High Compression Springs

A spring s compression rate is determined by dividing the load by the spring height at 20 and 80 deflections.

High compression springs.

This has as much to do with your tension spring design as your spring s rate does because it will also affect your spring s working loads. Additional terminology information is available in our faq. Initial tension is the tension gathered in between your spring s coils before it is extended. Our springs go up to over 1 inch in wire diameter and 9 250 inches in outer diameter.

Stock up on compression and die springs from grainger in the types and sizes you need. Differently sized mounting holes on either side allow for mounting flexibility. Compression springs are often pre set at the factory. Secure by inserting a fastener through the hole at the base.

Large compression spring wires will usually be made of oil tempered mb a229 but you will still find springs made of spring steel astm a228 hard drawn astm a227 and stainless steel 302 a313. Use precision compression springs and conical compression springs in mechanical applications like welding valve and pipe fitting and automotive engine systems. One thing you must be very aware of when it comes to your high tension springs though is the initial tension it exerts. Compression springs are open coil helical springs wound or constructed to oppose compression along the axis of wind.

Spec mechanical compression springs are open coil helical springs in a variety of cross sections and forms for linear applications. A die spring is commonly used in clutches brakes and other heavy machinery applications. They have large wire diameters from 1 4 inch to 1 inch in thickness and are required when the spring needs to support a large amount of load in a mechanism. Heavy duty springs are compression extension or torsion springs with a great amount of force.

These springs handle higher loads than standard fastener mount compression springs. Coil compression springs with light spring rates based on its physical dimensions. Learn more about compression springs. As compression springs are compressed to a shorter height they provide a force push to return the spring back to its normal height.

High load fastener mount compression springs. Century spring warehouses the largest inventory of high grade straight cylindrically shaped compression springs in the world a compression spring is an open coil helical spring that offers resistance to a compressive force applied axially they are usually coiled at a constant diameter though they can be coiled in other needed forms such as conical concave. Helical compression is the most common metal spring configuration.