Delring press fit tolerancing
Delring press fit tolerancing
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I have plastic (Delrin) pins that need to be press fit into holes on a fiberglass plate. How do I determine the tolerance for this? I assume the tolerance will be different than for metal press fit. Epoxy could be used as well, but would prefer to stick with a permanent press fit tolerance.





RE: Delring press fit tolerancing
I am fairly certain epoxy will not work on Delrin. Delrin has a low coefficient of friction. I would not consider any press fit with it, to be reliable. Fibreglass is not a homogenous material, making any hoop stress analysis way more interesting than you need it to be.
I would look into some other design. Could your pins snap into the holes?
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RE: Delring press fit tolerancing
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RE: Delring press fit tolerancing
Look into surface preparation of the Delrin, either chemically or mechanically to give the epoxy something to bond to.
I once got creative with gluing magnets into Delrin where I made it a stepped through hole countersunk on the far side. When bonding made sure the csk's were filled with the epoxy - so kind of cast a riven in place.
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RE: Delring press fit tolerancing
RE: Delring press fit tolerancing
RE: Delring press fit tolerancing
Will depend if the pins are installed by the machine shop or similar creating an inseparable assembly or if they are installed in a completely separate step.
This way the machine shop can optimize the fit - in extreme cases even measuring individual pins and reaming the hole to suit (may not be an issue with Delrin which as you point out will probably deform more).
Bad thing is it makes final inspection more of a challenge.
Look at the FAQ link I gave above - for non standard combinations of materials or other non standard situations look up tables may not be suitable/applicable and some math may need to be done. Even on the ANSI standard fits you need to consider the insertion forces/pull out forces/resultant stress etc. unless they explicitly list certain material combinations that I don't think from memory they do.
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RE: Delring press fit tolerancing
Take the time to find out how it was really assembled then. I wouldn't be surprised if it was not made to drawing.
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RE: Delring press fit tolerancing
Tapping the holes and screwing the pins in probably would be easier, especially if he uses a lock nut from the opposite side. There are a whole lot of problems with press-fit delrin pins into FRP.
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RE: Delring press fit tolerancing
RE: Delring press fit tolerancing
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