Selecting or requesting the right metal spring for the desired application is not always easy. In addition to the type of spring, shape, dimensions and force characteristics, environmental influences and special properties often have to be taken into account. In
Snap rings for shafts and bores
What are snap rings? A snap ring is a special form of locking ring. In mechanical engineering, it secures components such as wheels, sealing elements and bearings on axles, shafts or within bores against axial displacement with a positive fit.
Compact knowledge about tension springs!
How is a extension spring manufactured, what influence do extension spring designs, loop shapes, spring characteristics and spring materials have, and what do technical terms such as preload, relaxation, yield strength and dynamic loading mean for a tension spring? In
Technical springs – compact knowledge
What exactly does the term “technical springs” mean? Which types of metal springs are they meant and for which force states and applications are they used? Gutekunst Federn and Gutekunst Formfedern will briefly address these questions and other properties in
Procurement of metal springs
Always the right compression spring, extension spring and torsion spring – from the quick spring selection in the catalog, to the design and calculation of individual metal springs, to the CAD data generator for standard springs and freely calculated metal
Range of springs made to measure
Compression springs, extension springs and torsion springs are typical C-parts for most companies: They are not the focus of the procurement process, but are used in almost all technical applications. The requirements for the springs are very versatile and individual.
The right metal spring
Selecting the right metal spring for the desired application is not always easy. In many technical books with constructional basics, the subject of springs is treated in a very general way. If you are looking for a standard spring, you
Metal springs for extreme cases
Whether in corrosive liquids, at High temperature applications or at lowest temperatures , with dynamic or static loads, compressive, tensile or bending loads: With the Design of the metal spring in extreme cases there is more to be done than
Spring steel wires and their properties
Which spring steel wire is suitable for which application? Spring steel wire compared to other steels has a higher strength and can be up to a certain voltage ( Elastic limit “Rp” ) are deformed. With this property, the spring
Design of metal springs – Part 2 “Calculation
In the first part of this two-part series Gutekunst Federn informed about the basics of spring design. In this second part you will find the concrete calculation data for the design of compression springs, extension springs and torsion springs (torsion