{
 "version": "2026-10-20",
 "license": "Dimension sheets: CC BY 4.0. Standard and published-size files: CC BY 4.0. Xem Studio's own designs (files_license = Xem Studio Design License): free to use and sell things from, not to redistribute as files — https://xemstudio.com/license/. Other publishers' files: their own license, linked beside them.",
 "slug": "spring-plungers-gn-616-nose-pin",
 "name": "Spring plungers with nose pin GN 616, GN 616.1 and GN 615.1: thread, pin diameter, length, travel and spring load, M3 to M24",
 "kind": "standard",
 "category": "Hardware",
 "group": "Fasteners",
 "year": null,
 "question": "What are the dimensions and spring force of a GN 616 spring plunger with nose pin: thread, pin diameter, length, travel?",
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  "spring plunger",
  "nose pin plunger",
  "detent",
  "gn 616",
  "gn 616.1",
  "gn 615.1",
  "ganter",
  "plunger",
  "fastener",
  "jig",
  "fixture",
  "tool"
 ],
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  "gn 616 spring plunger dimensions",
  "spring plunger with pin m8 length",
  "gn 616 m12 pin diameter",
  "gn 616 m10 stroke",
  "nose pin spring plunger force",
  "gn 616.1 sealed plunger",
  "gn 615.1 spring plunger",
  "gn 616 sn ssn kn ksn",
  "gn 616 m6 dimensions",
  "spring plunger pin m5 2.4",
  "gn 616 table",
  "m16 spring plunger pin 7.5",
  "pin plunger m20 40 mm",
  "gn 611.5 spring plunger tool"
 ],
 "overall_mm": {
  "length": null,
  "width": null,
  "height": null
 },
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 "sheet": {
  "basis": "Ganter's GN 616 page (stainless housing) and J.W. Winco's data sheets for GN 616 (steel), GN 616.1 and GN 615.1; d2 / l / w agree between Ganter and Winco for GN 616; numbers only",
  "overall_mm": {
   "length": null,
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   "height": null
  },
  "notes": [
   "Spring plungers with a nose pin (a cylindrical hardened pin instead of a ball) push, detent or eject with a flat, guided contact; the pin is guided in the housing, so it takes more side load than a ball. GN 616 is the standard long series with a screwdriver slot on the pin side (the GN 611.5 assembly tool in the sheet fits it), GN 616.1 adds a seal (sealed bolt), GN 615.1 is the shorter nose-pin plunger with a slot. Sizes: 616 M3 to M24, 616.1 M8 to M16, 615.1 M4 to M24.",
   "GN 616 columns (Ganter's page): d1 thread, d2 pin diameter, l length, w compression, spring load initial / end for standard (SN, KN) and high (SSN, KSN) springs. Ganter's current GN 616 page lists the stainless-steel housing with a stainless (SN, SSN) or plastic POM (KN, KSN) bolt; J.W. Winco's older steel version (S, SS; Digi-Key copy of the data sheet) has the same d2, l and w for every size M3 to M24 (the Winco header text was garbled, the d2 / l / w columns were verified against Ehorst's M12 S page: pin 6, length 28, travel 4, end load 53) but different spring loads, which are shown in the last column. Steel and stainless plungers are not the same spring: use the loads of the version you buy.",
   "GN 616.1 (Winco copy of Ganter's sheet) and GN 615.1 (Winco data sheet, single source, d2 carries −0.1 tolerance there) are shorter or longer for the same thread than GN 616 (616.1 M12 is 35 mm long, 616 M12 28 mm; 615.1 M12 22 mm), so check the series before sizing a pocket. Loads are approximate in all sources.",
   "No file: pin end shape, slot width and housing details are not in the tables, so a drawing would be invented; the plunger is a numbers-only page. The tapped hole is the ISO coarse thread of the size (pitch M3 0.5, M4 0.7, M5 0.8, M6 1, M8 1.25, M10 1.5, M12 1.75, M16 2, M20 2.5, M24 3). Ganter publishes CAD per part on its product pages (linked)."
