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Spring Applications by Function

Start with the job inside your assembly: return a moving part, keep contact, fit into a shallow space, hold something in place or maintain an electrical connection. These guides explain where each spring style fits and what to confirm before you choose it.

Looking for a spring type?Use the Products catalog for dimensions, manufacturing capability and product specifications.Browse Products
Comparing alloys?Use Materials for corrosion, temperature, strength and grade selection.Browse Materials
Need reference data?Use the Spring Engineering Guide for database-backed dimensions and engineering reference pages.Open Spring Guide

Move it back

Return, Reset & Repeated Motion

For buttons, levers, plungers and other parts that need to return to a known position after each action.

Fit more into less space

Compact & Space-Limited Assemblies

For designs where compressed height, a changing pocket or limited axial room matters more than using a conventional coil shape.

Control opening and closing

Hinges, Latches & Counterbalance

For doors, covers, latches and rotating controls that need a pull, a turning force or assistance around a pivot.

Hold or locate a part

Retention, Positioning & Custom Formed Parts

For clips, rings, brackets and custom wire shapes where the part must retain, guide, support or connect something in a specific space.

Work repeatedly under load

Tooling & High-Cycle Motion

For dies, molds and fast repeated motion where operating stroke, duty and cycle life matter more than catalog size alone.

Keep parts in contact

Preload, Pressure & Axial Take-Up

For bolts, bearings, clutches and stacked assemblies that need force in a short axial space or need to absorb normal variation.

Apply force around a circle

Sealing, Circular Contact & Detent

For seals, circular grooves and connector interfaces that need distributed force or repeated engagement around a circumference.

Maintain a reliable contact

Electrical Contact, Grounding & Tactile Control

For batteries, grounding points, enclosure seams and switch interfaces where spring force works together with an electrical contact requirement.

Other application-led designs

Specialized Spring Uses

Additional spring styles with application requirements that do not fit neatly into one of the main groups above.

From use case to custom part

Use the application first, then lock down the specification

An application guide helps you decide which spring style belongs in the assembly. Once the direction is clear, move to the relevant Product page for dimensions and manufacturing capability, Materials for alloy selection, and the Spring Engineering Guide for reference data.