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…

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…

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…

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,…

Three new pins for clevis heads are now available from norelem, a supplier of more than 45,000 standard parts and machine elements. The new pins include: 1. Model27621-01, with a groove for securing shafts using a lock washer for DIN 6799 shafts. Alternatively, users can apply a KL or SL retainer. 2. Model27621-02, with a groove…

By Dr. Jody Muelaner Grooved pins are solid pins with grooves running axially along their surface. The grooves are swaged, which displaces material and increases the diameter of the pin. When the pin is forced into a hole, the grooves close — giving grooved pins more elasticity than dowel pins. Knurled pins behave in a…

By Dr. Jody Muelaner A pin joint is a connection between two objects that allows only relative rotation about a single axis. All translations as well as rotations about any other axis are prevented — the joint therefore has one degree of freedom (1-DOF). A pin joint is formally called a revolute joint in kinematics…