A clip formed from spring steel wire to a shape specific to your assembly, sitting between a simple U clip and a coil-bodied torsion clip. Most clip enquiries end up here, because the geometry is dictated by the housing rather than by a product family.
The clip is designed around where it can sit and what it must grip, not around a standard profile.
Proper hardening is what separates a clip from a piece of bent wire that stays bent.
Zinc, nickel, black, galvanised and more, chosen against the environment and the material being gripped.
Send the mating parts with your enquiry rather than dimensions alone. Nearly every clip revision we see comes from a fit issue that the physical parts would have shown immediately.
Standard clips that nearly fit and are adjusted by hand on every unit
Bent wire parts that are not heat treated and lose their grip immediately
Dimensional and load figures are set per order against your drawing or sample, so they are marked TBC rather than filled with catalogue numbers.
| Product Type | Spring Clips |
|---|---|
| Raw Material Options | Stainless steel, Spring steel, Carbon steel, 65Mn, Music wire |
| Wire Diameter Range | 0.1-8 mm |
| Surface Treatment Options | Zinc plating, Nickel plating, Silver plating, Gold plating, Tin plating, Galvanizing in various colours, Dacromet, Black oxide, Phosphating |
| Standard | ISO, non-standard and OEM drawings |
| Processing Route | Material sourcing → Coiling and forming → Heat treatment → Surface treatment → Quality inspection → Packing → Shipping |
| Inspection Equipment | Grinding and shot peening machinery; Precision tensile strength testers; Magnetic powder flaw detectors |
| Packing | Plastic bags, cartons or pallets, or packing to your own specification |
| Payment Terms | L/C, T/T, D/A, D/P, Western Union, 30% deposit before production, 70% balance before shipment |
| Lead Time | 7-15 days after the order is confirmed |
| Minimum Order Quantity | Quoted per part — tell us your requirement (TBC) |
| Dimensions and Load Rating | Made to your drawing or sample (TBC per part) |
Every batch follows the same seven step route, with tensile testing and magnetic powder flaw detection carried out before packing.
Available in Stainless steel, Spring steel, Carbon steel, 65Mn, Music wire, in wire from 0.1-8 mm, with any of our nine surface finishing routes. Geometry, end treatment and finish are all specified per order.
ISO 9001, SGS certificate and RoHS report (stated on the legacy site, certificates pending re-confirmation). Certificate copies are sent on request once re-confirmed.
Against a catalogue clip, a custom wire form clip fits the first time and every time, at the cost of a sampling cycle before production.
The housing and the part being held, ideally physically. A clip is much easier to design with the assembly in hand.
Any part that must spring back, yes. A part that simply holds a formed shape may not.
Tell us your deadline with the enquiry and we will answer honestly rather than optimistically.
Send your drawing, dimensions or a sample. We will confirm the specification and come back with a price and a lead time.
