Talk:Spring (device)

message: This article needs a major rewrite. (Springs are not just toys...) Jorge Stolfi 12:40, 9 Apr 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Go on then! - 82.33.96.38 13:28, 14 May 2004 (UTC)

text: Wow, I agree, this really needs to be rewritten. And I'm sorry, but I can't do that.222.152.164.233 05:38, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: :I think that the entire paragraph titled "Custom Fabrication of Springs" should be eliminated.  First, it is NOT easy to fabricate springs as the author states.  To simply wrap some music wire around a bolt by hand would not work very well.  The coil spacing would be irregular, and the spring rate would not be consistent.  In the case of extension springs (the type where the coils are wound adjacent to one another) you would have to twist the music wire while wrapping it on the mandrel in order to generate a pre-load.  This is not feasible to do by hand. Renard 21:58, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Suggested Deletion

message: I'm not convinced that this edit is an improvement at all. Designed to be used for isn't accurate IMO. We could say designed to be used under or designed to be used in, but I don't see what was wrong with the original designed for. Andrewa 08:46, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Captions

message: I think Coil spring should remain separate because there are dozens of links to it, mainly from car articles, which are only concerned with this type of spring.  It could then be further expanded to cover its particular properties and characteristics.  Indeed Torsion spring, Leaf spring, and cantilever spring each have their own articles.  Perhaps the piece about coil springs in 'Spring (device)' should be reduced a bit, and rely on the link to 'coil spring'. -De Facto 15:20, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Flags removed after a month with no support. -De Facto 20:40, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

text: Closing merge proposal, given consensus not to merge. Klbrain (talk) 12:24, 29 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge in of [[Coil spring]] 

message: I understand that often, some tension coil springs are pretensioned (pre-tensioned?).  I seem to remember from school that this messed up my Hookes law experiment, as the equilibrium length was actually shorter than the entire spring length.  Please can someone elaborate on pretensioned springs.  Does anyone know how they are made, compared to non pretensioned ones.  Does this make any sense? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ajoiner (talk • contribs).
:It seems to me that most tension coil springs are at least slightly "pre-tensioned" so that the coils are pressed against each other in the resting state. I assume this is an artifact of the specific shape given to the wire as it is bent to make the spring form. That is, as the spring-forming machine takes the wire and gives it the bend that it needs to form the coil, the wire is also given a slight bend that biases it to press against its neighbor. I'd imagine the amount of pre-load is, in that way, an arbitrary choice made by the spring designer.
:Atlant 12:28, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Pretensioned Springs

message: When were springs invented? Industrial revolution? Middle ages? Just curious. Andyana 15:00, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  History 

message: Was wondering what causes the well known phenomonon of clock and watch mainsprings losing some of their torque and becoming 'tired' or 'set' after decades of use?  Talk:Creep (deformation) says it's not creep.  Is it metal fatigue?   I'm editing Mainspring and can't find any information on this failure mode.  Thanks --ChetvornoTALK 02:02, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  What causes 'tired' clock mainsprings? 

message: I was dissapointed. There's no mention of the energy stored in springs!
Anybody have any material about energy in srpings vs batteries? I remember reading that there are hopes to develop some more compact springs, which could be used for storage, or that since they do not ware out, large springs could be used in static locations. What determines the K of the spring? How is weight involved? Is a material's weight a factor? Are metal springs any stronger than plastic ones? Can plastic springs be "recharged"? Are tension springs any stronger than compressed springs? Are there ways of measuring performance between springs like air/gas springs vs solid springs? Here's the glove, anybody wanna pick it up? Pashute (talk) 00:05, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  energy in springs? 

message: What happens if we bend a helical spring? How can we approximate the force or the torque it exerts to bend back?--Reza M. Namin (talk) 13:18, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bending a helical Spring 

message: where can you buy springs at?--Super fuzz bros (talk) 01:39, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spring stores 

message: In the "Types" section, could we add the ubiquitous little domed spring contact disc that is used in myriad electronic keypad-type  switches.  Does anyone know if this type has a particular name ? Darkman101 (talk) 14:26, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Domed spring discs in switches 

message: There is a spiral spring of the Roman period in showcases of Roman Archaeology Museum of Altino near Venice, along with a key lock.
It is shown together with other findings of the 1 century CE. Finding code AL8654. 
--Andriolo (talk) 20:46, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coil spring of Roman Period. 

message: The recent edits by the students from Pune are uncited and it looks like they might have been copied from somewhere (possible copyvio). If this isn't clarified it'll probably have to be deleted. DexDor (talk) 06:49, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent edits 

message: I can't find any mention of progressive springs, as opposed to linear rate springs. Should that be added here or a new Progressive spring article be written? --Dennis Bratland (talk) 22:42, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Progressive spring 

message: If energy is stored in a spring between a mass unit 1 and a mass unit 2 (or some other mass), what is the formula for the partitioning of the restored energy to the 2 different masses?WFPM (talk) 16:28, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Partition of stored spring energy

message: In the introduction, the rate or spring constant is explained. 'Spring rate' already has a redirect to the article, however  'spring rating' does not.
Can I suggest a redirect to Spring_(device) from  Spring rating? wcrosbie (talk), Melbourne, Australia 03:46, 14 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spring rating 

message: I think that the author tried their best to put the description into words but I would like to add that if a conical coil spring was made as zero length that it would want to invert (and you could perhaps use an inverted conical spring as a zero length spring). That would add half a twist - this twisting effect could be called "torsion" as well. One could also add twists in the metal of normal springs by inverting the spring a few times (in the same direction) which should improve the spring’s ability to retract (or expand). Which way to invert the spring will likely depend on the hand it has been wound on (clockwise or anticlockwise) and if it is for pulling or pushing. Inverting too many times could overcome the spring’s ability to maintain a curve and it could attempt to flick back (especially if a pulling spring is caused to expand) else it could just deform. Springs with closer turns on the ends might be a zero length spring, because it may work to hold the tension better. Charlieb000 (talk) 01:37, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Zero Length Springs 

message: piprahwa stupa relics include some springs as well dated to ashokan era.
object 4 and 6  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.135.118.112 (talk) 21:14, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  coiled springs from mauryan period 

message: The text about 'constant spring' seems to originate from the indicated website. To me the website shows rather a construction, than a special type of spring.Madyno (talk) 22:50, 7 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Constant spring 

message: I'm going to be adding 2 sections to this page. One will deal with energy conversions in the spring mass system. The other will deal with period and frequency. These transfers come from by sandbox page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Awsamb1/Spring_(device)). --Awsamb1 (talk) 22:00, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding a section about energy fluctuations and a section about period and frequency