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There are many other Phillips-like but not Phillips head designs in common use, including: Pozidriv, used on many devices manufactured in the EU. Phillips ACR
by buildsjets 4y ago
There are many other Phillips-like but not Phillips head designs in common use, including:
Pozidriv, used on many devices manufactured in the EU.
Phillips ACR which is Phillips with extra ridges for more torque/less stripping
Frearson is used in fine woodworking screws
MorTorque is used in some aerospace applications. Rolls-Royce jet engines are covered with them.
Offset Cruiciform, AKA Torq-set, aka Nazi Screws, were previously common in aviation but are not typically used in new commercial design.
As usual wiki has a pretty decent article. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_screw_drives#Cruciform_drives https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_screw_drives#Cruciform...
They missed the offset cruciform tho. https://www.phillips-screw.com/drive_systems/torq-set/ https://www.phillips-screw.com/drive_systems/torq-set/
- Oxidation 4y agoThey didn't miss it, it's near the end under tamper-resistant for some reason.
- blep_ 4y ago"Tamper-resistant" usually just means "normal people won't have a screwdriver for it".
- daltonlp 4y agoFrearson is also used in most marine applications: https://fairwindfasteners.com/blogs/news/reed-prince-frearson-drive-vs-phillips https://fairwindfasteners.com/blogs/news/reed-prince-frearso...