  ],
  "table": {
   "columns": [
    "series",
    "thread d1",
    "nose pin Ø d2, mm",
    "length l, mm",
    "compression w, mm",
    "standard spring load initial / end, N",
    "high spring load initial / end, N",
    "other reading / version"
   ],
   "rows": [
    [
     "GN 616",
     "M3",
     "1",
     "12",
     "1",
     "2.5 / 3",
     "—",
     "Winco steel S 2 / 4; SS —"
    ],
    [
     "GN 616",
     "M4",
     "1.5",
     "15",
     "1.5",
     "4 / 16",
     "—",
     "Winco steel S 4.5 / 16; SS —"
    ],
    [
     "GN 616",
     "M5",
     "2.4",
     "18",
     "2.3",
     "6 / 20",
     "15 / 44",
     "Winco steel S 6 / 19; SS 11 / 40"
    ],
    [
     "GN 616",
     "M6",
     "2.7",
     "20",
     "2.5",
     "7 / 22",
     "20 / 48",
     "Winco steel S 6 / 19; SS 15 / 43"
    ],
    [
     "GN 616",
     "M8",
     "3.5",
     "22",
     "3",
     "8 / 38",
     "26 / 70",
     "Winco steel S 10 / 39; SS 20 / 75"
    ],
    [
     "GN 616",
     "M10",
     "4",
     "22",
     "3",
     "10 / 38",
     "26 / 70",
     "Winco steel S 10 / 39; SS 20 / 75"
    ],
    [
     "GN 616",
     "M12",
     "6",
     "28",
     "4",
     "10 / 54",
     "51 / 122",
     "Winco steel S 12 / 53; SS 45 / 120"
    ],
    [
     "GN 616",
     "M16",
     "7.5",
     "32",
     "5",
     "38 / 100",
     "72 / 164",
     "Winco steel S 45 / 100; SS 64 / 160"
    ],
    [
     "GN 616",
     "M20",
     "10",
     "40",
     "7",
     "58 / 140",
     "88 / 206",
     "Winco steel S 52 / 125; SS 75 / 195"
    ],
    [
     "GN 616",
     "M24",
     "12",
     "52",
     "10",
     "80 / 180",
     "94 / 250",
     "Winco steel S 70 / 170; SS 75 / 245"
    ],
    [
     "GN 616.1 (sealed bolt)",
     "M8",
     "3.8",
     "26",
     "3",
     "9 / 24",
     "17 / 39",
     "steel S / SS (Winco copy of Ganter's sheet)"
    ],
    [
     "GN 616.1 (sealed bolt)",
     "M10",
     "4",
     "28",
     "3.5",
     "15 / 30",
     "22 / 43",
     "steel S / SS (Winco copy of Ganter's sheet)"
    ],
    [
     "GN 616.1 (sealed bolt)",
     "M12",
     "6",
     "35",
     "4",
     "24 / 50",
     "40 / 80",
     "steel S / SS (Winco copy of Ganter's sheet)"
    ],
    [
     "GN 616.1 (sealed bolt)",
     "M16",
     "7.5",
     "40",
     "5",
     "36 / 58",
     "44 / 113",
     "steel S / SS (Winco copy of Ganter's sheet)"
    ],
    [
     "GN 615.1 (nose pin, slot)",
     "M4",
     "1.8",
     "9",
     "1.5",
     "4.5 / 12.5",
     "—",
     "B / BN and BS / BSN (Winco copy)"
    ],
    [
     "GN 615.1 (nose pin, slot)",
     "M5",
     "2.4",
     "12",
     "2",
     "5 / 13",
     "—",
     "B / BN and BS / BSN (Winco copy)"
    ],
    [
     "GN 615.1 (nose pin, slot)",
     "M6",
     "2.7",
     "14",
     "2",
     "6 / 17",
     "11 / 25",
     "B / BN and BS / BSN (Winco copy)"
    ],
    [
     "GN 615.1 (nose pin, slot)",
     "M8",
     "3.8",
     "16",
     "2",
     "16 / 33",
     "23 / 59",
     "B / BN and BS / BSN (Winco copy)"
    ],
    [
     "GN 615.1 (nose pin, slot)",
     "M10",
     "4.5",
     "19",
     "2.5",
     "19 / 42",
     "20 / 54",
     "B / BN and BS / BSN (Winco copy)"
    ],
    [
     "GN 615.1 (nose pin, slot)",
     "M12",
     "6",
     "22",
     "3.5",
     "22 / 57",
     "38 / 96",
