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Shear Pin Material

Shear Pin Material

Shear Pin Material

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We are currently using a Ø.248 shear pin made from 1215 carbon steel (ASTM A108/UNS G12150), hardness is around 80 HRB.  It is shearing anywhere from 60,000-65,000 psi.  We are looking for a new pin that will shear sooner.  I would like to sample some different materials that will lower this shear strength, so we can best fit this to our part.

Thanks for any help offered,
James

RE: Shear Pin Material

Spirol low carbon steel pins should be closer to (40 to 50) ksi shear stress.

http://www.spirol.com

Regards,

Cory

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RE: Shear Pin Material

While not quite down to your scale, I've had the same problem with 1" shear pins.  Previous bar stock was cold drawn to finished diameter, we just machined clip grooves each end.  Solution was to machine the full pin out of larger diameter hot rolled bar - we had some 2" stock on the shelf.  A lot more work per pin, but we only needed 10 pins for the job (including 2 test samples).  Took the shear strength from >55ksi to around 30ksi.

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RE: Shear Pin Material

If you use 1008 basic wire, your shear strength will be considerably lower.  Don't have the specs handy at the moment.

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