Abstract: A method for making a pointed, threaded fastener by threading, tapering and pointing in thread rolling equipment a screw blank having a cavity extending longitudinally into the blank from the end of the shank.

Abstract: A method of producing blanks and shaped articles therefrom from sheet material comprises the steps of supporting the sheet material on a blanking die having a substantially cylindrical entrance aperture, an exit aperture and an inwardly converging transition zone extending from the entrance aperture to the exit aperture. A blank is punched from the sheet using a blanking punch having a cross-sectional area less than the extent of the entrance aperture, the blank being punched out by displacing the blanking punch into the entrance aperture. The blank is formed into a shaped article by means of a second punch and die assembly wherein the exit aperture can serve as a blank holder.

Abstract: Elongated, thin wall shells are formed from substantially circular blanks cut from sheet material by steps including providing a blank in a blank holder on a die having an effective entrance and exit aperture, the entrance aperture having an extent substantially commensurate in size with the size of the blank to be drawn, the die having a cavity, the wall of which converges inwardly from the entrance aperture to the effective exit aperture. The wall connecting the entrance and exit apertures is defined by an arc of a sector of a circle, the sector having an angle in the range of 12.degree. to 34.degree.. The thin wall shell is formed by displacing the blank through the die by action of a punch.

Abstract: An improved cartridge case is fabricated from rod or bar stock formed from a billet of an alloy containing, by weight, 5.2 to 6.2% Zn, 1.9 to 2.5% Mg, 1.2 to 1.9% Cu, 0.18 to 0.25% Cr, the remainder essentially aluminum. The method of fabrication of the cartridge case from a billet of the alloy comprises a controlled sequence of steps in forming rod or bar working stock so as to ensure against the formation of coarse recrystallized grains and the consequent forming of surface cracks or checks in subsequent metal working operations which include segmenting the rod, annealing the segmented parts and thereafter forming such segments into cartridge cases by cupping and wall ironing procedures. The mouth of the case can be annealed for ease of forming a retaining groove about a projectile positioned in the mouth of the case and in some instances for providing resistance to stress corrosion cracking.