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Engineering with Spirolox: A guide for designers

Sept. 24, 2025
This Top Tips explores how spiral retaining rings, like Spirolox, offer engineers a reliable, easy-to-install alternative to traditional circlips, addressing common limitations and enhancing design flexibility.

Engineers looking for alternatives to traditional circlips are increasingly turning to spiral retaining rings to improve reliability, simplify installation, and gain more flexibility in their designs. This comprehensive guide reveals how Spirolox retaining rings are transforming assembly design and addressing the limitations of traditional circlips—including gaps in retention surfaces, installation complexity, and dimensional inconsistencies.

Retaining rings are available in a wide variety of shapes and sizes for use in thousands of different applications. Inside this essential resource, explore spiral retaining rings, including custom options that deliver full 360° retention without the compromises of conventional approaches. Learn how precision retaining solutions built using advanced Smalley’s edgewinding manufacturing processes meet tight tolerances while simplifying installation and maintenance procedures. The guide demonstrates real-world applications of Smalley Spirolox design principles, including a detailed case study.

Download this guide to learn seven technical advantages engineers can use in their projects. 

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