Constant Section Rings

Constant Section Rings (Snap Rings) are often specified for heavy duty or impact loading applications.

Produced by edgewinding, with no special tooling charges, snap rings have been specified for many years in the automotive and heavy equipment industries as a standard choice of engineers.

Smalley offers eight series of snap rings from stock:

• Over 1,000 stock sizes
• Inch and Metric series rings available
• Stocked from .375” to 10” diameters, 13 mm to 300 mm
• Specials available from .200” to 120”
• New series, interchangeable with Eaton® rings

Smalley Constant Section Rings

Internal Rings		External Rings
FHE Series	FH Series DIN (Metric)	FSE Series	FS Series DIN (Metric)

Eaton Style Snap Rings

Smalley now offers 4 series of Eaton style snap rings from stock. Smalley's XAH , XAS , XDH and XDS series contain over 300 rings that are interchangeable with Eaton Rings. The application below features an XAH series snap ring installed in an internal groove. The heavy-duty ring retains the bearing in the housing.

Interchange Listing Smalley Eaton XAH NAN XAS XAN XDH ND XDS XD XNH IN XNS EN View complete interchange listing.

Alternative End Configurations

Additional end types can be manufactured to meet your constant section ring requirements. The ring end configurations pictured below are available from Smalley. Type A, B, C and E rings are available for both internal and external applications; designated by the -H (housing) and -S (shaft) rings.

Eaton® is a registered trademark of the Eaton Corporation.