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Ask the Expert - Corrosion Resistant Plating and Titanium Products
Welcome back to the Smalley Ask the Expert Blog. This week, our engineers answer questions about corrosion resistant plating and titanium retaining rings and wave springs. Can you provide your carbon…
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Ask the Expert - Tensile Strength vs. Hardness: Importance for Wave Spring and Retaining Ring Design
Welcome back to the Ask the Expert blog. The blog is designed to help educate you on all things retaining rings and wave springs. This week, we talk about tensile strength and why it’s important in…
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Smalley Wins GM Supplier Quality Excellence Award for 10th Consecutive Year
Smalley received the 2021 General Motors Supplier Quality Excellence Award for the 10th consecutive year. The award, which was created in 2012, is given to specific top-performing suppliers that have…
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Smalley Releases the Revolutionary Revolox® Self-Locking Retaining Ring
Rotational capacity requirements for modern applications are higher than ever, especially in electric motors, gearboxes, and automotive transmissions. As the market leader for innovative retaining…
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How Smalley Conducts Spring Load Testing
How Does Smalley Tolerance Spring Rates and Loads for a Wave Spring? Traditional round wire coil springs are often defined by a tolerance on the free height (or uncompressed height of the spring) and…
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Smalley Europe Celebrates 20 Years of Local Service
Coignières, France, July 12th, 2022 – Smalley is proud to celebrate that they have locally supported the European market for 20 years. In 2002, Smalley opened their first global branch office in…
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Top 6 Advantages of a Wave Spring
Do you have trouble finding a spring that fits in your application? Coil springs require large travel, making your application design less than optimal. Wave washers, coil springs, disc springs, the…
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Common Issues with Traditional Fastening Methods for High RPM Capacity Applications and How to Overcome Them
Before hearing about Smalley’s high RPM solutions, the most common issues experienced with traditional fastening methods for high rotational capacity applications include: Bulky designs containing…
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Revolox® ‘Dome and Slot’ Self-Locking Ring: What is it, How Does it Work, and When Should I Use One?
What is a Revolox® ‘Dome and Slot’ Self-Locking Ring? Let’s first define what a self-locking ring is. Spirolox®, a division of Smalley, invented self-locking rings back in 1958. There are two types…
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'Tab and Slot' Self-Locking Ring: What is it, How Does it Work, and When Should You Use One?
What is a ‘Tab and Slot’ Self-Locking Ring? Spirolox®, a division of Smalley, invented the ‘Tab and Slot’ Self-Locking Ring back in 1958. The innovative design has been proven in thousands of high…