Expert Supplier of Wire Forms and Springs for the Hardware and Fasteners Industry

Lock Spring

Part Names: Medical device lock spring, needle cartridge spring, stainless steel lock spring

Industry: Hardware and fasteners: Micro needling device used in dermatology

Application: Lock spring is used to lock sterile needle cartridge to handpiece base

Material: 0.020” stainless steel 302 wire

Special Features: Packed 1,000 parts per labeled, double bag

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Chill Coil

Part Names: Sand mold cooling coil, casting chill coil

Industry: Hardware and fasteners: Metal casting

Application: The cooling coil or chill coil is placed in the sand mold to produce local chilling and equalize the rate of solidification throughout the casting

Material: 0.162” C1008 bright basic wire

Special Features: Copper coated

Ball Plunger Spring

Part Names: Stainless steel ball plunger spring, CENG compression spring

Industry: Hardware and fasteners: Ball and spring plungers and hand retractable spring plungers

Application: The compression spring is enclosed in a threaded capsule and provides accurate and repeatable spring end forces through a ball or rounded nose

Material: 0.028” stainless steel 302 wire

Special Features: Closed ends and not ground (CENG); set removed (i.e., the spring’s free length decreases after deflecting to solid height)

Coupling Double Torsion Spring

Part Names: Stainless steel double torsion spring, snowplow torsion spring

Industry: Hardware and fasteners: Professional snowplow and ice removal equipment

Application: Double torsion spring is used in lock-pin coupling system for attaching a snowplow to a truck

Material: 0.093” type 302 stainless steel wire

Special Features: There is a long amount of wire between the two bodies of coils that includes two wraps of square coils in the center

Flip-sign Torsion Spring

Part Names: Hinge spring, pre-galvanized torsion spring, LH-wound torsion spring

Industry: Hardware and fasteners: Point-of-purchase displays

Application: Torsion spring is used in a flip-up header LED sign in POP displays

Material: 0.057” pre-plated galvanized music wire

Special Features: Torsion spring is left-hand wound

Basket Truck Lift Spring

Part Names: Laundry basket extension spring, large extension spring, side-loop extension spring

Industry: Hardware and fasteners: Laundry and housekeeping basket trucks

Application: Extension springs lift bottom of laundry basket truck as load gets lighter

Material: 0.120” galvanized hard-drawn MB spring wire

Special Features: 45-degree side loops; each loop is two coils and loops are in-line; oval ring is assembled to one loop

Inspection Display Stand

Part Names: Aluminum wire stand, portable display stand

Industry: Hardware and fasteners: Portable ultrasonic flaw detectors for locating and sizing of hidden cracks, voids, disbands, and similar discontinuities in welds, forgings, turbines and other structural components

Applicatoin: Aluminum wire form stand provides convenient, lightweight support to keep portable inspection display upright

Material: 0.250” aluminum wire 6061 T6

Special Features: Chamfer ends, mill flat ends, drill hole in each end and tap, chromate conversion coat, and black plastisol dip coat

Wire Loop Handle

Part Names: Aluminum wire handle, wire loop strap fastener

Industry: Hardware and fasteners

Application: Wire loop handle used as a belt or strap fastener

Material: 0.125” aluminum ¼ hard wire

Special Features: Tumble or vibratory deburr to remove sharp edges

Spiral Reinforcement

Part Names: Coiled rebar, conical rebar, concrete spiral reinforcement

Industry: Hardware and fasteners: Railroad track systems

Application: Acts as rebar in railroad concrete sleepers

Material: 0.236” cold-rolled C1008 bright basic wire

Special Features: Coils must be concentric and must screw onto mating part

Seed Tube Retention Spring

Part Names: Large double torsion spring, stainless steel torsion spring, seed tube fastener spring

Industry: Hardware and fasteners: Agriculture planter equipment

Application: Double torsion spring fastens seed tube delivery system to planter row unit

Material: 0.162” type 302 stainless steel wire

Special Features: Large double torsion spring has many bends on both legs

Hairpin Spring Clip

Part Names: Stainless steel clips, ammunition container clips, torsion spring clips

