A washer is a thin plate with a concentric hole that’s typically used to evenly distribute the load of a threaded fastener. Before a threaded fastener (such as a screw) is driven into a surface, a ...

Belleville Washer A Belleville washer is a round compact spring that has been pressed into a dish, then hardened and tempered. Bowed / Curved Washer A bowed, or curved washer is a bent spring washer ...

Spring washers, even though small in size, may sometimes outperform much larger springs. They are used in offset situations, to provide tension in bolted assemblies, or to furnish the recoil action of ...

A washer is a plate with a hole that lets a fastener to pass through it. The most common shape is a flat disk with a concentric hole. Washers are frequently used to distribute the clamping force from ...