Compression Springs
- Available from stock or made-to-order
- Constant pitch for constant rate
- Variable pitch for variable rate
- Cylindrical, conical and barrel-shaped
- Computerized testing
- SPC printouts
- Down Feed grinding for precise specifications even on small runs
- SMI Software verification on all designs
- Closed and ground ends to 3 degrees standard
- Closed and ground to tighter tolerances where needed
- Squareness under load
- Military Standard on hand
- Tension ends
- Plating available upon request at a sister company for fast turn around
Compression Spring Overview
A compression spring is a spring designed to accept a load from whatever the source and to "compress" as the load is being applied and then to return to its free length when the load is removed. Hardware Products designs compression springs to precision accurate standards, and the "what if" testing approach is made easy by our modern computer software.
Compression Spring Specifications
Free Length: 1/8" and up
Diameter: 3/32" to 18"
Wire Diameter: 0.005" to 2.00"
Direction of Helix: LH or RH
End Configuration: Open as cut, Closed only, Closed & ground
Material: Over 35 alloys, including: Music Wire, Oil Tempered Wire, Stainless Steel, Chrome Silicon, Chrome Vanadium, Elgiloy(R), Hastelloy(R), Inconel(R), Monel(R), Red Metals.
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Compression Spring Applications
Compression springs are most commonly used in machinery - anything from automobiles to lawn mowers. These include machines as simple as a manure spreader to vehicles as sophisticated as spacecraft. Our compression springs are also regularly used in medical devices, requiring tight tolerances and ultimate precision to deliver consistency, safety and reliability.
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- Valve & Pipe Fittings
- Surgical & Medical Instruments
- Railroad Equipment Manufacturers
- Electronic Connector Manufacturers
- Electronic Components NEC
- Lamp Manufacturers Electric
- Industrial Valves
- Gaskets, Packets & Sealings
- Wiring Devices-Cur. Carrying
- Compressor Manufacturers, Air & Gas
- Measurement & Control Development
- Environmental Control Manufacturers
- Manufacturing Industries NEC
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- Steel Springs except Wire
- Machinery Non-Electrical NEC
- Welding Apparatus
- Mills, Drawing & Insulating
- Industrial Machine Equipment Dealers
- Industrial Supply Whls.
- Switchgear & Switchboard Apparatus
- Steel Spring Manufacturers
- Measurement & Control Development Manufacturers
- Printing Trades machinery
- Oil Field Machine Manufacturers
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Custom Compression Spring Design
Hardware Products will be glad to assist you in the design of your compression springs. We do not pretend to know your application and all final decisions are yours, but we will be happy to listen to what you say, enter your parameters into our official Spring Manufacturer's Institute spring design program and then send you a print out for your approval.
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