Wire Forms
Custom Coiled Spring Pins - Heavy Duty manufactured to your drawing, dimensions, load or torque, material, working environment and production requirements.
- Engineering data
- 6 data points
- Typical / standard data
- 1 configurations
- Manufacturing
- Made to specification
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Wire Forms
Custom Coiled Spring Pins - Light Duty manufactured to your drawing, dimensions, load or torque, material, working environment and production requirements.
- Engineering data
- 6 data points
- Typical / standard data
- 1 configurations
- Manufacturing
- Made to specification
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Wire Forms
Custom Coiled Spring Pins - Standard Duty manufactured to your drawing, dimensions, load or torque, material, working environment and production requirements.
- Engineering data
- 6 data points
- Typical / standard data
- 1 configurations
- Manufacturing
- Made to specification
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Wire Forms
Custom Constant-Section External Retaining Rings manufactured to your drawing, dimensions, load or torque, material, working environment and production requirements.
- Engineering data
- 4 data points
- Typical / standard data
- 1 configurations
- Manufacturing
- Made to specification
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Wire Forms
Custom Constant-Section Internal Retaining Rings manufactured to your drawing, dimensions, load or torque, material, working environment and production requirements.
- Engineering data
- 4 data points
- Typical / standard data
- 1 configurations
- Manufacturing
- Made to specification
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Wire Forms
A made-to-drawing spring form for mechanisms that need elastic behavior but cannot be served by a standard compression, extension or torsion geometry.
- Variants
- 17
- Wire
- 0.3-4 mm
- OD
- 7.98-64.18 mm
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Wire Forms
D-shaped and other formed wire rings, specified by outline, end condition and the actual connection or retention function.
- Availability
- Made to order
- Quotation
- Drawing-based RFQ
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Wire Forms
DIN 471 External Circlips manufactured to your drawing, dimensions, load or torque, material, working environment and production requirements.
- Engineering data
- 6 data points
- Typical / standard data
- 3 configurations
- Manufacturing
- Made to specification
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Wire Forms
DIN 472 Internal Circlips manufactured to your drawing, dimensions, load or torque, material, working environment and production requirements.
- Engineering data
- 6 data points
- Typical / standard data
- 3 configurations
- Manufacturing
- Made to specification
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Wire Forms
Custom Hoopster External Retaining Rings manufactured to your drawing, dimensions, load or torque, material, working environment and production requirements.
- Engineering data
- 4 data points
- Typical / standard data
- 1 configurations
- Manufacturing
- Made to specification
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Wire Forms
Custom Hoopster Internal Retaining Rings manufactured to your drawing, dimensions, load or torque, material, working environment and production requirements.
- Engineering data
- 4 data points
- Typical / standard data
- 1 configurations
- Manufacturing
- Made to specification
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Wire Forms
Wire locking and release forms specified by the engagement geometry, actuation movement and required retention.
- Availability
- Made to order
- Quotation
- Drawing-based RFQ
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Wire Forms
Custom R-Clips / Hairpin Cotters manufactured to your drawing, dimensions, load or torque, material, working environment and production requirements.
- Engineering data
- 7 data points
- Typical / standard data
- 4 configurations
- Manufacturing
- Made to specification
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Wire Forms
Custom wire retaining and snap-ring forms for grooves, shafts and bores where the ring must install reliably, recover elastically and hold a component in position.
- Availability
- Made to order
- Quotation
- Drawing-based RFQ
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Wire Forms
Custom Slotted Spring Pins manufactured to your drawing, dimensions, load or torque, material, working environment and production requirements.
- Engineering data
- 9 data points
- Typical / standard data
- 6 configurations
- Manufacturing
- Made to specification
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Wire Forms
Custom Spirolox External Single-Turn Retaining Rings manufactured to your drawing, dimensions, load or torque, material, working environment and production requirements.
- Engineering data
- 4 data points
- Typical / standard data
- 1 configurations
- Manufacturing
- Made to specification
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Wire Forms
Custom Spirolox External Two-Turn Retaining Rings manufactured to your drawing, dimensions, load or torque, material, working environment and production requirements.
