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| Subject: | Re: [RESOGUIT-L] Import reso springs (was vanity plates) | | Date: | , February 3, 2008 16:22:19 (+0100) | | From: | tower.op <tower.op @.......net>
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A problem with Belleville washers is that people don't know how to apply them.
They should not be totally flattened or they lose the ability to maintain a
consatnt pressure on the connection. Some manufacturers state that when they
are flattened, they are ruined, and should be replaced and torqued properly.
Steve Bartlett
Who used them to connect substation bus bars.
And is feeling like a know-it-all this morning...
"Marvin and Ann Poole" <marvflogs@bellsouth.net> wrote:
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> I think the spring was an engineers attempt to put a constant tension in
the
> screw along with its ability to act like a locknut to keep the screw
tension
> constant. A better solution would have been a "Belville washer" a
concave
> washer which when compressed also applies constant screw tension when
> properly compresssed.
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