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FLEXURE FACTS |
While providing a product orientation to a company's group of design engineers, a question was asked, "Would Helical be able to retro-fit a spring now being used as a buffer spring in a fuel control system? The unit should compress and extend .100 of an inch."
After preliminary discussion between the customer and our application engineer, a sketch of our concept was forwarded to be reviewed. A few minor changes were needed. Material was a concern to be resolved before the final configuration was proposed. Two samples were sent to verify the installation and spring rate. There were a considerable number of conversations between the engineers regarding which material to use -17-7 PH, Inconel, 17-4 PH, 15-5 PH. Material is an important aspect as it may affect performance of the machine spring. Complete life testing was done by our customer as well as their customer. Solving this project led to several other spring applications of the same configurations, but with varying spring rates.
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