The advantages of the present invention shown in Fig. 15 include, without limitation, the efficiency of using the individual spring’s restoring force when the set of springs 377 is rolled into a cylindrical shape to hold the individual springs in place during the compaction process.

In broad embodiment, the invention Fig. 15 is a metal spring compactor of any cylindrical shape or size which comprises at least one powered ram and at least one resistance or opposing force between which at least one metal spring is laterally to its axis of resistance compressed beyond its bending point or elastic limit.

Referring now to the invention in more detail, in Fig. 1B and Fig. 16 there is shown one embodiment of the current invention comprising: a hydraulic pump 402, a movable cylinder 392, a powered ram 393, a spring roll up device 394, a spring loading area 399, a movable cylinder 390, a circular powered ram 391, a cylindrical compaction chamber assembly 404 with subcomponent spring tensioned inner panel 396 (Typical of all spring tensioned inner panels.) and with subcomponent outer panel 397 (Typical of all outer panels.) and subcomponent movable cylinder 395 (Typical of all shown movable cylinders attached to the outer panels 397.), a movable cylinder 398, a movable resistance block 400, and a set of springs 403 of height 404.

In more detail, still referring to the invention of Fig. 16, in operation the set of springs 403 is placed into the spring loading area 399. Then the hydraulic pump 402 activates the movable cylinder 392 which moves the powered ram 393 forward pushing the set of springs 403 into the spring roll up device 394 causing the set of springs 403 to form into a cylindrical shape. Then the hydraulic pump 402 activates the movable cylinder 390 pushing the circular powered ram 391 into the round portion of the spring roll up device 394 pushing the now cylindrical shaped set of springs 403 into the cylindrical compaction assembly chamber 404. Then the hydraulic pump 402 activates the movable cylinder 395 which then pushes inward on the cylindrical compaction chamber assembly 404’s subcomponent outer panel 397 (Typical of all outer panels.) which in turn causes the cylindrical compaction chamber assembly 404’s the subcomponent spring tensioned inner panel 396 (Typical of all spring tensioned inner panels.) to move the subcomponent spring tensioned inner panel 396 (Typical of all spring tensioned inner panels.) closer together reducing the inside circumfrence of the cylindrical compaction chamber assembly 404 and thereby applying the force 16 and the force 24 to the now cylindrical shaped set of springs 403. Then the hydraulic pump 402 activates the movable cylinder 390 pushing the circular powered ram 391 forward so that the now cylindrical shaped set of springs 403 are compacted within the cylindrical compaction assembly chamber 404 between the circular powered ram 371 and the movable resistance block 400. Then the hydraulic pump 402 activates the movable cylinder 390 pulling the circular powered ram 371 back just enough to relieve the pressure on the now compacted set of springs 403. The the hydraulic pump 402 activates the movable cylinder 398 which raises the movable resistance block 400 upward above the top of the cylindrical compaction assembly chamber 404. Then the hydraulic pump 402 activates the movable cylinder 390 pushing the circular powered ram 371 forward pushing the now compacted set of springs 403 out of the cylindrical compaction assembly chamber 404. Then the hydraulic pump 402 activates the movable cylinder 390 pulling the circular powered ram 371 back to its original position. Then the hydraulic pump 402 activates the movable cylinder 395 which then pulls outward on the cylindrical compaction chamber assembly 404’s