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6 Considerations When Selecting A Spring For Your Application
6 Considerations When Selecting A Spring For Your Application
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3 Evaluate the safe design stress that will work best for your application.
Safe design stress varies widely not only due to what the application requires, but also the type of spring and
material used. To determine a safe design stress, the designer must understand several key pieces of information
about their applications. Knowing the answers to these questions will help:
• What is the operating environment?
• What is the operating temperature?
• Will the spring operate under static or cyclic conditions?
• If cyclic, what are the minimum and maximum operating loads, deflections, or heights?
• Does the assembly include physical stops to limit spring deflection? If so, what are the limits?
Working with your vendor, the spring selected will often have a stress level appropriate for the selected material
that will assure stable spring force output over time. Note that manufacturability limitations can restrict design
stress levels. Talk with your vendor concerning this issue.
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