Battery Clip design (spring steel)
Battery Clip design (spring steel)
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I am designing a battery clips for a AA size battery using .020 thick spring steel. I would like to fabricate (bend) some prototypes for testing purposes. Is the material formed to it's shape and then heat treated to a spring temper or can I bend the spring temper material?





RE: Battery Clip design (spring steel)
Steel has a relatively low conductivity. You might wnat to look into NiBryl Alloy 360 from BrushWellman. a Ni-based alloy that is Age hardenable and can be formed then hardened to a UTS of ~300ksi. Also has a conductivity approximately 3x that of 17-7PH.
Nick
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RE: Battery Clip design (spring steel)