Part of that is probably because we’ve gotten so good at making them that they’re seen as cheap commodities, but the physics and engineering behind the screw thread is interesting stuff.

These fasteners have been designed to assemble unconventional materials, such as ultra high-strength steel and bioplastics.

And thanks to the threads, the rod can't back off on its own. A number of the most common clamps are screw clamps, including ...

The screws were FDM printed in PLA, ten in total, each identical in diameter, length, and thread pitch, but with differing wall thicknesses and gyroid infill percentages. Each was threaded into ...