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[Walkalong]

I hope anyone reading this has gotten a pretty good idea about spring life and what affects it.

Picking nits and arguing back and forth about tiny points just confuses things.

Keep in mind that the first thing one should consider when posting is ………Does this help the OP understand the answer to their post?

 

[danez71]

https://www.machinedesign.com/news/article/21819519/considerations-for-sizing-springs

Accounting for free length and compression height leaves a 60 to 70% maximum operating range. In general, the shorter the actual stroke within this range, the longer the life. Finally, never let a spring act as its own stop. Limiting travel with a stop also increases spring life.

By using this calculator you can see that the 'safe travel' amount is affected by only changing the wire diameter and all other design parameters left the same.

You can change only the material and see the 'safe travels' amount change as well.


https://www.thespringstore.com/spring-calculator.html



How deep into the stroke the spring is compressed absolutely has an affect on spring life as evidenced by these sources as well as multiple others readily available.


This short write up talks about, in a general sense, Creep over time as well as Fatigue.

https://idcspring.com/spring-lose-tension-when-compressed/