TFC Ltd – Vendor Managed Inventory, Industrial Fixings & Fastener Supplier
External Retaining Rings for Shafts
Advantages of Spirolox ® spiral retaining rings
Spirolox® spiral retaining rings are manufactured by rolling a flat wire ring and have many advantages over traditional fasteners or stamped retaining rings.
- No gap – 360° support surface
- Sprirolox spiral retaining rings have no protruding lugs that could interfere with fitting components (uniform cross-section)
- Eco-friendly production from stainless steel as there is no waste in the coiling process
- Smalley is the inventor of the spiral retaining ring
- No processing fees for custom designs
- Easy assembly and disassembly
Spiral retaining rings have no ears that could interfere with mating components in the assembly. Spiral retaining rings are manufactured by edge winding, otherwise known as flat wire edge winding. The Smalley circlip can be economically manufactured from carbon steel, stainless steel, copper and many other alloys.
- The absence of gaps or protrusions ensures a functional and aesthetic ring
- Can operate in inner and outer groove simultaneously
- Spirolox rings are used in a wide variety of applications and industries
- Spiral retaining rings are interchangeable with regular snap rings (Circlip)
- Free samples to test in the app
TFC offers over 6,000 standard retaining rings that are readily available in both carbon and stainless steel. If you need custom designs, use Smalley’s No-Tooling-Cost process; a process ideal for large series, prototypes and medium-sized design changes.
Regardless of the application, TFC offers economical and innovative design solutions.
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