Music Wire Steel Spring

The american standard of trade and measure astm for this material type is a228.

Music wire steel spring.

Music wire is the toughest and most widely used of all spring materials for small springs. Fn for spring steel music wire is approx 12 stronger than fn for the exact same model in stainless steel. A spring is compressed 16 mm and the spring constant is 3 n 16 mm 3 n 48 n a spring that travels 16 mm thus produces 48 n which equates to approx. Music wire is straightened hardened spring steel wire.

It is a high carbon spring steel and it is the most commonly used. Wire spring which is manufactured using music wire. Music wire derived its name from one of its most popular applications piano strings. Music wire also known as piano wire or spring wire is a high carbon steel alloy famous for its high tensile strength and high elastic limit.

X heavy duty series. Music wire is made from steel with high carbon content. Leep plastic composite x. You can also choose from aisi gb and astm music wire spring steel as well as from stainless steel steel music wire spring steel and whether music wire spring steel is torsion extension or compression.

X x high pressure series 17 7 ph. Considered the toughest of spring materials music wire also offers an excellent surface finish. On this scale rc20 is soft rc45 is tough and rc60 is hard 1 tough wire can be bent and cut using the proper tools and techniques but sometimes it s just. The music wire used by sailplane modelers to make landing gear and cabin struts is medium carbon steel heat treated to spring temper or about 45 on the rockwell c scale of hardness rc45.

Bantam mini series x instrument series. Music wire cold drawn is a high carbon spring steel that has uniform high tensile and the ability to withstand high stress under repetitive loading. Originally this material was intended for strings in musical instruments but now it is primarily used in manufacturing spiral springs. Calculation of spring force at a given length is travel s r.

Preco z is a zinc plated music spring wire that can be used as a substitute for tinned or alloy coated wire for parts normally requiring a post plating operation. X lite pressure series ss316 standard series. Music wire is cold drawn and it has a high and uniform tensile. Stock spring series music wire stainless steel elgiloy oil tempered mb chrome silicon beryllium copper ultem.

The zinc coating is applied to the wire prior to the final drawing operation producing a uniform coating and a surface hardness suitable for automatic spring coiling and mechanical forming operations without flaking cracking or peeling. Benefits of music wire compression springs. It offers uniform tensile strength which when coupled with a good wire spring design will offer many thousands of cycles of spring life. Equivalent or common trade names.