UDC 62.272.272 : 001.4 : 003.62: 620.1 November 1981
Helical compression springs
made of round wire and rod
Quality requirements for hot formed compression springs
Zylindrische Schraubendruckfedern aus runden Drahten und Stében; Supersedes DIN 2096/ January 1974
Giiteanforderungen bei warmgeformten Druckfedern
As itis current practice in standards published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the
comma has been used throughout as a decimal marker.
Dimensions in mm
1 Scope
“The permissible deviations specified in this standard apply to helical compression springs which satisfy the following
conditions:
lot size Lup to 5000 pieces
0d oF wire diameter d 810 60mm
external coil diameter De 5 460mm
length of unloaded spring Lg 800mm
number of active turns n z3
coiling ratio w 31012
In the ease of lot sizes of 5000 pieces or more, DIN 2096 Part 2 applies, subject to certain conditions.
2 Purpose
‘This standard describes the technical manufacturing tolerances usually adopted for hot formed helical compression
springs, when said springs are manufactured either in small quantities or in medium size series. This enables the
permissible deviations of functionally important characteristics to be laid down in a suitable manner for manufac-
turing purposes at the design stage already.
More stringent requirements, particularly in respect of individual characteristics which are important for the proper
functioning of the spring, must be agreed separately at the time of ordering.
3 Illustration of the helical compression spring
Figure 1. Helical compression spring with theoretical force-detlection graph
Continued on pages 2 to 7
187Page 2. DIN 2096 Part 1
4 Formula symbols, terms, units
Formulae Tem [une
a ea
spring
Aa permissible deviation of the nominal diemeter d mm
Ave permissible deviation of the external coil diameter D, of the unloaded mm
spring
Abi permissible deviation of the internal coll diameter D, of the unloaded | mm
spring
: peste dvtionof tern fre Patan ana | N
Avo permissible deviation of the length Lg of the unloaded spring | mm
Au eee
AR permissible deviation of spring rate R | N/mm
|
mean coil diameter | mm
De external coil diameter | mm
DB interna ot diameter | om
onan upper deviation of nominal diameter d | omm
¢ permissible deviation ofthe generatrix from the vertical, measured on | mm
‘the unloaded spring (see figure 1) |
& permissible deviation from absolute parallelism of the two ground | mm
spring ends of the unloaded spring, measured at the external diameter Dy
Fy t0 Fy spring forces, correlated to the spring lengths L to Lia N
Fy spring force, correlated to the test length Ly N
Fetteo ‘theoretical spring force, correlated to the solid lanath Le N
Lo length of the unloaded spring mm
Ly 10 Ly lengths of the loaded spring, correlated to the spring forces F to Fy mm
Le solid length, shortest possible spring length (all the coils in contact with | mm
one another)
shortest permissible test length mm
length of loaded spring, correlated to the test force Fy mm
ls length of spring during presetting | mm
n ‘number of active turns =
m total number of turns =
spring rate Nimm
spring deflections, correlated to the spring forces F to Fy mm
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safety gap, sum of the minimum clear distances between adjoini
active turns at the spring length La,
coiling ratio -
5 Design
5.1. Material
‘The steel grades according to DIN 17 221 and DIN 17 226 are applicable as the starting material for springs in accord-
ance with this standard,
5.2 Winding direction
Helical compression springs have a right-handed (clockwise) winding as a general rule, and when they are installed in
spring banks, they are alternately right-handed and left-handed, with the outside spring usually being right-handed
(normal arrangement)
If the springs are required to have a left-handed (anticlockwise) winding, this must be specified by the indication “left-
handed winding” on the drawings or on the enquiry or purchase order documents,
53. Spring ends
‘The usual types of spring end shapes are ilustrated in figure 2. If only one shape is indicated on the drawings, said shape
shall apply to both ends ofthe spring; a combination of two shapes, e.g. shape 1 and shape 2, is possible.
In order to achieve a uniform contact of all the turns when the spring is compressed to its solid length, the total number
of turns shall terminate at 1/2 if possible, especially in the case of small numbers of turns.
== ——
Shape 1 Shape 2 Shape 3.
Ends closed and Ends closed, Ends forged,
ground flat unmachined closed and
Figure 2. Spring end shapes ground flat
6 Wire or rod diameter before coiling
6.1. Rods according to DIN 2077 with rolled surface
Table 1. Nominal diameter and permissible deviations
Nominal diameter Permissible deviations
¢ ‘Ae
esasns 20,15
[ sas2s 202
254525 £025
3054539 203
405d 550 £04
6254560 205
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6.2. Rods with machined surface, i.e. with turned, peeled or ground surface
‘Table 2. Permissible deviations of the nominal diameter
Nominal diameter Permissible deviations
@ Aa
esas10 £005
10