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  • Application Spotlight: Self-Locking Rings in Automotive Applications
    Smalley offers an array of standard retaining rings for different applications. Selecting the appropriate ring requires an understanding of the application requirements, which includes thrust load, groove dimensions, and many others. If your application rotates at high speeds, the rotational
  • Using Retaining Rings Properly Retaining Rings
    Rotor Clip is proud to be the only manufacturer of every style of retaining ring. With our precision manufacturing capabilities, we offer standard and custom parts in sizes ranging from .040 " to 47 " (1 mm to 1200 mm). Coiled from wire or stamped from strips, we engineer the right retaining ring
  • Special Rings: Self-Locking, Balanced, and ID/OD Lock
    Smalley Spirolox Retaining Rings are the trusted industry solution because of their unique configuration, reliability, and convenience across thousands of applications. While we have five standard types of retaining rings broken down into 30 configurations, we also know that every application
  • Spirolox (R) Retaining Ring Tooling Guide
    Smalley now offers "standard" assembly tooling for the installation of Spirolox retaining rings. Each Assembly Tool is designed to facilitate loading a specific ring size ring in a housing or on a shaft and tools are available incrementally for retaining ring sizes up to 2 in or 49 mm in diameter.
  • How to Calculate Installation Stress of a Retaining Ring
    a retaining ring relies on interference fit to work, once a ring takes a permanant set, it will no longer function properly. To ensure proper function, the installation stress should be checked in cases where a ring is being installed over a non-standard size bore or shaft, or in cases where a custom
  • Ask the Expert - Retaining Ring Material and Shear Load Safety Factors
    than 50 years, Smalley has been the industry leader and technological pioneer of retaining rings, constant section rings and wave springs. Whether you require a standard or custom solution, our dedicated team of engineers can design a solution for your target application performance.
  • Product Spotlight: Self-Locking Rings
    In addition to standard Spirolox (R) retaining rings, Smalley can also manufacture them with a unique self-locking provision. These self-locking rings are ideal for applications with high rotational requirements. They can also withstand the effects of vibration, rapid acceleration, and some impact
  • Smalley's On-Time Delivery
    of standard retaining rings and wave springs that can be shipped same day for next day delivery.

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