National Stock Number
9540-00-596-3196
National Stock Number (NSN) 9540-00-596-3196, or NIIN 005963196, (beam,structural) was assigned January 1, 1963 in the Federal Logistics Information System (FLIS). This NIIN is Available for Manual Assignment. This NSN does not replace any other NSNs.
There are 10 manufacturer part numbers associated with this NSN. 8 of those part number(s) are considered obsolete. The manufacturer part numbers were originally supplied by 10 suppliers. Today, 7 suppliers are listed as Active suppliers for this NSN. Of the active suppliers, there are no suppliers that are deemed design controlled or valid supply parts. ISO Group has a strong supply network for this NSN, with 15 sources of supply.
This part number has not been procured by the US Government in over 5 years.
This NSN is somewhat common among different platforms, belonging to 2 different weapons systems.
Based on a planned procurement review by the Primary Inventory Control Activity (PICA) on Mar 02, 2006, this NSN's acquisition method was noted as: Suitable for Competitive Acquisition. (Potential sources shall include dealers/distributors.) The Government has unlimited rights to the technical data, and the data package is complete. Valid AMCs: 1 and 2.
This NSN is assigned to Item Name Code (INC) 37018. [A STRUCTURAL SHAPE FABRICATED FROM A FERROUS OR NONFERROUS MATERIAL AND RESEMBLES THE FOLLOWING CROSS-SECTIONAL FORMS: FOR THE LETTER H, BOTH FLANGES OF THE H SECTION ARE EQUAL OR LONGER THAN THE WIDTH MEASURED ALONG THE AXIS OF THE WEB; FOR THE LETTER I, A 16 2/3 PERCENT SLOPE ON THE INSIDE FACE OF THE FERROUS TYPE FLANGE, EITHER ONE OR BOTH OF THE NONFERROUS TYPE FLANGES ARE SHORTER THAN THE LENGTH MEASURED ALONG THE AXIS OF THE WEB; FOR THE LETTERS T AND Z, ON NONFERROUS TYPE, THE WEB IS USUALLY AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE FLANGES. LETTER H SECTION MAY HAVE A MAXIMUM OF 5 PERCENT SLOPE ON THE INSIDE FACE OF THE FLANGES.]. This item does not have a nuclear hardened feature or any other critical feature such as tolerance, fit restriction or application. There is no data in the HMIRS and the NSN is in an FSC not generally suspected of containing hazardous materials. NSN 9540005963196 does not contain precious metals.
This information was last updated on Aug 01, 2025.