Posted to News on 24th Jan 2012, 14:21
See new metric springs at Southern Manufacturing 2012
Lee Spring will be on stand P42 at Southern Manufacturing (15/16 February 2012) to meet engineers and showcase new metric springs that bring the company's total stock range to around 19,000 spring product types.
Chris Petts, Lee Spring's Managing Director, comments: "The world increasingly speaks one measurement language and that is metric. Although our current catalogue and website displays our designs in both inch and metric, customers increasingly request more 'hard' metric designs and submit prints only in metric."
The two new Metric lines feature over 350 metric REDUX wave spring designs in 17-7 stainless steel and over 750 metric torsion springs, in a choice of either zinc-plated music wire or passivated 302/304 stainless steel. Lee Spring has expanded its existing ranges of metric compression and extension springs with designs that meet the physical parameters of the European compression spring standard (DIN 2098) and the European extension spring standard (DIN 2097). These additions are available in a choice of either zinc-plated music wire or passivated 302/304 stainless steel, with the exception of compression wire sizes from 0.10mm to 0.40mm, which are only available in stainless steel.
Load/deflection/space requirements
Aside from the 'metric vs imperial' debate, size is of concern to customers for other reasons. As assemblies continue to get smaller, so does the requirement for products that work within reduced spatial parameters. Wave springs occupy 30-50 per cent of the compressed height space of comparable round wire springs, offering equal deflection with the same load specifications. Belleville washers (disc springs) are designed to support high loads with relatively small deflections and solid heights.
For more information, the Lee Spring online catalogue, available at www.leespring.co.uk, features user-friendly product search engines as well as e-commerce options. To order a free printed catalogue, visit the website or call +44 (0)118 978 1800. Lee Spring also offers an expert custom design service for the production of springs, wire forms, washers, stampings, four slide parts, and assemblies in a variety of materials.
Customers can submit an RFQ (Request for Quote) to [email protected], by fax to +44 (0)118 977 4832 or obtain engineering advice by calling +44 (0)118 978 1800.
