Spring Washers
(157 companies)
Spring washers, sometimes called disc springs, lend their mechanical capabilities to the unique profile of the material: the irregularities of the washer compress with a proportionate resistance to return to their predeflected shape. Spring washers are employed in applications where assemblies need a part to take up play, maintain assembly tension, compensate for expansion or contraction in materials, or to absorb intermittent shock loads and provide a controlled reaction under dynamic loads.
Power Springs and Spring Motors
(21 companies)
Power springs and spring motors are rotational-drive springs that are wound tightly and mounted on an arbor. They are used in applications such as retractable reels, tape measures, and retracting seat belts.
Latches
(256 companies)
Levers. Pull rings. Pushbuttons. Triggers. Slide bolts. Handle-actuated latches use either simple pull handles or adjustable handles. L-handles are sometimes spring-loaded so that they can return to their original position after use. T-handles can...
Digital Parallel and Serial Converters
(18 companies)
These devices adapt data transmitted in a parallel port to a serial communication format, or adapt serial port data to parallel communication format.
Flat Springs
(103 companies)
Flat springs are flat strips of material that, when deflected by an external load, store and release energy. Flat springs are small, stamped metal components that function like a spring by controlling deflection within small or restricted spaces.
Torsion Springs
(250 companies)
Helically wound springs that deflect torque rotationally, torsion springs express mechanical energy through the property of elasticity: the spring action happens when it is twisted rather than compressed or pulled. Despite the name, torsion springs are subject to bending stress--not torsion--as the torque is carried through the length of the wound material.
Spring Pins
(105 companies)
Spring pins are hollow dowel pins manufactured from spring steel.
Die Springs
(56 companies)
Die springs are a robust type of helical compression springs consisting of rectangular wire. For the same value deflection, die springs carry 30% more load. These springs are designed to carry very high compression loads in hostile environments. Made mainly for punch press to provide consistent and reliable resistance, die springs also find use in other industries.
Air Springs
(55 companies)
Air springs contain a column of air in an elastomeric bellow or sleeve to provide suspension, isolation, or actuation. Commonly found in vehicle suspension systems, perhaps in conjunction with a coil spring, they are also used to insulate vibration in machinery and as linear or angular actuators.
Gas Springs
(121 companies)
Gas springs provide controlled motion and speed for elements, such as lids and doors, that open and close.
Pliers
(254 companies)
Pliers (plyers) are handheld, manually-powered hand tools, often employing serrated jaws, designed for holding, cutting, bending, or manipulation of tough or difficult materials such as wire, sheet metal, or fine machine components.
Constant Force Springs
(39 companies)
Constant force springs are a variety of extension spring. A strip of steel with a preset curvature is coiled tightly so that each turn of the strip rests on its inner neighbor. The spring is actuated in a pulling, liner motion with the deflection resistance originating from the material's stiffness and spring construction. Unlike other extension springs, a consistent degree of force is exerted despite the degree of deflection.
Spring Winding Services
(262 companies)
Spring winding services providers fabricate springs to specifications supplied by their customers, often providing design assistance.
Spring Stops
(20 companies)
Spring stops, also referred to as spring stop buttons, are used for light workholding applications to hold a work piece to a locating surface prior to clamping.
Preload Springs, Spacers, and Washers
(92 companies)
Preload springs, spacers, and washers are meant to maintain tension in an assembly where some slack may be present. Their capabilities can eliminate rattle, compensate for expansion or contraction of the assembly materials, or absorb intermittent shock loads. These products are made of elastic deformable materials, most commonly convoluted ductile, high-strength metal alloys which come in machined, welded, and open-ring varieties.
