A screw is a shaft with a helical groove or thread formed on its surface. Its main uses are as a threaded fastener used to hold objects together, and as a simple machine used to translate torque into linear force. It can also be defined as an inclined plane wrapped around a shaft.
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Modern screws employ a wide variety of drive designs, each requiring a different kind of tool to drive in or extracting them. The most commonly used screw drives are the slotted and Phillips; hex, Robertson, and torx which are also common in some applications. Some types of drivers are intended for automatic assembly in mass-production [...]
