Captive bead ring

A ball closure ring (BCR, " ball closure ring " ), also known as captive bead, is a classic jewelry ring, which is used in body piercing and, together with the barbell to the standard piercing jewelry. It is usually made ​​of stainless steel, titanium or even different plastics.

Is closed with a ball that is tucked into the opening of the ring. She has two small indentations on both sides, so that they can engage in the ring opening. To insert the ball, the ring can be gently dilated with an expanding collet.

Often the BCR in the navel, is supported in the earlobe or in the nipple. It is suitable because of its ease of use and comfortable to wear one of the most popular jewelry in the piercing area and is also the first use in a new piercing stung.

As the spreading of jewelery, with increasing material thickness is difficult, there are thick in jewelery and the variant, in that the ring has corresponding recesses in the flat separating surfaces, engage the spring-loaded pins in the ball.

Variations

A segment ring is not closed with a ball, but with a pin, which corresponds in length, thickness and radius of the ring opening, and forms a continuous ring.

Similar to the ring segment is also called the Bar Closure Ring; instead of a segment which continues the shape of the ring, this is to find a segment which is undergoing. Segment rings can be very expensive in certain circumstances; For this reason, the bar closure ring is often chosen as an alternative.

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