Knobs and pins seem like they should be straightforward items to buy, but that's not always the case, especially if you're dealing with atypical, non-standard applications. There are countless factors you need to consider when purchasing standardized parts and components, let alone something that requires custom-built parts.

Innovative Components, Inc., which recently became part of Essentra Components provides high-quality products, such as highly standardized plastic clamping knobs, spring-load, quick-release pins, lanyards, handles, thread identifiers, and various types of grips. In addition, Innovative Components is one of the market leaders when it comes to multi-material and multi-color molding and offers a wide selection of soft-touch products.

Knobs from Innovative Components

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Knobs produced by Innovative Components are designed with the end-user’s application in mind, which makes them easy to use. Additionally, they're priced competitively, just like the products from Asia..

Ball Knobs

Innovative Components offer metal ball knobs produced from solid bar stock, which are available in stainless or carbon steel, aluminum, or brass. Ball knobs diameters range from 0.75" to 1.5", featuring either an internal threading or an external fastener, depending on your needs. Of course, custom designs, sizes, and materials are also available but may take longer to produce.

Star Knobs

Star knobs are usually made of soft-touch or hard plastics, and their unique design with smooth lines and rounded edges makes them the best solution for high-torque applications. They're typically available as male, female thru, female blind, and female locking threaded versions, injection-molded using nylon, ABS plastics, and polypropylene.

Knurled Knobs

Knurled knobs come in two variants: metal knurled knobs CNC machined from stainless or carbon steel, aluminum, or brass solid bar stocks; or injection molded plastics made from polypropylene, nylon, or ABS. Metal knurled knobs are also polished to a mirror finish, making them suitable for decorative and industrial use. As with previous types, custom specifications, materials, and sizes are available.

Industrial Knobs

Industrial knobs also come in two variants, mostly depending on the application: metal pull knobs and plastic fluted knobs. Metal knobs are typically CNC machined out of brass, aluminum, stainless, or carbon steel. They're polished to perfection and feature a sleek and versatile design, with a tapped hole in either coarse or fine thread.

Industrial Pins from Innovative Components

In addition to various types of knobs and swell latches, Innovative Components also manufactures various types of pins.

Locking Pins

Locking Pins are a convenient way to securely adjust or remove accessories on your equipment. Innovative Components offers positive locking pins in five different hand styles on pins of various sizes and configurations, featuring ultimate retention and dependability.

Quick Release Pins

Quick-release pins, also known as fast pins, come with either a positive ball mechanism or a thread, granting a quick and convenient way of adjusting or removing your equipment's accessories. Quick-release pins come in all ISO standard metric or imperial sizes and all standardized configurations.

Spring loaded Pins

Also known as plunger pins, these are used in machining and metalworking applications, usually as positioners used in limited space. They're also used as loading and alignment pins, or indexing devices, as they're retractable, offering a fast and convenient way of adjusting or removing accessories on your tools, machines, or other types of equipment.

Push Lock Pins

Push-lock pins are typical positive locking pins in standardized or custom sizes and configurations. They're mostly made of metal, such as stainless steel or carbon steel, with plastic buttons that press-release and control ball action and retraction. These designs combine fast and secure fastening with quick-release removal. However, since they're easily removed, we suggest you use a wire rope lanyard to secure the pin.

Detent Pins

A detent or cotterless clevis pins combine the convenience of quick-release mechanisms with the toughness of carbon or stainless steel. This enables you a faster and more dependable removal and retention of accessories on your equipment. Despite their size, which can be standardized or custom, detent pins tend to be surprisingly robust. They can also have injected plastic handles on them.

Lynch Pins

Innovative Components offers a wide variety of stock standard lynch pins, in different nominal dimensions and configurations, suitable for all applications. The rings are self-locking and snap into place, securing the assembly and allowing quick removal. They're typically made of forged steel, which significantly enhances their strength and durability, while dichromate zinc plating provides corrosion resistance.

Wire Lock Pins

Wire locks, more commonly known as snapper pins, combine pins with cotters for quick-release-type applications, as you simply pull the wire loop over the pin to lock it. Snapper pins also come in a variety of stock standard sizes and configurations. They're made from a cold-formed steel pin, and a spring wire loop finished with zinc for corrosion resistance.

Summary

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If you're in the market for knobs, pins, handles, or grips, consider purchasing products made and sold by Innovative Components. The company utilizes 100% in-process inspection and final inspections that ensure that each individual product adheres to the strict performance criteria.

For more information about Innovative Components products, contact us at Reid Supply. We can source their entire catalog of products, including those that would suit more specific applications.