Screw Thread Manufacturing

By S K Mondal

Processes, Machines and Tools Used For Producing Screw Threads

(a) Machining (b) Rolling (c) Grinding

Thread Cutting
External
Threading on a lathe Threading on a NC lathe With a die held in a stock (manual) With an automatic die (turret lathe or screw machine) or NC lathe By milling By Grinding

Internal
Threading (on a lathe or NC lathe) With a tap and holder (manual NC, machine, semiautomatic, or automatic) With a collapsible tap (turret lathe, screw machine, or special threading machine) By milling

Thread Cutting on Lathe

Can cut both external and Internal thread

Thread cutting is a formcutting operation an accurately shaped tool is used (with zero rake)
The lead screw and the split nut, which provide

positive motion of the carriage relative to the rotation of the spindle.

Cutting Threads with Dies

Straight and tapered external threads can be cut quickly manually by means of threading dies. Dies are made of carbon or high-speed tool steel

(a) Solid threading die; (b) solid-adjustable threading die

Thread Tapping
Cutting internal thread by a multiple-point tool is called thread tapping, and the tool is called a tap. A hole of diameter slightly larger than the minor diameter of the thread must already exist.

The flutes on tap create cutting edges on the thread profile and provide space for the chips and the passage of cutting fluid. Taps are made of either carbon or high-speed steel and coated with TiN.

Thread Milling
Highly accurate threads, particularly in larger

sizes, are often formmilled. Either a single or a multiple-form Cutter may be used. The milling cutter is tilted at an angle equal to the helix angle of the thread and is fed inward radially to full depth while the work is stationary.

 Grinding can produce very accurate threads, and

Thread Grinding

it also permits threads to be produced in hardened materials. A single-ribbed grinding wheel is employed, but multiple-ribbed wheels are used occasionally. Centerless thread grinding is used for making headless sets screws.

Thread Rolling
Thread rolling is used to produce threads in substantial quantities. Cold-forming process operation in which the threads are formed by rolling a thread blank between hardened dies that cause the metal to flow radially into the desired

shape. Chip less process, fast and economical. Mechanical properties are good.

GATE - 2003
Quality screw threads are produced by (a) Thread milling (b) Thread chasing (c) Thread cutting with single point tool (d) Thread casting

IES 2011
External threads can be produced by : 1. Rolling 2. Grinding 3. Milling (a) 1 and 3 only (b) 1 and 2 only (c) 2 and 3only (d) 1, 2 and 3

IES 2010
For producing both internal and external screw threads, the method used is (a) Thread chasing with multiple-rib chasers (b) Thread milling and multiple-thread cutters (c) Thread tapping with taps (d) Die threading with self-opening die heads

IES - 2007
Screw threads are produced on solid rods by using which of the following? (a) Dies (b) Punch (c) Mandrel (d) Boring bar

ISRO-2011
Which of the following screw thread is adapted for
power transmission in one direction (a) Acme threads (b) Buttress threads (c) Square threads (d) Multiple threads

ISRO-2010
Internal and external threads can be produced
on tapered surfaces conveniently by

(a) Universal milling machine

(b) Plano miller

(c) Planetary milling machine

(d) lathe

IES - 2012
The differential screw is used in a (a) Turnbuckle (b) Micrometer (c) Vernier Caliper (d) Coupler

IES - 2012
Multistart threads are used to get (a) Smaller linear displacement (b) Larger linear displacement with assured self locking (c) Larger linear displacement with no guarantee of self locking (d) None of the above

IES - 2012
Which of the following screw threads is adopted for power transmission in either direction (a) ACME threads (b) Square threads (c) Buttress threads (d) Multiple threads