Mechanical, construction, metal, and machine parts manufacturing industries are the ones that use industrial pins on a large scale. These industrial pins can be made from a variety of materials, including aluminum, bronze, brass, and steel.
Technicians and mechanical engineers primarily use these components to secure mechanical parts relative to one another during mechanical engineering and machine parts manufacturing. Specifically, industrial pins function by being inserted into a hole. That way, the mechanical parts won’t be able to move parallel to the pins’ shaft. These components are effective when used to counterbalance a shear force applied between two objects.
Furthermore, industrial pins come in a variety of materials, shapes, sizes, and coatings. These characteristics contribute to their overall effectiveness, strength, and proper application. Moreover, industrial pins can have two metal ends that extend beyond the holes in which they’re inserted.
As a result, it allows the ends to be bent out more comprehensively than the hole opening, creating a tension mechanism that prevents the pin from falling out accidentally.
Adding to the materials and features, industrial pins are designed with heads or self-tensioning upgrades. Their purpose is to ensure they don’t fall out of the hole where they’re inserted.
Furthermore, here is a list of industrial pins which, most widely used –
Types of Industrial Pins:
· Clevis Pins: Clevis Pins are known as cylindrical pins with a head at one end and one or more holes running through a diameter. These pins are commonly found in a Clevis fastening system having a head at one end and a through hole at the other end used for locking.
· Cotter Pins: Cotter Pins, also known as split pins is a simple fastener that is used to protect a bolt or any other rod-shaped fastener. Cotter pins consist of a narrow U-shaped part of metal with a flared and circular top. Once the cotter pin is inserted into the hole, the two ends are bent in various directions deforming the pins so they cannot easily remove from a hole.
· Dowel Pins: Dowel Pins are short cylindrical rods made of either plastic or wood. Dowel Pins are also known as similar or straight pins and are often used to keep parts in a fixed position or preserve alignment. Dowel Pins are used to attach two or more elements in machinery, construction, and furniture making.
· Spring Pins: Spring pins are also known as the most universal, economical, and time-saving because they can be installed in a single operation. Particularly, spring pins are of two types: Slotted Spring Pins and Coiled Spring Pins.
· Taper Pins: Taper pins are internally and externally threaded fasteners used to align elements that must be removed and reassembled frequently. These pins do not create much wear and tear compared to cylindrical pins.