Screw with separate thread helix and integral thread start

Abstract

A screw including a shank having a tip end and a rear end, which is located opposite the tip end, and at least one screw thread, which is arranged on the shank, which winds around the shank and which protrudes from the shank, wherein the screw thread includes a separate screw thread section, which is constituted by a separate helix element that is non-monolithically arranged on the shank. The at least one screw thread includes a thread start, which extends further towards the tip end than does the separate screw thread section, and which forms a generally helical continuation of the separate screw thread section, wherein the thread start and the shank are monolithic.

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