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MINI Barrel Springs are a type of compression spring where the coils are reduced in diameter as they get closer to the ends of the spring. As in regular compression springs, loads can be changed by varying the material size, active coils and free length.
The shape of the barrel can also affect the loads. MINI Barrel Springs tend to buckle less under load and may be designed to allow some coils to compress inside one another to give a lower solid height.To speed up the production process and lower costs for the buyer, automated equipment is used to produce most barrel springs.
Barrel (convex) Springs are produced so that they have a higher tolerance to buckling under certain stresses. Unlike a typical compression spring, the barrel spring is convex in shape, which allows for a lower solid height under load.
Coil spring is a helical spring that offers resistance to a compressive force applied axially. Most coil springs with material diameter less than 9mm are cold coiled. Almost all custom coil springs using over 14in bar stock are hot coiled. There is an overlapping area from 9mm to 14mm material size in which the custom coil springs may be either cold coiled or hot coiled.
Custom hot coiled helical springs are usually preset. They are wounded to a length greater than the finished length; heat treated, then compressed solid three or more times to bring them to the specified length. Presetting introduces beneficial residual stresses which allow the springs to support greater loads than would be otherwise possible.
Service life is increased by shot peening, which is particularly effective when both the hardness and working stress are high.
Rust leads to pitting and pitting to early failure, so some form of protective finish is recommended. The kind of coating required will depend on the environment which the springs are expected to encounter in storage and service. The transportation industry is the largest user of hot coil springs.