     "B / BN and BS / BSN (Winco copy)"
    ],
    [
     "GN 615.1 (nose pin, slot)",
     "M16",
     "8.5",
     "24",
     "4.5",
     "38 / 78",
     "50 / 100",
     "B / BN and BS / BSN (Winco copy)"
    ],
    [
     "GN 615.1 (nose pin, slot)",
     "M20",
     "10",
     "30",
     "6.5",
     "39 / 81",
     "52 / 133",
     "B / BN and BS / BSN (Winco copy)"
    ],
    [
     "GN 615.1 (nose pin, slot)",
     "M24",
     "13",
     "34",
     "8",
     "72 / 155",
     "91 / 223",
     "B / BN and BS / BSN (Winco copy)"
    ]
   ]
  }
 },
 "sheet_text": "Spring plungers with nose pin GN 616, GN 616.1 and GN 615.1: thread, pin diameter, length, travel and spring load, M3 to M24 — dimension sheet\nSource: Xem Studio, https://xemstudio.com/objects/spring-plungers-gn-616-nose-pin/  (sheet CC BY 4.0)\nBasis: Ganter's GN 616 page (stainless housing) and J.W. Winco's data sheets for GN 616 (steel), GN 616.1 and GN 615.1; d2 / l / w agree between Ganter and Winco for GN 616; numbers only\nCatalog version: 2026-10-20\n\nSizes: see table below\n- Spring plungers with a nose pin (a cylindrical hardened pin instead of a ball) push, detent or eject with a flat, guided contact; the pin is guided in the housing, so it takes more side load than a ball. GN 616 is the standard long series with a screwdriver slot on the pin side (the GN 611.5 assembly tool in the sheet fits it), GN 616.1 adds a seal (sealed bolt), GN 615.1 is the shorter nose-pin plunger with a slot. Sizes: 616 M3 to M24, 616.1 M8 to M16, 615.1 M4 to M24.\n- GN 616 columns (Ganter's page): d1 thread, d2 pin diameter, l length, w compression, spring load initial / end for standard (SN, KN) and high (SSN, KSN) springs. Ganter's current GN 616 page lists the stainless-steel housing with a stainless (SN, SSN) or plastic POM (KN, KSN) bolt; J.W. Winco's older steel version (S, SS; Digi-Key copy of the data sheet) has the same d2, l and w for every size M3 to M24 (the Winco header text was garbled, the d2 / l / w columns were verified against Ehorst's M12 S page: pin 6, length 28, travel 4, end load 53) but different spring loads, which are shown in the last column. Steel and stainless plungers are not the same spring: use the loads of the version you buy.\n- GN 616.1 (Winco copy of Ganter's sheet) and GN 615.1 (Winco data sheet, single source, d2 carries −0.1 tolerance there) are shorter or longer for the same thread than GN 616 (616.1 M12 is 35 mm long, 616 M12 28 mm; 615.1 M12 22 mm), so check the series before sizing a pocket. Loads are approximate in all sources.\n- No file: pin end shape, slot width and housing details are not in the tables, so a drawing would be invented; the plunger is a numbers-only page. The tapped hole is the ISO coarse thread of the size (pitch M3 0.5, M4 0.7, M5 0.8, M6 1, M8 1.25, M10 1.5, M12 1.75, M16 2, M20 2.5, M24 3). Ganter publishes CAD per part on its product pages (linked).