SPIROL, a global manufacturer of precision-engineered components for fastening and joining, now offers its Slotted Spring Pins for purchase online, which include: SPIROL Standard Metric Slotted Pins SPIROL Standard Inch Slotted Pins ISO 8752 Slotted Pins A slotted pin is a general-purpose, low-cost component used in numerous fastening applications. Compressed as it is installed,…
Mill-Max offers new Omniball spring-loaded pin contact line
Mill-Max Manufacturing Corp., Inc. announces new additions to its Omniball spring-loaded contact product line with solder tail and solder-cup versions, offering options for different termination requirements. The unique Omniball spring-loaded contact (patent-pending) features a rolling ball interface, enabling mating components to engage in lateral, rotational, and angular alignments — while providing optimal electrical, mechanical, and…
JW Winco offers new rapid-release pins
JW Winco has developed the new, lockable stainless steel rapid release pins GN 314 for greater security against accidental release or manipulation. Pins may appear like simple components, but the standard parts specialist has consistently demonstrated that this type of standard part can still be improved on in plenty of ways. For example, the recently…
Mill-Max introduces high-current, small-scale spring-loaded pins
Mill-Max Manufacturing Corp., Inc. has announced the development of new spring-loaded pins delivering high-current carrying capacity in a small form factor. They are ideal for charging applications and directly delivering power via cable or board-to-board interconnects. The reduced size makes them attractive for use in dense, low-profile packaging designs. This new product offering is available…
What are pins?
Written by Jody Muelaner There are several distinct types of fastener, which may be referred to as a pin. These include small headless nails, sharpened pins used for holding fabrics while sewing, attaching paper to pin boards and the like, and several types of mechanical fasteners. Pins are an unthreaded mechanical fastener, which are designed…
What are spiral pins?
Written by Jody Muelaner Spiral pins are also referred to as coiled spring pins or, simply, coiled pins. They are a type of spring pin, typically produced by rolling a sheet of sprung steel into a spiral to form a pin. They’re used to provide enhanced strength, flexibility, and fatigue resistance. Spiral pins have a…
JW Winco offers enhanced assembly pins
Assembly pins are certainly not a new invention but JW Winco has taken this universal standard part and improved it. The standard parts specialist has been able to enhance developed parts, according to an application, and combine them with other standard securing parts. Stainless steel assembly pins from Winco’s GN 2342 series are available in…
What are dowel pins?
Written by Jody Muelaner There are many types of pins used as fasteners. At its simplest, a dowel pin is just a solid cylinder of material, which is inserted through a hole. When a dowel pin is inserted through concentric holes in two or more components, it locates and holds them together. A slight interference…
JW Winco offers new indexing plunger
The new JW Winco standard part GN 817.6 offers the familiar basic functionality of a proven indexing plunger but with the key addition of an integrated sensor. This reports the position of the plunger pin by means of an electrical signal over a cable connection terminating with an M8 standard connector. The three-wire signal transmission…
How to install a coiled spring pin
This article comes from SPIROL International Corporation and is written by Jeff Greenwood, product sales engineer at SPIROL. To read the full white paper, please click here. Coiled Pins were designed with assembly in mind. Compared to other pins, their square ends, concentric chamfers, and lower insertion forces make them ideal for easy installation. Additionally,…