Spiral-wound retaining rings consist of one or more turns of rectangular edge-wound wire. This provides a coil which can be installed or removed using automatic equipment or simple hand tools. When ...

I have a piece of industrial equipment whose 12V 120mm cooling fan has failed. It looks like the retaining clip on the end of the shaft fell off. When I try to press it back on it just pops off again ...

Engineers looking for alternatives to traditional circlips are increasingly turning to spiral retaining rings to improve reliability, simplify installation, and gain more flexibility in their designs.