Wire circlips

[hmangphilly]

Oh dear, sorry about that. Yes ... clearly an anatomical connection but as it is a valid medical term then I do not think anyone can be offended. And although the term is most widely used in anatomy as per Wikipedia etc it does have a valid use elsewhere for situations where the outside of an item is pushed inwards to form an inner 'receptacle' or passage. As a visual aid, think of a softish balloon and then pushing your finger into it. You create a closed tube around your finger.... the whole process being invagination as the tube forms. What was the outer surface is now an inner surface around your finger.
I think I should stop there ......
Cheers, Phil

look here

https://www.springmasters.com/produc...-rings-metric/

and here


https://simplybearings.co.uk/shop/Be...527/index.html

or here

https://www.springmasters.com/produc...s-to-din-7993/

[micky2]

Oh dear, sorry about that. Yes ... clearly an anatomical connection but as it is a valid medical term then I do not think anyone can be offended. And although the term is most widely used in anatomy as per Wikipedia etc it does have a valid use elsewhere for situations where the outside of an item is pushed inwards to form an inner 'receptacle' or passage. As a visual aid, think of a softish balloon and then pushing your finger into it. You create a closed tube around your finger.... the whole process being invagination as the tube forms. What was the outer surface is now an inner surface around your finger.
I think I should stop there ......
Cheers, Phil

This is all getting a bit to much for me.

[English]

It looks like the items your are after are called retaining rings or Snap rings and I think you have broadened everyones vocabulary by at least one memorable word, I also had to look it up and after 40+ years or reading techincal documents spanning all manneer of engineered products its the first time I have encountered it - Sir you have a future as a technical author

[Phil Russell]

Sir you have a future as a technical author

Thank you, in fact that was part of what I used to do, but in plant pathology/crop protection not engineering. Ah, those were the days.
Cheers, Phil

[Neil54]

Playing with a balloon will never be the same.

[HW777]

Oh dear, sorry about that. Yes ... clearly an anatomical connection but as it is a valid medical term then I do not think anyone can be offended. And although the term is most widely used in anatomy as per Wikipedia etc it does have a valid use elsewhere for situations where the outside of an item is pushed inwards to form an inner 'receptacle' or passage. As a visual aid, think of a softish balloon and then pushing your finger into it. You create a closed tube around your finger.... the whole process being invagination as the tube forms. What was the outer surface is now an inner surface around your finger.
I think I should stop there ......
Cheers, Phil

Encapsulation by a vivid invagination has a certain ring about, don't you think ?

[the logun-ator]

Encapsulation by a vivid invagination has a certain ring about, don't you think ?

ill name that tune in one!
..you sing it and ill hum it

[WILBA]

They are called E clips. I remember them in my webley hawk trigger mechanism.

[Phil Russell]

They are called E clips. I remember them in my webley hawk trigger mechanism.

E clips will do the same job but the ones I tried to describe are not E clips in the sense that if you search for E clips you get the flat steel clips, not ones made from round wire. Sorry about that. The Hawk part V26 (knibbs), shows the type.

Cheers, Phil

[WebleyWombler]

I may have posted on this topic a few years ago but failed to find them ...
On several rifles, Old just post war Webleys I think are one, retaining pins are held in position by wire circlips. Think of a wire ring where you then push the diameter in and the invagination you create then fits around the pin, fitting in a groove in the pin.
I have found them called 'plain wire snap rings' but a search for them in the UK invariably brings up the round wire spring clips that resemble a wire ring with a cut in it. This type can fit over a shaft (or pin) or inside a groove in a tube. You can make them by cutting sections from a spring.
But I digress... I have yet again been trying to find the 'Webley' style wire circlips here in the UK but failed ... I found a supplier in the USA.
Maybe they are called something else here? Or maybe all supplies come from overseas. Other circlips can do the job, e clips, C clips for instance and I think the Webley type are available from spares stores at a high cost. But out of interest I would like to find a UK supply at a reasonable price.
Does anyone know of a source? So far my googling has failed.
Cheers, Phil

I have often seen them on old shafts in mechanical instrumentation devices but haven't got a clue what they are called. They are listed under 'snap rings' as 'Round wire open and closed gap rings' on a USA site from ARCON Mfg.

Possibly you could lift a photo from that site and see if a company like Simply Bearings can get something for you?

As a guide on price, I use 18mm plain round wire snap rings ( a non standard size)which the product manufacturers charge £1.20 + the dreaded each. I located a supplier that does trade at £34 + VAT per thousand.