Circlip spring, also called retainer ring or buckle, belongs to a hardware fastener, there are many types of them, it is mainly installed in the machine, equipment shaft groove or hole groove. Many people often confuse circlip with elastic retainer. So what is the difference between the circlip and the elastic retainer?
Simply put, it prevents the axial movement of the parts on the shaft or hole.
Circlip spring is an important part, belongs to a small equipment components, specifications are generally very small. The shape of the circlip spring is generally round, but there is a notch at one end. The circlip is set on the equipment that needs to be fixed, and then the gap is locked with screws, so that the equipment can be stable, which is the role of the circlip.
In CNC lathes, spindle circlip is commonly used as a fixture for clamping parts. Because of its good structure and accuracy, it is widely used in the manufacturing field. But in the specific production process, the circlip spring lacks the axial positioning device, so it can only rely on the end face of the circlip spring and the specific tool for positioning. The specific operation is to move the tool to a fixed position set by the program, open the machine door to release the circlip spring, and then pull the end face of the parts to be processed to fit the tool surface, and then clamp the spindle circlip spring to close the machine door.
The current positioning method is complex and has low positioning accuracy, which can not meet the accuracy of parts, large size difference of batch parts, and can not meet the rapid switching and processing of various kinds of parts in the production process.
Due to the increase of the process hole, the circlip is more convenient to disassemble and assemble, but the protrusion of the installation process hole occupies a larger space, whether it is used for hole or shaft circlip has the problem of occupying a large space.
Relative to the circlip spring, the elastic retaining ring is multi-layer structure, commonly used is 2 layers and 3 layers, no protrusion part, the elastic retaining ring is very similar to the key chain, the difference is that the end of the retaining ring wire left for holding the cutting Angle, assembly will not interfere with other adjacent parts, so it is more convenient to use. Now for the occasion that you do not need to disassemble often, the advantage of the elastic ring is more obvious. In addition, smalley’s elastic retaining ring is formed by flat wire winding. After heat treatment and surface treatment, it has excellent elasticity and toughness.
In short: the elastic retainer section is equal, the force is uniform, reduce the phenomenon of stress concentration. The inner and outer edges are smooth and complete, there is no ear interference fitting parts, the inner and outer diameters have no raw edges, convenient disassembly and assembly, can meet different needs by increasing or decreasing the number of layers, there is no need to make molds, through the change of material thickness, can be easily made into light load type, medium load type and heavy load type. Short production cycle, wide range of optional materials, spring steel, stainless steel, copper and other metal materials can be convenient production.
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Post time: Mar-10-2023
