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Glossary of Spring Terminology

  • Active Coils (na)

    Those coils which are free to deflect under load.

  • Angular relationship of ends

    The relative position of the plane of the hooks or loops of extension springs to each other.

  • Baking

    Heating of electroplated springs to relieve hydrogen embrittlement.

  • Buckling

    Bowing or lateral deflection of compression springs when compressed, related to the slenderness ratio (L/D).

  • Closed ends

    Ends of compression springs where pitch of the end coils is reduced so that the end coils touch.

  • Closed and Ground Ends

    As with closed ends, except that the end is ground to provide a flat plane.

  • Closed length

    See Solid height.

  • Close-wound

    Coiled with adjacent coils touching.

  • Coils per inch

    See Pitch.

  • Deflection (F)

    Motion of spring ends or arms under the application or removal of an external load (P).

  • Elastic limit

    The maximum safe deflection a spring is able to achieve.

  • Endurance limit

    Maximum stress at which any given material will operate indefinitely without failure for a given minimum stress.

  • Free angle

    Angle between the arms of a torsion spring when the spring is not loaded.

  • Free length (L)

    The overall length of a spring in the unloaded position.

  • Frequency (natural)

    The lowest inherent rate of free vibration of a spring itself (usually in cycles per second) with ends restrained.

  • Gradient

    See Rate (R).

  • Heat setting

    Fixturing a spring at elevated temperature to minimize loss of load at operating temperature.

  • Helix

    The spiral form (open or closed) of compression, extension, and torsion springs.

  • Hooke's Law

    Load is proportional to displacement.

  • Hooks

    Open loops or ends of extension springs.

  • Hot Pressing

    See Heat Setting.

  • Hydrogen Embrittlement

    Hydrogen absorbed in electroplating or pickling of carbon steels, tending to make the spring material brittle and susceptible to cracking and failure, particularly under sustained loads.

  • Hysteresis

    The mechanical energy loss that always occurs under cyclic loading and unloading of a spring, proportional to the area between the loading and unloading load-deflection curves within the elastic range of a spring.

  • Initial Tension (Pi)

    The force that tends to keep the coils of an extension spring closed and which must be overcome before the coils start to open.

  • Load (P)

    The force applied to a spring that causes a deflection (F).

  • Loops

    Coil-like wire shapes at the ends of extension springs that provide for attachment and force application.

  • Mean Coil Diameter (D)

    Outside spring diameter (O.D.) minus one wire diameter (d).

  • Modulus in Shear or Torsion (G)

    Coefficient of stiffness for extension and compression springs.

  • Modulus in Tension or Bending (E)

    Coefficient of stiffness used for torsion and flat springs (Young's Modulus).

  • Moment (M)

    See Torque.

  • Open Ends, not Ground

    End of a compression spring with a constant pitch for each coil.

  • Open Ends Ground

    "Open ends, not ground" followed by an end grinding operation.

  • Passivating

    Acid treatment of stainless steel to remove contaminants and improve corrosion resistance.

  • Permanent set

    A material that is deflected so far that its elastic properties have been exceeded and it does not return to its original condition upon release of load is said to have taken a "permanent set."

  • Pitch (p)

    The distance from center to center of the wire in adjacent active coils (recommended practice is to specify number of active coils rather than pitch).

  • Poisson's Ratio

    The ratio of the strain in the transverse direction to the strain in the longitudinal direction.

  • Preset

    See Remove set.

  • Rate (R)

    Change in load per unit deflection, generally given in pounds per inch. (N/mm)

  • Remove set

    The process of closing to solid height a compression spring which has been coiled longer than the desired finished length, so as to increase the apparent elastic limit.

  • Residual stress

    Stresses induced by set removal, shot peening, cold working, forming or other means.

  • Set

    Permanent distortion which occurs when a spring is stressed beyond the elastic limit of the material.

  • Shot peening

    A cold-working process in which the material surface is peened to induce compressive stresses and thereby improve fatigue life.

  • Slenderness ratio

    Ratio of spring length (L) to mean coil diameter (D).

  • Solid height (H)

    Length of a compression spring when under sufficient load to bring all coils into contact with adjacent coils.

  • Spring index

    Ratio of mean coil diameter (D) to wire diameter (d).

  • Squared and ground ends

    See Closed and ground ends.

  • Squared ends

    See Closed ends.

  • Squareness of ends

    Angular deviation between the axis of a compression spring and a line normal to the plane of the ends.

  • Squareness under load

    As in Squareness of ends, except with the spring under load.

  • Stress range

    The difference in operating stresses at minimum and maximum loads.

  • Stress relieve

    To subject springs to low-temperature heat treatment so as to relieve residual stresses.

  • Torque (M)

    A twisting action in torsion springs which tends to produce rotation.

  • Total number of coils (Nt)

    Number of active coils (Na) plus the coils forming the ends.

  • Wahl Factor

    A factor to correct stress in helical springs effects of curvature and direct shear.

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