We asked Smalley marketing engineer Justyna Rapacz to fill us in on the design of wave springs and their utility to engineers designing products. We turned to Smalley as the inventor of the edge wound ...

The springs are manufactured from a single strand of Type 17-7 PH stainless-steel flat wire formed in a continuous precise coil with uniform diameters and waves. Sizes to fit hole diameters from 0.375 ...

Tapered roller bearings can be fixed and preloaded using shims and an end cap. There is a setting procedure to ensure the desired preload is achieved and the amount of end play (axial clearance) is ...