Industry: Hardware and fasteners: Ammunition containers

Application: Hairpin spring clip keeps ammunition container closed

Material: 0.090” type 302 stainless steel wire

Special Features: Material certificate and Certificate of Compliance are sent with every shipment; finish is to remain dull

Currency Hold-down Extension Spring

Part Names: Cash drawer extension spring, cash register extension spring, side-loop extension spring

Industry: Hardware and fasteners: Point-of-sale (POS) heavy-duty cash drawer

Application: Extension springs provide tension on currency hold downs in heavy-duty till

Material: 0.020” galvanized music wire

Special Features: Full side loops in-line

Metal Insert

Part Names: Chrome silicon compression spring, CEG compression spring, metal insert for tube seal

Industry: Hardware and fasteners: Tube seals used in automotive transmissions

Application: Over molding a rigid insert (compression spring) adds stability to automotive transmission tube seal and prevents buckling

Material: 0.038” chrome silicon wire

Special Features: Three-coil closed ends and ground; zinc phosphate coating; packed 10,000 pieces per bag in a box

Barrel Compression Spring

Part Names: Plunger spring, barrel-shaped compression spring

Industry: Hardware and fasteners: Pinball games

Application: Used on plunger assembly

Material: 0.062” phos music wire

Special Features: Bright nickel rack plate

Vacuum Hose Spring Clamp

Part Names: Clamp spring, torsion spring, vacuum hose clamp spring

Industry: Hardware and fasteners: Dust control systems for automotive, aerospace and industrial applications

Application: Spring clamp mount for holding flex-loc vacuum hose fixed in place

Material: 0.125” hard-drawn bright wire

Special Features: Bright chrome plate

Spring Pin Clip

Part Names: Torsion spring pin assembly, farming planter spring pin clip

Industry: Hardware and fasteners: Agriculture planter equipment

Application: Spring pin assembly fastens the seed tube to the planter

Material: 0.051” zinc pre-plated music wire

Special Features: Torsion springs are assembled with pins and packed four assemblies per heat sealed and labeled bag

Active-coil Helical Extension Spring

Part Names: Trampoline spring, physical therapy rebounder spring, extension spring

Industry: Hardware and fasteners: Physical therapy products

Application: Extension springs return the trampoline mat to starting position in plyometric rebounder

Material: 0.138” phosphate-coated music wire

Special Features: Center hooks in line; gap is 3/8” to 7/16”; finish is zinc trivalent with bake

Seed-meter Singulator Spring

Part Names: Seed meter spring, stainless steel torsion spring, seed meter torsion spring

Industry: Hardware and fasteners: Agriculture seed meters

Application: Torsion spring rides on the edge of a meter disk and knocks off extra seeds so only one seed is planted at a time

Material: 0.036” type 302 stainless steel wire

Special Features: Torsion springs are layer packed to minimize tangling during shipping

Stainless Steel Clothespin Spring

Part Names: Stainless steel torsion spring, artisan clothespin spring

Industry: Hardware and fasteners: Artisan clothespins

Application: Torsion spring applies the strong gripping force in American-made artisan clothespins

Material: 0.062” type 302 stainless steel wire

Special Features: Torsion springs are passivated to remove contaminants and improve corrosion resistance

Extension Spring, .375” OD x 2.5” Long

Part Names: Snowplow extension spring, center-loop extension spring, stainless steel extension spring

Industry: Hardware and fasteners: Professional snowplow and ice removal equipment

Applicatoin: Provides tension on a coupler stop pin on snowplow equipment

Material: 0.049” type 302 stainless steel wire

Special Features: Center loops in line +/- 30 degrees; fully closed loops

Clutch Garter Spring

Part Names: Stainless steel clutch spring, fun-kart clutch spring, small index extension spring

Industry: Hardware and fasteners: Fun-kart and four-cycle racing karts

Application: Extension spring works as a garter spring in an automatic centrifugal clutch on a fun kart

Material: 0.057” type 302 stainless steel wire

Special Features: Extremely small spring index (ratio of mean coil diameter to wire diameter); machine loops (same as German hooks or twist loops); one loop is closed; second loop has a gap