Calculates, designs, and checks clevis pin joints for pin strength, minimum diameter, and part materials.
Clevis pins are used for detachable, rotating connections of mechanical parts. As a rule, these connections transfer only transversal forces acting perpendicularly on the clevis pin axis. Clevis pins are generally fitted with a clearance to form coupled connections (rod-clevis couplings). Clevis pins can also be used for short axles of pulleys, travel wheels, and so on. The H11/h11, H10/h8, H8/f8, H8/h8, D11/h11, D9/h8 fitting methods are most frequently used. Connecting clevis pins should be secured against axial movement by means of cotter pins, flexible safety rings, nuts, adjusting rings, and so on. Standardized clevis pins are produced in versions with or without heads, in which case they are provided with holes for cotter pins.