{"id":6288,"date":"2018-04-07T10:00:12","date_gmt":"2018-04-07T09:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/?p=6288"},"modified":"2018-04-04T18:58:23","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T17:58:23","slug":"extension-springs-keeping-linked-components-in-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/extension-springs-keeping-linked-components-in-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Extension Springs: Keeping linked components in place"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Extension Springs from <span class=\"highlight highlight-blue\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leespring.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lee Spring<\/a><\/span> provide a solution to problems of linking components in a way that absorbs and stores energy, as well as creating resistance to a pulling force.<\/p>\n<p>They are pre-loaded to create an initial resistance which keeps linked components in place with a variety of end types possible.<\/p>\n<p>Where pre-load is not required they can be supplied with\u00a0inter-coil spacing for zero initial tension.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7565662001938327\" data-ad-slot=\"7585079586\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\nApplications for extension springs include automotive interiors and exteriors, garage door assemblies, vice-grip pliers, carburettors and butterfly valves, trampolines, washing devices, farm machinery, toys, as well as thousands of other uses.<\/p>\n<p>Extension springs come in a wide array of sizes to suit everything from small medical devices to off-road machinery brake springs.<\/p>\n<p>The complete <span class=\"highlight highlight-blue\"><a href=\"https:\/\/engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/lee-spring-offer-its-complete-torsion-spring-concept\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lee Spring<\/a><\/span> extension spring package includes loop ends in cost-effective music wire or corrosion-resistant stainless steel.<\/p>\n<p>Speciality ordering available for hook ends, extended eyes or swivel bolt fixings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Enhanced extension performance<\/strong><\/p>\n<span class=\"highlight highlight-blue\"><a href=\"https:\/\/engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/constant-force-spring-range-from-lee-spring\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lee Spring<\/a><\/span> also offer enhanced extension performance in their Drawbar design which uses a compression spring to provide a solid stop and safety retention.<\/p>\n<p>The Drawbar design also enables higher loadings than are usually possible in a normal extension spring design.<\/p>\n<p>Extension springs are attached at both ends to other components so that when these components move apart, the spring tries to bring them together again.<\/p>\n<p>Extension springs absorb and store energy as well as create a resistance to a pulling force.<\/p>\n<p>It is initial tension that determines how tightly together an extension spring is coiled. 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