Taper Pin Specs

Standard inch sized taper pins have a taper on diameter of 1 48 while metric ones have a taper of 1 50.

Taper pin specs.

It is highly recommended that prior to reaming one or more drills should be used to reduce the amount of material to be removed. The closest fractional equivalents of the metric drills are also listed if the metric drills. A taper pin is a fastener used in mechanical engineering. A 1 48 taper means that one end of a 4 foot long bar 48 inches will be 1 inch smaller in diameter than the other end or a 1 4 inch taper over a.

To install create a tapered hole using a taper pin drill bit that matches the pin number. These dimensions are calculated by multiplying the nominal length of the pin by 0 2083 and subtracting the result from the desired pin diameter. They are steel rods with one end having a slightly larger diameter than the other. The width on the small end of taper pins is considered a function of the length and should be specified as a reference dimension for determining the drilled hole size.

Choose a reamer size below to reveal its specifications as well as the recommended drills. Breaking strength is measured as single shear which is the force required to break the pin into two pieces. Taper pin reamer specifications. 800 476 4849 170 aprill drive ann arbor michigan 48103 usa.

Max min max min 6 0 0 078. Steel pins have good strength.