Evaluation of tensile strength of machined and formed threads into holes manufctured by friction
Machined Threads, Flow drilling, Tensile Strength, Friction.
Threads are fastening elements of great importance in the assembly of mechanical components. The mechanical industry uses thread profiles and standardized diameters to assemble machines, parts of devices, and other equipment. Among the standard metric thread diameters, M6, M8, and M10 are the main ones, with the M8 diameter being the most used. Therefore, the objective of this work was to measure and compare the maximum tensile load supported by M6x1.00mm internal threads in an aluminum alloy AA 7075-T6, with 1, 3, and 5 threads fillets, manufactured by the machining and forming processes. Screws with 12.9 grade were used to analyse the tensile strength of threads with a displacement speed of 1 mm/min and the dimensions of the specimens with an external diameter of 22 mm and thickness of 2.00 and 3.00 mm. After the tests and the necessary analyses, it can be observed that the machined threads presented more excellent resistance in aluminum AA 7075-T6. On the other hand, the threads manufactured by the conventional drilling process for opening machined and rolled threads showed the highest strengths in the tensile tests. In addition, it can be concluded that the screw used was able to withstand the stresses applied to the thread in AA 7075-T6 aluminum machined and laminated with 5 thread fillets.