Snap Rings

Round wire snap rings made of stainless steel or steel are important securing elements in many different areas of the economy and manufacturing industry. Snap rings made of round wire are used in mechanical engineering, special machine construction, agricultural technology, the food industry and even in model making. Round wire snap rings have thus established themselves in many other industries over the last 50 years and are used hundreds of thousands of times a day. These alone are convincing arguments as to how frequently the snap rings are used today. These little helpers, which are axial retaining elements and allow shafts to be fused with other components to form a single unit, seem to be a real help. The round wire snap ring made of stainless steel is also used in modern gearboxes for motor vehicles and two-wheelers. This is not surprising, since the simple design of the snap ring means that it can be used in so many different ways and is hardly subject to wear. The round wire snap ring made of stainless steel is - in principle - a quite simple structure and is, as the name suggests, made of round wire. It passes through a round wire bending machine to be bent into a round wire snap ring. The ring has an opening of several millimetres on one side. This opening is important because it allows the snap ring to be expanded and mounted on shafts or axles until it can engage in the groove. Furthermore, the round wire snap ring is always bent with a certain pretension and also hardened very often so that a spring effect can be created without bending the ring or letting it break. If you would like to learn more about round wire snap rings, please visit our blog and take some time.

Basically we stock many round wire snap rings made of stainless steel in the usual sizes for industry and private persons. This enables us to react and dispatch quickly to avoid or keep downtimes in the industry short and to keep these spare parts in stock. We supply you with round wire snap rings made of stainless steel V2A. To our delivery program of snap rings are the smallest diameters for shafts 4 mm and the largest snap rings for 65 mm. Of course we also supply you with all intermediate sizes. The material can be either steel or primarily stainless steel V2A or V4A. In order to enable you to buy quickly and efficiently in our online shop, we have extended our website to a secure SSL certificate some time ago. This now allows you to enter your payment details securely and transfer them to us. In order to enable a quick purchase in our online shop for your round wire rings, please put all goods or articles you would like to purchase into the shopping cart. When you have put together all the products, you will be directed through our online shop to the selection of payment methods. Now choose the best payment method for you and follow the instructions. By confirming the payment you will be redirected back to our website. Immediately afterwards you will receive an order confirmation for your purchase of round wire snap rings by e-mail. After we have also received your order in our system, the ordered goods will be forwarded directly to the warehouse and your goods will then be commissioned and assembled for shipment. You should now receive your delivery in a few days.

After you have received the delivery from us, you can start directly with the installation of the snap rings. Unpack all snap rings and place them on the table. Now look at the component on which the round wire snap ring is to be mounted. There are shafts or axles where the grooves for the round wire snap rings are worked out in a semicircular form or as a rectangular groove. Both forms can accommodate round wire snap rings and act as a safety element to prevent axial displacement. If the groove is semicircular in shape, the snap ring can also act as overload protection in the event of excessive axial load. This means that if the axial force is exceeded, the snap ring springs out through the semicircular groove shape. If the groove is designed as a rectangular shape, the snap ring often sits very securely and firmly in the groove and cannot be levered out by axial pressure. But now back to the assembly. Please check whether the groove is clean of residues so that the round wire snap ring can slide in safely. Place the snap ring on the shaft head and press it lightly against it. Now spread the opening on the snap ring apart using a screwdriver so that the ring can slide over the shaft or axle. Push it up to the component to be secured until you hear an audible noise when the ring engages in the groove. Congratulations! Your snap ring is mounted.