Bauer Springs Ltd

Engineering buyers charged with the responsibility of purchasing disc spring washers or spring packs can remove any doubts regarding manufacturing quality, performance or reliability if they obtain written assurance from suppliers that the spring products conform in full to the DIN 2093 specification.

With the upsurge of international interest in nuclear power generation, component suppliers to this market will need to ensure that they have full compliance with the latest specifications that have moved-on from those in place for the earlier generations of plant, many of which are now approaching shut-downs and closure.

Christian Bauer disc springs are manufactured to the tolerances, material specifications and performance parameters of DIN 2093, provide highly reliable ‘elastic’ technical components which can form the building block elements of spring packs. Under applied load or torque, the spring yields with a defined and repeatable deformation, while an opposing reaction force is at the same time stored as energy within the spring.

Some dished washers purporting to be DIN 2093 components are proving to be ‘not fit for purpose’ when used in disc spring pack applications. Although both grades of product can look dimensionally identical, the use of inferior materials and a failure to comply with the DIN manufacturing standards means that component failures often occur. This can lead to break-down costs and production delays as well as potential danger in safety critical applications. There can be a huge price to pay for relatively modest savings in initial purchase prices.