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Applications | Mechanical Pin Solutions

Durable Pin Solutions for Mechanical Applications

Bead Electronics has a long history of manufacturing hollow pins, solid wire pins and pin assemblies for mechanical applications. Our swaged pins deliver superior performance at a fraction of the cost of machined pins, making them ideal for automotive, telecom, aerospace, industrial and medical applications. 

Benefits

With this expertise, we are well-equipped to support your mechanical component requirements. The benefits of Bead Electronics’ swaged pins are:

Cost-Effective

We offer an economical alternative to the high cost of machined components and the long lead-time and expensive tooling for custom stampings. Our hollow pins (also called tubular) use less materials than mechanical pins, making them lighter and more cost-effective for our customers.

Customizable

With custom connectivity options based on connector size, pin shape, base metal and plating, mounting options and more, Bead Electronics makes it easy to create the right pin for the job.

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Sample Applications

Mechanical Stop Pin
This simple, functional, and elegant low cost solution is a .0400" black oxide brass stop pin, mechanically staked to the back of the display panel.
Connector Guide Pin
A cost effective and lightweight .1450" alignment pin. This stainless steel tubular pin is press fit into the connector body thanks to the feature at the end of the pin. Bead leverages a scrape-less process to provide a cost effective component that is lighter and uses less material.
Hollow Pins used as Hinge Pins
These .02250 pins use less material and are thus more cost effective. In this application they are used like a rivet, mechanically attached to the sheet metal, allowing it to act like a hinge pin. Louvers on air handlers are installed on these pins and can be adjusted as needed.
Solid Wire Pins
Solid wire pins can be used as a mechanical stand off as well as an electrical contact pin. In this application our customer uses this .0400 square wire pin as a mechanical stand off between the PCBA and their enclosure.

 

Collaborative Design Solutions

We’ll work with your design team to optimize the pin design for your assembly process including pin insertion, packaging (e.g. tape & reel & other requirements). Send Bead your requirements and our engineering team will turn them into a working custom solution. With our unique manufacturing and processing capabilities, our engineering team is able to design, tool and produce custom solutions very quickly with minimal non-recurring engineering (NRE) charges.

 

Are you looking for a custom component supplier who can deliver pins to your specifications? Are you unsure which metal fabrication process would best suit your needs?

The answers to these questions and more can be found in this whitepaper. We detail exactly what swaging is, how it can benefit you, and how we put it to work for our customers.

Download your free copy here

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Contact Us

Bead Electronics invites you to advance your technology with our precision-crafted mechanical pins, designed for resilience and efficiency. Connect with us today to explore how we can enhance your product’s connectivity solutions.