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25 Aug

Materials

Heat, salt water and magnets: choosing the right material for a spring or washer

A spring that is correctly sized and wrongly specified will still fail. Heat relaxes it,

August 2026

Heat, salt water and magnets: choosing the right material for a spring or washer

21 Aug

Disc Springs

Disc spring stacks: how series and parallel stacking changes the force you get

A disc spring is a cone shaped washer that carries load along its axis. On

August 2026

Disc spring stacks: how series and parallel stacking changes the force you get

17 Aug

Fitting & Torque

Type S or type VS: how to pick the right safety washer, and fit it properly

Most of the questions we take in Ann Arbor are some version of the same

August 2026

Type S or type VS: how to pick the right safety washer, and fit it properly

14 Aug

Bolted Joints

Why bolted joints come loose under vibration, and what actually holds them

Every maintenance engineer has seen the same failure. A joint that was torqued correctly at

August 2026

Why bolted joints come loose under vibration, and what actually holds them