\n\nseries  thread d1  nose pin Ø d2, mm  length l, mm  compression w, mm  standard spring load initial / end, N  high spring load initial / end, N  other reading / version\nGN 616  M3  1  12  1  2.5 / 3  —  Winco steel S 2 / 4; SS —\nGN 616  M4  1.5  15  1.5  4 / 16  —  Winco steel S 4.5 / 16; SS —\nGN 616  M5  2.4  18  2.3  6 / 20  15 / 44  Winco steel S 6 / 19; SS 11 / 40\nGN 616  M6  2.7  20  2.5  7 / 22  20 / 48  Winco steel S 6 / 19; SS 15 / 43\nGN 616  M8  3.5  22  3  8 / 38  26 / 70  Winco steel S 10 / 39; SS 20 / 75\nGN 616  M10  4  22  3  10 / 38  26 / 70  Winco steel S 10 / 39; SS 20 / 75\nGN 616  M12  6  28  4  10 / 54  51 / 122  Winco steel S 12 / 53; SS 45 / 120\nGN 616  M16  7.5  32  5  38 / 100  72 / 164  Winco steel S 45 / 100; SS 64 / 160\nGN 616  M20  10  40  7  58 / 140  88 / 206  Winco steel S 52 / 125; SS 75 / 195\nGN 616  M24  12  52  10  80 / 180  94 / 250  Winco steel S 70 / 170; SS 75 / 245\nGN 616.1 (sealed bolt)  M8  3.8  26  3  9 / 24  17 / 39  steel S / SS (Winco copy of Ganter's sheet)\nGN 616.1 (sealed bolt)  M10  4  28  3.5  15 / 30  22 / 43  steel S / SS (Winco copy of Ganter's sheet)\nGN 616.1 (sealed bolt)  M12  6  35  4  24 / 50  40 / 80  steel S / SS (Winco copy of Ganter's sheet)\nGN 616.1 (sealed bolt)  M16  7.5  40  5  36 / 58  44 / 113  steel S / SS (Winco copy of Ganter's sheet)\nGN 615.1 (nose pin, slot)  M4  1.8  9  1.5  4.5 / 12.5  —  B / BN and BS / BSN (Winco copy)\nGN 615.1 (nose pin, slot)  M5  2.4  12  2  5 / 13  —  B / BN and BS / BSN (Winco copy)\nGN 615.1 (nose pin, slot)  M6  2.7  14  2  6 / 17  11 / 25  B / BN and BS / BSN (Winco copy)\nGN 615.1 (nose pin, slot)  M8  3.8  16  2  16 / 33  23 / 59  B / BN and BS / BSN (Winco copy)\nGN 615.1 (nose pin, slot)  M10  4.5  19  2.5  19 / 42  20 / 54  B / BN and BS / BSN (Winco copy)\nGN 615.1 (nose pin, slot)  M12  6  22  3.5  22 / 57  38 / 96  B / BN and BS / BSN (Winco copy)\nGN 615.1 (nose pin, slot)  M16  8.5  24  4.5  38 / 78  50 / 100  B / BN and BS / BSN (Winco copy)\nGN 615.1 (nose pin, slot)  M20  10  30  6.5  39 / 81  52 / 133  B / BN and BS / BSN (Winco copy)\nGN 615.1 (nose pin, slot)  M24  13  34  8  72 / 155  91 / 223  B / BN and BS / BSN (Winco copy)\n\nFiles elsewhere (not hosted by Xem Studio; license as stated by the publisher):\n- Ganter: GN 616 Spring plungers, stainless steel housing, bolt stainless steel / plastic: d1, d2, l, w, spring loads — web — Publisher's page; dimensions are facts — https://www.ganternorm.com/en/products/3.1-Indexing-locking-blocking-with-pins-and-ball-shaped-elements/Spring-plungers/GN-616-Spring-Plungers-Housing-Stainless-Steel-Bolt-Stainless-Steel-Plastic\n- Ganter: GN 616.1 Spring plungers, steel, with sealed bolt — web — Publisher's page; dimensions are facts — https://www.ganternorm.com/en/products/3.1-Indexing-locking-blocking-with-pins-and-ball-shaped-elements/Spring-plungers/GN-616.1-Spring-Plungers-Steel-with-Sealed-Bolt\n- J.W. Winco (distributor copy): GN 616 spring plungers with nose pin: M3 to M24 (steel, types S / SS) — web — Publisher's page; dimensions are facts — https://mm.digikey.com/Volume0/opasdata/d220001/medias/docus/5057/616.pdf\n- J.W. Winco (distributor copy): GN 616.1 spring plungers with sealed bolt: M8 to M16 — web — Publisher's page; dimensions are facts — https://d26s8effnbilat.cloudfront.net/Files/product/26857/tab/1_616_1.pdf\n- J.W. Winco (distributor copy): GN 615.1 spring plungers with nose pin, with slot: M4 to M24 — web — Publisher's page; dimensions are facts — https://datasheet.sic-components.com/615_1.pdf\n- Ehorst: GN 616 M12 S product page (pin 6, length 28, travel 4, end load 53) — web — Publisher's page; dimensions are facts — https://www.ehorst.de/en/Druckstueck-federnd-GN-616-M12-S-Bolzen-Stahl-normal-1076255.html\n\nNo true-size file yet: the published figures do not fix the whole shape; a measured scan is planned.\nAPI: https://xemstudio.com/api/geometry?object=spring-plungers-gn-616-nose-pin\n",
