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Coil Spring/Compensating Plate Allocation

Identification marking -arrow-  comprising one colored line indicates the coil spring tolerance range (load group) and determines the thickness of the spring plate.

The colored line -arrow-  is either yellow or blue.

Fig 1: Locating Color Marking On Coil Spring
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The compensating plate comes in two thicknesses -arrows-  .

Fig 2: Identifying 0.5 mm And 4.0 mm Compensating Plate
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Coil spring color coding Compensating plate
One yellow line on the coil spring -arrow-  Compensating plate thickness: 0.5 mm (color: natural)
One blue line on the coil spring -arrow-  Compensating plate thickness: 4.0 mm (color: black)