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Application of springs
Control of motion in machines
Reduction of transmitted forces as a result of impact
or shock loading
Storage of energy
Measurement of force
Made from round wire and wrapped in
cylindrical form with a fixed pitch
Plain end
Least expensive
Tends to bow sideways under load
Plain and ground end
Better mating conditions being flat
Likely to get entangled in storage
Squared end
Squared and ground end
Similar to compression springs
Manufactured with each winding touching
the adjacent winding with a preset residual
load
To resist turning motion
Left or right hand motion
Outside diameter, OD
Inside diameter, ID
Mean diameter, Dm
Wire diameter, DW
Free length, Lf
Solid length, LS
Deflection, δ
Spring
rate (k) is ratio of change in force to
the change in length