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Thread: Wave Springs

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    Quote Originally Posted by CRab View Post
    The one I had in mind from Smalley is the "Crest-to-Crest with Shim Ends". It has a flat surface on both sides. I don't see how it would be any different than the buffer contacting the back of the carrier. Or the retainer pin for that matter.

    What is the velocity of the BCG after a round is fired? (eta...I think I can use this info to solve for what I'm asking for here)

    Again, I'm not trying to replace the action spring. I was just using that as an example.
    These are not compression springs. Look through the brochure you linked to and try and find a photo of an application that is remotely similar to an action spring. You won't find one.

    From the brochure:

    "Uses are typically applications requiring LOW-MEDIUM spring rates and large deflections with LOW-MEDIUM forces."

    The fact that the individual coils are spot welded together should be enough to make you run from them.

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    That makes sense. I really just didn't know what they consider a low-medium force. You would think that an explosion would be a high force, but I've gotten in trouble assuming stuff like that before. I'm taking Dynamics right now, so I'm still learning about a lot of this stuff.

    Anyhow, thanks for the input everyone.

    If nothing else came of this, I found that usenet archive which seems to contain some interesting information.

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