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HEX SELF-DRILLING SCREWS

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A Self-Drilling Screw is a Self-Tapping Screw with the added feature of a drill point. The drill point looks a lot like the point of a drill. It will drill a hole and form the mating threads in one operation.

Various Head Styles and types are available in different materials for use in a number of applications.

Materials.

 Carbon Steel

Stainless Steel AISI-304

 

Stainless Steel AISI-316

 

Bi-Metal – SS-304 with Carbon Steel Drill point.

Bi-Metal  self-drilling tapping screws that provide the corrosion resistance of 300 series stainless steel and the efficiency of drill screws. Such screws avoid the shortcomings of each of these materials.

The whole screw is protected with a silver slide coat. This coating not only adds additional corrosion protection it also reduces the screw in resistance.

This screws can be used for up to two sheets of 1.00mm stainless steel (2.00mm total thickness). The hardened point cuts through the steel then the 304 screws are designed to last a long time without corrosion and can also be used with 316 sheet or cladding. This is a much better option than either a carbon steel screw or a 410 stainless screw that will be at risk of corrosion.

They are suitable for use in both steel and aluminum.

 

Stainless Steel AISI-410

 

FINISH/COATING

Zinc Electroplated

Class-3 Coating

Passivated

 

HEAD TYPES

Hex with Flange

As per DIN-7504K

Use with EPDM washer for roofing to provide a leak-proof fixing.

Download Datasheet

 

 

 

 

Special Considerations

Flute Length – The length of the flute determines the thickness of the metal that the self-drilling screw can be used on. The flute is designed to extract the drilled material from the hole.

If the flute gets blocked, the cutting will stop. Simply put, if you are attaching thick pieces of material together then you will require a self-drilling screw with a flute to match. If the flute becomes blocked and no action it taken to clear the same, the drill point is likely to overheat and fail.

 

Drill-Point Material is generally plain carbon steel which is less stable at high temperatures than equivalent high-speed steel (HSS) drill-bits. To reduce wear on the drill point, fasten using a drill motor rather than an impact driver or hammer drill.

High Temperature Stability affects how quickly the drill point fails due to the heat generated by the drilling operation. Refer to the troubleshooting guide at the end of this section for some visual examples.

Drilling Temperature is directly proportional to motor RPM, applied force, and work material hardness. As each value increases, so does the heat generated by the drilling operation.

Reducing Applied Force can increase durability and allow the drill point to penetrate thicker materials (i.e., remove more material before failing due to heat buildup).

Reducing Motor RPM can improve performance in harder materials by allowing the user to push harder during the drilling process and extending the life of the drill point.

Winged and non-winged – It is recommended to use self-drilling screws with wings when fastening wood over 12 mm thick to metal.

The wings will ream a clearance hold and keep the threads from engaging too early.

When the wings engage with the metal they will break off allowing the threads to engage into the metal. If threads engage too early this will cause the two materials to separate.

 


CAUTION – It is a common error in assuming that Stainless Steel Self Drilling Screws will drill into steel. However, that is not the case. To provide corrosion resistance, stainless steel self-drill screws are made from AISI-304 or AISI-316 grades. These cannot be hardened and therefore the drill point can only drill into softer materials like Aluminium. ….more


Self-drilling screw trouble shooting guide

Failure Type Cause of failure
Flutes chipped
Flutes chipped
Too much force was used when driving the screw in
No drilled hole
No drilled hole
Multiple reasons for failure which include: material too hard, driver set to reverse or
the drill point is blunt which could be due to handling or a manufacturer
defect.
Flute melted
Flute melted
Too many RPMs used or the material was too hard which resulted in the flute melting
Melted point
Melted point
Material too hard or too much force has been applied
Drill bit split
Drill bit split
Too much force was used when driving the screw in

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