What are these springs for?

[NUTTSGT]

Part of an auction haul last fall. I'm going through stuff and wondering what these springs would have been used for in a machine shop. Anyone have a clue ?

 

[NUTTSGT]

Another picture for size reference.

 

[whateg01]

Stripper springs? Some Could be valve springs, but they don't really look like it to me.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Stripper springs ?

 

[whateg01]

Stripper springs ?

Used on press tooling or a punch press

 

[pelletman]

I would call them die springs, I may be wrong

 

[NUTTSGT]

Ahhh, ok that makes sense. . . Looks like they will go in the scrap bucket then.

 

[logical]

Ahhh, ok that makes sense. . . Looks like they will go in the scrap bucket then.

That's risky, you will very likely need the green ones next week.

 

[PCustoms]

I would call them die springs, I may be wrong

Looks like die springs to me.

Not a whole lot of use around the garage, unless you need some steel to forge. Pretty sure there are better options for that too

 

[Just_Steve]

They look like the springs that hold the clam shell clamp that holds my pool filter together.

 

[bwringer]

Ahhh, ok that makes sense. . . Looks like they will go in the scrap bucket then.

Gently, or they'll just bounce right back out...


I got rid of a pile of useless motorcycle and bicycle fork and shock springs several years ago, and they're accumulating again. I'm not sure what it is about springs, but it's hard to just discard them.

 

[Debcrow]

I got rid of a pile of useless motorcycle and bicycle fork and shock springs several years ago, and they're accumulating again. I'm not sure what it is about springs, but it's hard to just discard them.

Yes, I have a bucket full of springs that I am sure I will never use....
But hope Springs eternal

 

[RoninB4]

-Those are commonly used in stamping dies for stripper plates, pressure/preload pads, cam form returns, and sometimes in molds. The sizes are matched to the tonnage required. Useless to the average garage shop but if you have a milling machine the weaker ones can be used to hold parallels apart in the milling vise.

 

[gizardlizard]

I work in a plastic injection molding shop and see them daily. They are used between mold plates where a stripper is needed or behind the ejector plate.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Thanks guys, they're going in the scrap bucket.

Edit: Got my answer and going to close the thread.