Tension springs
100% Dutch Made!
Tension springs have the windings pressed together. When used, the springs are pulled apart under a certain force. When this force is taken way, the spring returns to its original position.
To pull the tension springs apart, they have to be equipped with eyes or spring studs.
German eyes & English eyes
A German eye is a reversed winding
English eyes have the winding go over the heart of the spring before it forms an eye.
For both types of eye a difference is made between open and closed eyes. In open eyes, the eye is hooked into something, in closed eyes something is hooked in the eye.
Another option is to equip the tension spring with double eyes, or a metal stud (spring studs).
It is of course possible to customise another type of eye to your specifications.
Applications
Some good examples of the use of tension springs:
Trampolines
Mechanism of garage doors
Fitness equipment
Doorsprings
Breaking mechanism of bikes and scooters
Lesser known, but indispensable for sure, are applications of the tension spring in machines in the production industry, food industry, shipping industry, aviation, agriculture, and automotive industry. There are also numerous other industries and sectors where compression springs play an important role.
Material
The tension springs are made in our factory in Almere on automatically controlled CNC winding machines. The springs can be winded out of a large assortment of spring steel with a wire thickness of 0.25 to 11 mm.
Class-DH spring steel to 2 mm
Class-SH spring steel (also called class-C) 2 mm and upwards
Chrome-Silicium
Chrome-Vanadium
Rust proof spring steel: RVS 302 , RVS 316
Phosphor bronce