Fasteners for Furniture and Panel Manufacturing
Particleboard gives you one chance to seat a screw, and the underhead geometry decides whether the panel face survives.
What the job demands
Flat-pack and cabinet production drives screws into chipboard and MDF at high speed, often without a pilot hole. A thread that wedges instead of cutting splits the board edge; a countersunk head without ribs drags the laminate up as it seats. In an automated line, a screw that needs a second pass is a line stoppage, not an inconvenience.
How the range answers it
The chipboard screws use a double countersunk head with ribs under the flange to cut the panel face clean, and the serrated versions interrupt the thread to reduce driving torque. Square and Torx drives hold an automatic feed bit far better than Phillips, which matters when the driver is on a robot arm rather than in a hand.
Supply pattern
Furniture manufacturers usually want a stable finish for colour matching across batches. Yellow zinc is the standard for this family, with black oxide and phosphate available where the fixing is visible.
Screws we supply into this sector
Concrete Screw with Serrated Thread
Hardened concrete screw with an interrupted serrated thread for direct fixing into masonry.
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Square Hole Chipboard Screw with Serrated Thread
Copper-coated chipboard screw with a square drive and a serrated cutting thread.
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Yellow Zinc Double Countersunk Head Chipboard Screw
Yellow zinc chipboard screw with a ribbed double countersunk head for panel work.
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Oval Head Phillips Window Self-Tapping Screws
Clear zinc oval head tapping screws for aluminium and UPVC window and door frames.
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Pan Framing Head Phillips Self-Tapping Screws
Sharp-point pan framing screw with a low head for light steel framing work.
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Modified Truss Head Phillips Self-Tapping Screw
Sharp-point modified truss head screw with a wide bearing face for soft substrates.
View specificationFamilies to look at
- Chipboard and Concrete Screws – Double countersunk chipboard screws in yellow zinc, square-drive serrated versions and concrete screws for direct fixing into masonry.
- Self-Tapping Screws – Sharp-point tapping screws in oval, pan framing and modified truss heads for window frames, light steel framing and sheet assemblies.
Fastener schedule for furniture and panel manufacturing
Send the schedule or the drawing list. Standard and non-standard sizes are quoted on the same terms and samples are free.