Stainless Steel Adjusting Screw

Cold Heading of a Stainless Steel Adjusting Screw for the Water Sprinkler Industry
Cold Heading of a Stainless Steel Adjusting Screw for the Water Sprinkler Industry
A client in the water sprinkler industry needed a company with the expertise to re-engineer and convert their adjusting screw fabrication process from screw machined to cold headed. With over 45 years manufacturing precision parts for customers in various industries, C&L was up to the challenge. We consulted with their engineers to design the part from the ground up for form, fit, and function. We designed the tooling, and handled 90% of the tooling fabrication in house. This is a flat head screw, designed for use with a Phillips head screwdriver.
The part was fabricated primarily using our 2 die 3 blow cold header, manipulating 0.1395" diameter, 302 stainless steel round wire into the specified finished dimensions of 0.805" long with a 0.0164" diameter shank. Tightest tolerance of ± 0.007" was held throughout. Additional thread rolling was also performed, followed by cleaning and prep for packaging. The customer requested specialized packaging of 26 lb. bags, which we readily accommodated.
As with all of the products fabricated in our ISO 9000:2008 certified facility, this adjusting screw was constructed in compliance of a number of industry standards, including ANSI B18.6.3 1998 requirements for flat head screws. This screw was tested for accuracy and functionality, with dimensional testing and visual testing carried out as well as analyzing all critical dimensions with SPC software., We currently ship 5 - 10 million units annually across the USA, with turnaround times of 10 - 12 weeks. For more details about this screw machining process or to discover more about converting your machined part to the cost effective process of cold heading, please see the table below or contact us directly.