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Coil Design Step 2

This document provides formulas for calculating key dimensional characteristics of compression springs based on their type of ends. It defines terms like pitch, solid height, active coils, total coils, and free length. The formulas allow calculating these values given variables like the spring's deflection, active length, wire diameter, and total coils. The type of ends - open/plain, ground, or closed - determines which specific formula from the table to use for each characteristic.

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Coil Design Step 2

This document provides formulas for calculating key dimensional characteristics of compression springs based on their type of ends. It defines terms like pitch, solid height, active coils, total coils, and free length. The formulas allow calculating these values given variables like the spring's deflection, active length, wire diameter, and total coils. The type of ends - open/plain, ground, or closed - determines which specific formula from the table to use for each characteristic.

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Compression spring formula for Dimensional Characteristics –

Dimensional TYPE OF ENDS


Characteristics Open or Plain Open or Plain Squared or Closed and
(not ground) with ends ground Closed (not Ground
ground)
Pitch (p) FL−d FL FL−3 d FL−2d
N N N N
Solid Height (SH) ( TC+1 ) d TC∗d ( TC+1 ) d TC∗d
Active Coils (N) N=TC N=TC−1 N=TC∗2 x N=TC∗2 x
FLd FL FL−3 d FL−2d
¿ ¿ −1 ¿ ¿
p p p p
Total Coils (TC) FL−d FL FL−3 d FL−2d
+2 +2
p p p p
Free Length (FL) ( p∗TC ) +d ( p∗TC ) ( p∗N )+ 3 d ( p∗N )+ 2d

F – deflection, for N coils with load P, in.


L – active length subject to deflection, in.
d – diameter of wire or side of square, in.
N – total active coils.
TC – total coils

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