. It’s mostly the material and the operator who are major contributors to poor product

Galvanizing is a secondary process. It is a plating that protects the base material from corrosion. There are a few ways of galvanizing, the most common being "hot dipped aka HDG" (dipped in molten zinc) and the other being "mechanically galvanized", which is an electroplated process

Chun zu

There are a number of manufacturers all over the world who make cold forming machinery. Chun Zu is one as mentioned already, but that's one of many. National Machinery is one of, if not the, largest

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Not yet, but it was just discussed within my team. What kind of course would be beneficial for you?

The slug can be many materials, so not always steel. The die is made of a specially hardened steel known as "tool steel". The dies are harder than the materials, and only materials that can be cold-formed will be ran through the machine. Others will be heated up and then struck with a die (known as hot forging or hot heading), where the heat makes the material more malleable. You may be confusing the "drive" with the "head" of a screw. The drive is the recess where the phillips, slotted, or other is engaged and then used to drive the screw into the material. The drive is located on the head of the screw. In either case, the "flaking" happens when the material that the screw is made out of is not as hard as the drill bit or screwdriver being used to install the part. Same will happen to the tool if the screw is a harder material than the screwdriver/drill bit. Hope that helps!

Thanks! There are circumstances where threads are cut/machined instead of rolled. This is done for myriad reasons, mostly based on the type of material and application. Cutting threads weakens the shank (where the threads are) as opposed to rolling threads which maintains its strength. It's all a matter of the grain structure of the material.

I think I came from the same video lol 😂 The guy titled it "how screws are made" and it was just a useless collection of scenery in a factory. I bet his like:dislike ratio is horrible - he has his comments disabled. This is why we need to be able to see the ratio... I've watched 2 utterly useless videos since yesterday and wasted who knows how much time. Too bad TH-cam wants so badly to suppress information from the public 😐

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Most machines that make flatheads can make many other styles (panhead, countersunk, etc). Typically flatheads are used in situations where the head needs to sit flush to a surface, as much as possible. Every aspect and feature of a screw or bolt is there for a specific reason.

It depends on the material and speed at which each manufacturer runs their machines. Also, there are single die and multi die operations, which would also change the lifespan of a die set. Furthermore, a die set is just that - multiple segments used to create the fastener, all of which wear at different rates. Generally speaking, a good range would be 40,000 - 60,000 strokes before the die needs to be replaced, again based on material, fluid, pressure, speed, and configuration

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Flange bolt heading process is a “multi-blow” operation. See my video on “cold heading” which explains the process for cold forming bolts such as flange bolts.

A lathe.

Could have been another cold-forming machine lol. But I get what you’re saying. It’s very likely what the comment above 👆 said - a lathe. Original machines were held together with nails. Later screws were made by hammering out the head and shank and filing the threads by hand. Whole families would take on this task to “mass produce” early screws.

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