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   "publisher": "Ganter",
   "title": "GN 616 Spring plungers, stainless steel housing, bolt stainless steel / plastic: d1, d2, l, w, spring loads",
   "url": "https://www.ganternorm.com/en/products/3.1-Indexing-locking-blocking-with-pins-and-ball-shaped-elements/Spring-plungers/GN-616-Spring-Plungers-Housing-Stainless-Steel-Bolt-Stainless-Steel-Plastic",
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   "title": "GN 616.1 Spring plungers, steel, with sealed bolt",
   "url": "https://www.ganternorm.com/en/products/3.1-Indexing-locking-blocking-with-pins-and-ball-shaped-elements/Spring-plungers/GN-616.1-Spring-Plungers-Steel-with-Sealed-Bolt",
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   "publisher": "J.W. Winco (distributor copy)",
   "title": "GN 616 spring plungers with nose pin: M3 to M24 (steel, types S / SS)",
   "url": "https://mm.digikey.com/Volume0/opasdata/d220001/medias/docus/5057/616.pdf",
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   "publisher": "J.W. Winco (distributor copy)",
   "title": "GN 616.1 spring plungers with sealed bolt: M8 to M16",
   "url": "https://d26s8effnbilat.cloudfront.net/Files/product/26857/tab/1_616_1.pdf",
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   "publisher": "J.W. Winco (distributor copy)",
   "title": "GN 615.1 spring plungers with nose pin, with slot: M4 to M24",
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  {
   "publisher": "Ehorst",
   "title": "GN 616 M12 S product page (pin 6, length 28, travel 4, end load 53)",
   "url": "https://www.ehorst.de/en/Druckstueck-federnd-GN-616-M12-S-Bolzen-Stahl-normal-1076255.html",
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 "related": [
  "ball-plungers-gn-615",
  "indexing-plungers-gn-617",
  "clevis-pins",
  "dowel-pins-metric",
  "socket-head-cap-screws-metric"
 ],
 "fits": [],
 "dimensions": "exact (nominal, no tolerance added)",
 "dimension_rule": "All geometry on Xem Studio is exact (nominal, true size) with no tolerance added. Where a part meets another part, the object lists its mating features (feature, exact size, what it mates with, fit class: press, slide, run, socket, clamp or designed). Apply your process's allowance to those features only; 'designed' gaps are part of the design and stay as drawn. Typical accuracy by process and ISO 286 fits: https://xemstudio.com/tolerances/",
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 "faq": [
  {
   "q": "What are the dimensions of an M12 GN 616 spring plunger?",
   "a": "Nose pin Ø6 mm, length 28 mm, compression 4 mm; standard spring 10 N initial / 54 N end (stainless SN) or 12 / 53 N (steel S); high spring 51 / 122 N (SSN)."
  },
  {
   "q": "How long is a GN 616 M8 plunger?",
   "a": "22 mm with a 3.5 mm pin and 3 mm compression."
  },
  {
   "q": "What is the difference between GN 615 and GN 616?",
   "a": "GN 615 has a ball, GN 616 a flat nose pin; the pin is longer and takes side load better. GN 615.1 is the shorter nose-pin version."
  }
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