Screwdriver Analysis

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Introduction:
Screwdrivers are very popular among the hand tools which we use in our daily use. But now a days the screwdriver demands hardness and higher torque values for the meeting the requirements and to compete between the manufacturers. For maintaining both torque and hardness in higher level. there are mainly three key factors for the producing the required type of screwdriver : heat treatment, material and machining processing. On the other hand the most famous type of steel used in the manufacturing of the screwdriver bit are Cr-V type of steel, material wise known as SAE6150 steel. The hardness of this material is known to be HRC52 (+ 0r - ,2) and the value of torque is about 180 - 190 kgf.cm. There are different varieties of tips for a screwdriver which include Robertson ,clutch, .Allen and Torx but very standard types of tips are flat, slotted, straight or flared.

Design Aspects of screwdriver:
The designing aspects of a screwdriver consist of a handle and a shaft. The shaft will be made of tough steel in order to prevent twisting or bending while usage. The handle can either be made with wood or rubber also with plastic. Mostly plastic material will be used for making the handle in order for better handling and for safety purpose.

Materials for manufacturing Screwdriver Tip :
Later a new variety of steel material is been used in the industry by the composition of different kinds of steel. The development of this material were used latterly in common for producing hard and high torque screwdriver, most importantly fractures cannot happened in this kind of material. The steel which we were talking about in the beginning was smelted in a high vacuum and forged to the required shape and they are welded in furth...

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... screwdriver which will result in deduction of discrete particles gradually from the material from the contacting surface of the screwdriver.

Improvements that can be made:
In manufacturing the handle we can use injection molding instead of extrusion method. Because extrusion molding method has a limitation in the types of handle it can make. Though extrusion method also can make a selective variety of handles but it will be more cost effective and time affective when compared to injection molding.

Conclusion:
A Screwdriver is a very common tool that is used to loosen or tighten a screw. Manufacturing wise this module (Material Engineering Design) gave us a different view over the materials and the tools which are made out of it. We now understand the manufacturing of things by the prospective of the design, process, assembling and failures that can occur.

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