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State of the art on internal thread manufacturing: a review

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Thread profiles can be considered as mechanical components which contributed to improving the evolution of machines and devices throughout all the history of man. The great importance of using threaded components, in industries and everyday life, is related to the versatility that allows the assembly and disassembly of components exceptionally quickly. Basically, since its invention, the threading tool has been developed, and its geometry has been optimised. Besides, new materials for tooling and coatings have been developed, allowing a significant evolution in the threading process. Thus, this article provides a review, demonstrating the evolution and the main studies in threading processes in the last 20 years, showing the main results obtained and the influence of threading in manufacturing processes. The traditional threading operations such as machining and forming tapping were contextualised, showing the main research with the advances generated in these processes. Furthermore, special internal threading processes were also revised, demonstrating the current developments and their gaps for new studies. Finally, based on this review are proposed lines of research, considering the shortcomings of the contemporary and revised works, that can increase the number of technical information for all threading processes, optimising the current way of making threads.

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The authors would like to thank the Emuge-Franken company for tooling supply.

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This study received financial support from the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq - Brazil) (grant number 423111/2016-7).

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Center for Innovation in Sustainable Manufacturing - CISM, Federal University of São João del-Rei, São João del-Rei, Brazil

    Guilherme Lopes Brandão, Pedro Márcio do Carmo Silva, Robson Bruno Dutra Pereira, Carlos Henrique Lauro & Lincoln Cardoso Brandão

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Uberlândia – UFU, Uberlândia, Brazil

    Samuel Alves de Freitas

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Brandão, G.L., Silva, P.M.d., de Freitas, S.A. et al. State of the art on internal thread manufacturing: a review. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 110, 3445–3465 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-020-06107-x

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