Tolerance ring made of spring strip steel with embossed waves — stamped and formed part for frictional shaft-hub connections in mechanical engineering · Biegema
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Tolerance ring (tolerance sleeve)

Slotted sheet-metal sleeve with embossed corrugations (raised waves) acting as a frictional shaft-hub connection. During assembly the sprung waves deform elastically and create a firm yet detachable press fit — compensating manufacturing tolerances and thermal expansion, also usable as overload protection (application in small electric motors per DIN 42020).

Material
Spring strip steel · 0.4 mm
FAQ

Häufige Fragen zur Fertigung: Tolerance ring (tolerance sleeve)

You can produce Tolerance ring (tolerance sleeve) on the FMS-Q 120 RS, FMS-Q 250 RS and FMS-Q 350 RS. The FMS-Q 120 RS works with 80 kN punching force, strip material up to 50 mm width, wire up to 4 mm. At up to 500 parts per minute, the machine is designed for series production — finished parts come straight off the machine.

The radial design positions the bending slides freely through 360° around the central bending core — ideal for parts like Tolerance ring with multiple bends in different directions. Tool changes take less than 30 minutes, so even smaller batches are economical.

Spring strip steel (0.4 mm) runs through the punch-bending machine as strip or wire stock in a progressive process: punching, bending, and inspection happen in one pass. Instead of buying parts from suppliers, you produce them in-house at significantly lower unit costs from medium quantities upwards — Biegema configures the machine specifically for your part.