Snap Ring High Tensile External Retaining Washer Black Lock Ring

A snap ring is also known as a retaining ring, it is a fastener that holds components or assemblies onto a shaft or in a housing/bore when installed in a groove. Once installed, the exposed portion acts as a shoulder that retains the specific component or assembly. Circlips are a type of retaining ring. A self-locking snap ring may be installed in applications where there is no groove. Retaining rings are typically made from carbon steel, stainless steel, or beryllium copper and may feature a variety of finishes for corrosion protection depending on the type of environment in which they are used. Ever Hardware provides custom-made fasteners and customizable packaging.
Tapered section retaining rings decrease symmetrically from the center to the free ends, remaining circular when contracted or expanded within the limits of normal use. This assures contact with the groove along the entire periphery of the ring. These rings may be installed axially (horizontally along with the center point of an axis) or radially (externally along the radius of a circle). Depending on the size of the ring in question, it may be manufactured in one of two ways:
For smaller rings: using a die and stamping on a press from a coil of steel or copper
For larger rings: wire forming, in which rectangular wire is coiled into the shape of the ring.

Heat treating makes the snap ring high tensile. Heat treatment is a group of industrial and metalworking processes used to alter the physical, and sometimes chemical, properties of a material. The most common application is metallurgical. Heat treatments are also used in the manufacture of many other materials, such as glass.

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