When I began working in the spring industry, I didn’t realize how complicated and vast springs were. It is not always easy to understand the many aspects of springs unless you really dive into the subject. That is why there are several misconceptions that we want to discuss and clarify.
1.) Thinking that all compression springs can compress down to solid height.
Springs have an elastic limit which depends on the proportion of their physical dimensions along with the material type. Every spring has an elastic limit and this is as far as it should go, for some springs the elastic limit could be solid height but definitely not