Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Is a Spring Still Springy After It Gets Crushed by a Hydraulic Press?



It's time to check in with the best thing on YouTube, the Hydraulic Press Channel. Over the weekend the proprietors staged a fascinating test, subjecting a spring from a car's suspension to the death crush of the press. Could it spring back to shape after taking such a beating?



Pretty cool, right? Even after the press compacts the spring down into a flat ring and pushes so hard that sparks fly and the place stinks of burnt rubber, the spring still hops back up once the pressure is off and tries to assume its former shape.
Watch through the end, when HPC tries the same test on a less formidable spring: the Slinky.
Source:Hydraulic Press Channel

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