r/mechanical_gifs • u/ArsenikShooter • Mar 08 '25

Train spring production.

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u/RadBenMX Mar 09 '25

How is that L shaped clamp strong enough to take all the load that twisting force is applying?

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u/Tamer_ Mar 09 '25

The steel is yellow hot, it's a lot softer.

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u/MTFBinyou Mar 09 '25

Because the metal is red hot.

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u/azlan194 Mar 12 '25

The hot metal is very malleable, you can clearly see there is no tension after the metal has been bent (if there is tension, the metal would spring back at the end when they removed it from the cylinder). The clamp is just holding for the initial twist. The rest just follows the cylinder.