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constant and variable spring support

constant and variable spring support

constant and variable spring support

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What is the difference between constant and variable spring support?

RE: constant and variable spring support

Constant spring support supplies a constant force to the pipe no matter how much the pipe moves against it, whereas a variable spring support supplies a variable force at some proportion of the amount the pipe moves against it.

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RE: constant and variable spring support

Variable springs are also typically much smaller and much cheaper than constant load springs. Constant load springs are generally reserved where you have large vertical displacements such that the load change you would get with a variable spring become excessive.

Edward L. Klein
Pipe Stress Engineer
Houston, Texas

"All the world is a Spring"

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