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Allocation Of Coil Spring And Bottom Support

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The bottom support (spring plate) is allocated according to the coil spring tolerance .

The colour coding -arrow-  of the coil spring is located at the middle of the coil spring and is indicated by coloured dots → DISTINGUISHING FEATURE AND ALLOCATION OF COIL SPRINGS AND SHOCK ABSORBERS .

Fig 1: Locating Marking On Steel Springs
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The bottom supports come in various thicknesses, differentiated by colour. The supports used are coloured differently as required.

Coil spring colour coding Colour of bottom support to be used
No colour coding Black
Blue Blue
Beige Beige