Single turn retaining ring fits tightly onto the groove of plastic air vent housing. Snap ring ends are dimensioned close together providing a complete 360° ring support.
Specially designed Wave Spring with locating tabs is contained in housing. The Wave Spring applies pressure to the two cutter halves, holding them together with enough pressure allowing them to oscillate
Designed especially for flexing in a shallow groove, this retaining ring holds the needle bearing cage assembly in the bearing housing. A previously unreliable operation of roll forming the housing was eliminated when this Smalley snap ring was incorporated into the design. .
Retaining rings provide 360 degree side walls on both sides of the timing belt pulley. Design eliminates costly pressed-on stamped side walls. For easy belt replacement one ring can easily be remove.
Smalley Spiral Retaining Rings can operate in an internal and an external groove at the same time! Spiral retaining rings have many great benefits for the ID/OD Lock, some of which include concealed fastening, no required assembly tooling, and a 360-degree rotational capacity.
With a Smalley Spiral Retaining Ring, the application is tamper-proof and aesthetically pleasing.
World-renowned architect I.M. Pei’s Pyramid of the Louvre welcomes visitors to the entrance of the Louvre museum in Paris, France. One of the most difficult aspects of this project was to create a structure that was able to support the glass panes and reflective glass sheath of the pyramid while maintaining the design. A supporting frame consisting of stainless steel rods connected at strategically placed junctures provided a geometric structure with high strength and visual design accord.
Smalley provided an important, while subtle, contribution to this structure. Each juncture of the support frame consists of 8 stainless steel rods held into place by a knuckle and 16 of Smalley’s two-turn, edge-wound retaining rings. The rings were custom-designed and made of stainless steel to preserve aesthetics while providing superior durability. The rings prevent the structure from deforming while the stainless steel allows for corrosion resistance.
