Product Information
- The WH Series Spirolox Retaining Ring is Smalley's most popular retaining ring series
- No gap or lugs provide for a functional and aesthetically pleasing ring
- Can operate in an internal and external groove at the same time
- Spirals have no ears to interfere with mating components in your assembly
- 1/2" - 11" Diameters
- Aerospace Specification: AS3217, AS4299
- Military Specification: MIL-DTL-27426/3
- Carbon and Stainless Steel
- Groove Diameter: 2.239:±.006
- Thrust Capacity Groove Yield: 5660 lbs
- Ring Shear: 14000 lbs
- Greatest number of standard retaining ring sizes in this series
- WH rings easily handle thrust loads imposed by light or medium series bearings
- Based on a groove material yield strength of 45,000 psi and a safety factor of 2
- No Gap - 360 retaining surface
- No protruding ears to interfere with mating components (uniform cross-section)
- Economically produced in stainless steel because the coiling process produces no scrap
- No-Tooling-Charges on custom designs
- Easy to assemble and remove
