As a leading supplier to the medical industry, Smalley provides products and engineering expertise to support our customers worldwide, including the needs of the essential businesses that we supply. Our manufacturing plant located in Lake Zurich, Illinois remains fully functional and Smalley has taken numerous actions in response to the coronavirus to protect the health and safety of our team members.

Retaining Ring and Wave Spring Medical Applications 

Smalley’s Wave Springs and Retaining Rings are the trusted choice for medical devices from implantables to robotic surgical instruments, dental tools to ventilators/respirators, and more.

Ventilator Application

  • Stepper Motor
  • Valves
  • Nozzles
  • Connectors
  • Gauges 
  • Pumps
     

Smalley's Advantage

Spirolox Retaining Rings 

Unique configuration providing a low radial profile, reliability, and convenience.
Smalley Retaining Rings

  • No Ears to Interfere® with undesired components
  • No lugs, ideal for tight radial applications
  • No gap, providing 360° retaining surface for even load distribution
  • Coiled, not stamped, economic material options due to reduced scrap costs
  • Easy customization, design around your application with no new tooling required
  • Improved aesthetic appearance, smoothly blending into your application
  • Safe and easy installation requiring no special tools
  • Groove interchangeable with stamped rings

Wave Springs

Optimize space by providing the same spring force as an ordinary compression spring, but at a reduced operating height.
Smalley Wave Springs for Medical Applications

  • Reduce spring height by up to 50% when used to replace an ordinary compression spring
  • Compact design fits tight radial and axial spaces
  • Light-weight assembly with a smaller spring cavity, saving production time and material costs
  • Accurate and predictable load(s) toleranced at specific working height(s)
  • Design flexibility, quick and economical customization with edgewinding process


 

 

Medical Capabilities and Materials


Standard or Custom

Choose from over 11,000 standard parts stocked in carbon and stainless steel, or utilize Smalley's unique Edgewinding process to manufacture custom parts quickly and economically.

From prototypes to production volumes, we are able to manufacture parts in medical-grade alloys, including surgical 316 Stainless Steel, Elgiloy, and implantable Titanium. 

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