Grooved Pins

Grooved Pins

DIN 1471, DIN 1472, DIN 1473, DIN 1474, DIN 1475

Grooved pins are solid pins with three swaged grooves at 120° pitch along all or part of their length. When the pin is driven into a drilled hole of suitable diameter, the material displaced by the grooving process is forced back, to partially close up the grooves and lock the pin into place.

Grooved Pins Standards

ISO standards were introduced in 1992 but in practise have not yet replaced the DIN standards. Torqbolt stocks DIN standards but ISO can be supplied to special order. Grooved pins are also referred to by GP numbers.

DIN 1471 DIN 1472 DIN 1473 DIN 1474 DIN 1475

Advantages of Grooved Pins

  • They do not need a precision reamed hole.
  • They can have parallel grooves or tapered grooves. Parallel grooves give the pin high resistance to vibration, but need more force to insert.
  • They can be grooved on only part of the length, so that where the pin has to be firmly fixed in one part of an assembly, but be a clearance fit on the other, both parts can be drilled to the same diameter.

Grooved Pins Materials

  • Mild Steel
  • Stainless A2 (WS 1.4305)

Material Grades

  • Carbon Steel 1018, 1020, 1040, 1045
  • Alloy Steel 4130, 4140, 4142, 4340, 6150, 8620
  • Chrome Moly Steel 25CRMO4, 21CRMOV5-7, 42CRMO4, 42CRMOV4-6
  • Austenitic Stainless Steel 301, 302, 303, 304, 316, 317, 321, 310, 309, 329, 347 & 348
  • Martensitic / Ferritic Stainless Steel 403, 405, 409, 410, 414, 416, 418, 420 & 430F
  • Super Austenitic Stainless Steel 904l, 254-Smo, 253Ma, Alloy 20, Sanicro Alloy 28, Al-6xn, 310Moln, Alloy 230, Alloy 330 , Alloy 333
  • Precipitation Hardening Stainless Steel Alloy A-286, A453 GRADE 660, 17-4 PH, 15-5 Ph , 15-7 Ph, 17-7 Ph
  • Nitronic 50 , 60 ( xm-19), 30, 32, 33, 40
  • Duplex 32205 (F60), 31803 (F51);Super Duplex 32750 ( F53) , 32760 (Zeron 100), (F55), 329, Ferralium 255, 255FG46
  • Inconel 600, 601, 602, 603, 617, 625, 686, 702, 713, 718, 725, 738, 740, 783, X-750, 701, 901, 939
  • Incoloy 800, 800H, 800HT, 825, 925, 926, 945
  • Hastelloy C276, C22,C-2000,C4,B, B2, B3, G30, X, N
  • Monel Alloy 400, K-500, R405
  • Nimonic Alloy 80A, 90, 105, 115, 263
  • Titanium Grade1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,8, 9, 11, 12, 19,23
  • Nickel 200, 201
  • Copper Nickel 70/30, 90/10
  • Silicon Bronze C651, C655, C656
  • Cobalt Alloys Invar 36 / 42, Waspalloy, MP35N / 159, Stellite 3/6/12/21, Rene 41, L605
  • Molybdenum Grade 361/363/364/365
  • Durehete 900/950/1055, JETHETE X19/M152, Hiduron 130/190, Tantalum, Zircoloy, Aluminium Alloy 2024, 6061, 7075