- Engineering data
- 4 data points
- Typical / standard data
- 1 configurations
- Manufacturing
- Made to specification
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Wire Forms
Custom Spirolox Internal Single-Turn Retaining Rings manufactured to your drawing, dimensions, load or torque, material, working environment and production requirements.
- Engineering data
- 4 data points
- Typical / standard data
- 1 configurations
- Manufacturing
- Made to specification
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Wire Forms
Custom Spirolox Internal Two-Turn Retaining Rings manufactured to your drawing, dimensions, load or torque, material, working environment and production requirements.
- Engineering data
- 4 data points
- Typical / standard data
- 1 configurations
- Manufacturing
- Made to specification
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Wire Forms
Custom Tapered-Section Retaining Rings manufactured to your drawing, dimensions, load or torque, material, working environment and production requirements.
- Engineering data
- 5 data points
- Typical / standard data
- 2 configurations
- Manufacturing
- Made to specification
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Wire Forms
Custom WaveRing Retaining Rings manufactured to your drawing, dimensions, load or torque, material, working environment and production requirements.
- Engineering data
- 4 data points
- Typical / standard data
- 1 configurations
- Manufacturing
- Made to specification
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Wire Forms
Custom formed-wire brackets, handles and frames for lightweight support, carrying, guiding and structural functions made directly to the product geometry.
- Availability
- Made to order
- Quotation
- Drawing-based RFQ
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Wire Forms
Made-to-drawing wire clips, hooks and rings used to retain, hang, connect or locate parts where a standard spring geometry is not required.
- Availability
- Made to order
- Quotation
- Drawing-based RFQ
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Wire Forms
Custom 2D and 3D wire parts formed to a drawing when the component needs to locate, retain, connect, guide or support another part rather than behave like a conventional coil spring.
- Variants
- 16
- Wire
- 0.3-4 mm
- OD
- 6.18-68.92 mm
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Product Family Overview
Wire Forms Are Defined by Geometry, Not a Standard Coil
Wire forms can include bends, offsets, hooks, closed or open rings and mounting features without a conventional spring body. Their performance depends on the complete formed geometry, bend radii, springback, material condition and the way the part is loaded in the assembly.
Selection
Choose the Wire-Form Family by Function
The most useful starting point is the feature the component must provide after installation.
Wire spring clips, hooks and rings
Use round-wire clip and hook forms when the part retains, latches, locates or connects another component.
Retaining and snap-ring forms
Ring-style parts are reviewed around groove or shaft/bore geometry and the deflection needed for installation.
Brackets, handles and complex wire shapes
Multi-bend parts require a controlled bend sequence, practical tooling access and clear datums on the drawing.
Custom Manufacturing Data
Wire Diameter and Forming Envelope
Catalog-backed wire-form examples provide a reference for wire diameter and overall envelope, while many formed components remain drawing-specific. Tight bend radii, long free legs and multiple planes can change the practical manufacturing route.
- Product designs
- 24
- Engineering data rows
- 120
- Wire / thickness range
- 0.3 mm–4 mm
- Outside diameter range
- 6.18 mm–68.92 mm
- Free length range
- 36.84 mm–194.54 mm
Custom RFQ
What to Send for a Custom Wire Form Quote
A 2D or 3D drawing is especially useful because bend orientation and datum location are difficult to define with overall dimensions alone.
- Wire diameter and material
- 2D/3D geometry with bend radii and angles
- Critical datums and fit dimensions
- Required spring action or allowable deflection
- Surface finish, deburring and appearance requirements
- Quantity, packaging and any automated-assembly needs
Project Support
Continue With the Detail Your Project Needs
Use the product pages for specific spring geometry, then continue with application, material, manufacturing or engineering information as needed.
Applications
Compare best-fit uses
Review where spring styles work well, assembly constraints and alternative designs.
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Materials
Select the material family
Compare strength, corrosion, temperature, fatigue and conductivity before choosing a grade.
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Manufacturing
Plan prototype and production
See how forming, heat treatment, inspection, first articles and repeat production are reviewed.
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Engineering Data
Review engineering data
Use material, wire-diameter and standard guides to support spring selection and drawing preparation.
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Material and Design Guides for Wire Forms
Continue with the material selection and design information related to this spring family.