Spring Materials

MATERIAL OPTIONS FOR HOT AND COLD WOUND SPRINGS

Betts Spring Manufacturing produces the broadest variety of springs of any North American manufacturer. We design and manufacture all varieties of compression springs and extension springs, including dual rate and side load springs.

Cold wound spring materials range from .095″ up to .640″. Our hot wound spring materials have a range from .562” to 1.75”.

Betts Spring Manufacturing has also produced leaf springs as large as 1,400 lbs. in weight, one of the largest mechanical springs ever made.

SAE 5160H
Sizes: .562” to 1.500”

SAE 9254
Sizes: .562” to 1.500″

ASTM A401 High Tensile Chromium-Silicon
Sizes: .189” to .640”
Cold Wound Material
Tensile ranges up to 290 KSI
Improved set resistance and fatigue life

ASTM A231 Chrome Vanadium
Sizes: .128” to .281”
Tensile ranges up to 260 KSI

ASTM A401 Commercial Chromium-Silicon
Sizes: .192” to .625”
Tensile ranges up to 280 KSI

ASTM A228 Music Wire
Sizes: .125” to .625”
Tensile ranges up to 280 KSI

ASTM A229 Oil Tempered Class 2
Sizes: .148” to .625”
Tensile ranges up to 270 KSI

SAE 302 Stainless Steel
Sizes: .125” to .562”
Tensile ranges up to 240 KSI

SAE 304 Stainless Steel
Sizes: Available by request

SAE 316 Stainless Steel
Sizes: Available by request

17-7 Stainless Steel PH (Condition C)
Sizes: .125” to .562”
Tensile ranges up to 300 KSI

Examples of materials Betts Spring Manufacturing routinely uses:

  • Music wire
  • Hard Drawn
  • Pre-plated wire
  • Oil Tempered
  • 300 Series Stainless
  • 17-7 Stainless
  • Chrome Vanadium
  • Chrome Silicon
  • Chrome Silicon Vanadium Spike
  • 5160H

If you have any questions regarding spring materials for your spring project please use the button below to contact our expert team of dedicated spring engineers.