Smalley Retaining Ring Selection Guide

Smalley Retaining Ring Selection Guide

Smalley’s Retaining Rings are high quality and interchangeable with both imperial and metric retaining ring grooves. You can cross reference a standard circlip, stamped ring or snap ring in the table below, or go through our step-by-step guide.

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Smalley’s Retaining Rings are high quality and interchangeable with both imperial and metric retaining ring grooves. You can cross reference a standard circlip, stamped ring or snap ring in the table below, or go through our step-by-step guide.
TFC offer free samples of stock retaining rings to test in your application. Call our engineering team for assistance in identifying the best part for your application.

Step 1: Do you need to meet any specifications?

SpecificationSeries
Military MIL- DTL-27426/3XWH
Military MIL- DTL-27426/1XWS
Military MIL- DTL-27426/4XWHM
Military MIL- DTL-27426/2XWSM
Aerospace AS4299, AS3217, AS3219XWH
Aerospace AS4299, AS3218, AS3219XWS
Aerospace AS4299, AS3215, AS3219XWHM
Aerospace AS4299, AS3216, AS3219XWSM
Metric Aerospace MA 4017XEH
Metric Aerospace MA 4016XES

Step 2: Do you need to match an alternative ring groove?

ManufacturerSeries
Truarc N5000 & 5008XWHM
Truarc 5100 & 5108XWSM
Eaton NANXWHT
Eaton XANXWST
Eaton I-NXWHM
Eaton E-NXWSM
Industrial RR 3000 & 4000XWHM
Industrial RR 3100 & 4100XWSM
Anderton N1300XWHM
Anderton N1400XWSM
Anderton D1300XDNH
Anderton D1400XDNS
European Specification DIN 472XDNH
European Specification DIN 471XDNS

Step 3: Choose by the thrust capacity needed.

Standard Units (inches)
SeriesLoad (lb)HousingShaft
Light Duty4100XVHXVS
Medium Duty4950XWHXWS
Medium Heavy Duty7070XWHTXWST
Heavy Duty8340XWHMXWSM
Constant Section Rings8341XFHEXFSE
WaveRing—-XWHWXWSW
Representative example shows the load capacity for a 2″ ring
Metric Units (mm)
SeriesLoad (kN)HousingShaft
Light Duty18.03XVHMXVSM
DIN Series136.55XDNHXDNS
Aerospace Series38.96XEHXES
Constant Section Rings36.53XFHXFS
Representative example shows the load capacity for a 50mm ring.
1Manufacturered to DIN groove specifications.
TFCDATATABLESPIROLOX® SERIESMILITARY MIL-DTL-27426AEROSPACE AS3219METRIC AEROSPACE MA 4035EUROPEAN SPECIFICATION DINWALDES TRUARCEATONINDUSTRIAL RETAINING RINGOTHER RINGSANDERTON
XVHviewURGroove interchange only.Use a Smalley Retaining Ring to fit into the same grooveas these stamped circlips and snap rings.
XVSviewUS
XWHviewRR/3AS4299 AS3217
XWSviewRS/1AS4299 AS3218
XWHTviewRRTNANUHB
XWSTviewRSTXANUSC
XWHMviewRRN/4AS4299 AS3215N5000 5008IN3000    4000HO HOI UHON1300
XWSMviewRSN/2AS4299 AS32165100 5108EN3100    4100SH   SHI USHN1400
XDNHviewDIN 472DHOD1300
XDNSviewDIN 471DSHD1400
XEHviewMA 4017
XESviewMA 4016
XFHviewDIN 472DHOD1300
XFSviewDIN 471DSHD1400
XXAHviewNANUHB
XXASviewXANUSC
XXDHviewNDHN
XXDSviewXDSNL
XXNHINUHO
XXNSENUSH

Quality assured since 1981 ISO 9001:2008 Aerospace AS9100C & AS9120AWith ISO9001: 2015 approval incorporating Design Status, our qualified engineering staff are able to offer a completely free of charge engineering service and are available to assist with part selection, custom design, application requirements, material selection and more.

Applications are discussed in-depth, first-off design data and drawings are submitted for approval to ensure our customers are provided with the correct design, first time. However, on those rare occasions when modifications are necessary, our no-tooling process and flexible manufacturing procedures means the production of prototypes is easily and economically achieved without onerous tooling charges and long lead times.

At TFC we realise that Quality runs through the entire business, not just our products. We have continually invested in the right people to provide the superior market knowledge and customer service.

Our supply chain partners, from manufacturers to logistics and information technology are carefully chosen to ÿt our commitment to quality

Quality assured since 1981
ISO 9001:2015
Aerospace AS9100C & AS9120A

All products are batch traceable and can be supplied in accordance with REACH, RoHs and Weee.

Certificates of Conformity are available on request and Full material certification is also available on many items.

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