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title: "What Are Gas Drive Pins Used For?"
description: "Gas Drive Pins (Trade series (collated gas drive pins)) are used for fast fixing in timber and packaging. Typical industries, sizing and material selection."
url: https://engineeringhardware.com/applications/gas-drive-pins/
source: Engineering Hardware & Fasteners
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# What Are Gas Drive Pins Used For?

Nails · Trade series (collated gas drive pins) · Application guide

Typical applications, the industries that specify gas drive pins, and how to choose the right size, material and finish for the joint.

Gas Drive Pins are used for fast fixing in timber and packaging. They are manufactured to Trade series (collated gas drive pins), and selection is driven by the nominal diameter, the fit and tolerance the assembly requires, and the service environment.

- **Primary duty:** Fast fixing in timber and packaging
- **Governing standard:** Trade series (collated gas drive pins)
- **Category:** Nails

Application notes are general engineering guidance. Verify the property class and any approval requirement against your own design calculation.

![What Are Gas Drive Pins Used For? application image](https://engineeringhardware.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Gas-Nails-Gas-Drive-Pins.webp)

Gas Drive Pins are selected when an assembly calls for fast fixing in timber and packaging. This application guide to the Trade series (collated gas drive pins) type covers concrete end-uses, the specification checklist, correct installation, and where an alternative fastener performs better.

## Typical Applications for Gas Drive Pins

The most common settings where these are specified:

- **Construction & framing:** fixing timber framing, sheathing and battens.
- **Packaging & crating:** closing cases and pallets at speed.
- **Fencing & landscaping:** outdoor timber fixing.
- **General machine building:** fastening covers, brackets, motors and sub-assemblies on production equipment.
- **Maintenance & repair (MRO):** a stocked size for servicing existing plant where the original fastener spec must be matched.

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## How to Specify Gas Drive Pins for Your Application

- **Size:** Match the size to the mating part — see the dimension table below for each option.
- **Material:** Choose the material and finish for the service environment — plated steel for general use, stainless for corrosion resistance.
- **Environment:** For damp, coastal or chemical exposure prefer A4/316 stainless or a suitable coating; indoors, plated steel or A2 is usually sufficient.
- **Standard:** This product is supplied to Trade series (collated gas drive pins). Quoting the standard on your order guarantees interchangeable dimensions between suppliers.

## Where Gas Drive Pins Are Not the Right Choice

Not for joints needing later removal or high withdrawal resistance — a screw holds far better in tension.

Custom manufacturing · Made to drawing

## Need a gas drive pins outside the standard range?

A non-standard nail is quoted from the drawing; where one already exists in the catalog, the special is usually a variation on its tooling.

Minimum order from 2,000 pieces; samples within 7 days of drawing approval.

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## Technical Drawing

Dimensioned line drawing of red plastic strip Gas Drive Pins to Trade series (collated gas drive pins). Side view and top view, drawn to the dimensions in the table below and redrawn for any size selected.

- **Finish:** electro-galvanized
- **Head configuration:** plain head
- **Installation tool:** gas-actuated nailer
- **Selection parameters:** pin length, shank diameter, substrate rating

## Dimensions & Specifications (Trade series (collated gas drive pins))

| Collation | Finish | Head configuration | Installation tool | Selection parameters |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| red plastic strip | electro-galvanized | plain head | gas-actuated nailer | pin length, shank diameter, substrate rating |
| red plastic strip | electro-galvanized | with washer | gas-actuated nailer | pin length, shank diameter, pull-out or shear requirement |

Inside the plant

## Manufactured in our own plant

This part is cold-formed, threaded, heat-treated and finished in-house. The stages below are where its class and finish are actually decided.

1. ![Wire rod feeding into a cold heading machine](https://engineeringhardware.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/09-wire-rod-feed-cold-heading-machine.webp) 01 **Cold heading** Wire rod is drawn to size and cold-formed into blanks. Forming rather than cutting keeps the grain flow continuous around the head, which is where a bolt is most likely to fail. Head dimensions and under-head radius checked at set-up and per shift.
2. ![Thread rolling machine producing bolt threads](https://engineeringhardware.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/03-thread-rolling-machine-bolt-production.webp) 02 **Thread rolling** Threads are rolled between hardened dies rather than cut. Rolled threads are stronger in fatigue than cut threads and hold pitch and flank angle far more consistently across a batch. Go / no-go ring gauges to ISO 965 tolerance class 6g.
3. ![Baskets of bolts staged for heat treatment](https://engineeringhardware.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/05-heat-treatment-baskets-black-bolts.webp) 03 **Heat treatment** Quench-and-temper brings carbon and alloy steel to the property class ordered — 8.8, 10.9 or 12.9 — with the furnace charge tracked so a finished lot can be traced back to it. Core hardness and tensile tested per lot to ISO 898-1.
4. ![Zinc plated bolts in a treatment basket](https://engineeringhardware.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/23-zinc-plated-bolts-treatment-basket.webp) 04 **Surface treatment** Zinc, zinc-nickel, hot-dip galvanizing, black oxide, phosphate and Dacromet, selected against the service environment rather than against the price list. Coating thickness and neutral salt spray hours to ISO 9227.

## Frequently Asked Questions

### Do Gas Drive Pins hold as well as screws?

Nails resist shear well and drive fast, but screws hold far better in withdrawal (tension). Use screws where the joint is loaded in pull-out or may need removal.

### Are Gas Drive Pins made to a recognized standard?

Yes — they are manufactured to Trade series (collated gas drive pins), so dimensions are interchangeable between suppliers when you quote the standard on your order.

### What are Gas Drive Pins used for?

Fast fixing in timber and packaging. They are supplied to Trade series (collated gas drive pins).

### Which industries use Gas Drive Pins?

They are commonly specified in construction & framing, packaging & crating and fencing & landscaping, among other sectors.

### Can I get a quote for Gas Drive Pins in the size and material I need?

Yes. Use the technical drawing and quote form on this page to set the size and options, then send the exact configuration to our team for pricing and lead time.

## Related Pages

Product page: [Gas Drive Pins — specifications & sizes](https://engineeringhardware.com/fastener/gas-drive-pins/)

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