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Looking ahead to 2022

Despite the mention of 2022 perhaps seeming slightly premature(!), this month of August is the end of our financial year. We’d therefore like to take this opportunity to thank our brilliant customers and staff alike for the unwavering support throughout these unprecedented times. The last year has certainly presented its obvious challenges – experienced by companies across industries, but opportunities have equally been presented alongside these challenges and for those we’re also thankful! 2021 has ultimately more than proven [...]

By JB Springs|2021-08-06T11:40:13+01:00August 3rd, 2021|

Youth Skills Day

World Youth Skills Day was created back in 2014 at the general assembly of the United Nations. Held each year on 15th July, the event communicates the importance of skills and knowledge for the best chance of success in the working world. Over the last five years, the number of young people not in employment, education or training (NEET) has increased by around 14 million – to 273 million in 2021. Last year, the effect of COVID on the working [...]

By JB Springs|2021-11-04T12:05:26+00:00July 9th, 2021|

Father’s Day

Happy Father’s Day to all the dads and granddads reading! Father’s Day is the third Sunday in June every year in the UK. However, it isn’t as historic as you might think! The event probably originated sometime after World War II – likely to honour the fathers who fought. Despite around half of countries (91 out of the 195!) celebrating the event on the same day as the UK, the date in other countries varies from 23rd [...]

By JB Springs|2021-11-23T15:28:19+00:00June 7th, 2021|

Welcoming the Itaya RX20

In March, we invested in a brand new CNC machine – our second Itaya RX20. This machine is capable of producing torsion and tension springs, as well as wireform, from 0.5mm up to 2.0mm diameter wire. With a rotary wire feed and rotary wire guide mechanism, this machine makes creating complex wireform shapes accurate and efficient. The machine also boasts laser and camera measurement capabilities – contributing automation and accuracy to the production process of both wireform and compression, [...]

By JB Springs|2021-11-04T14:55:38+00:00June 7th, 2021|

Prestressing: Ensuring high spring quality

Prestressing is a quality-improving process often implemented during the manufacture of springs – mainly compression springs – to enhance their mechanical properties and improve their fatigue life (life cycle). The process involves compression by loading a spring past its elastic limit until it reaches a solid position or a predetermined length (the latter is less common) and plastic deformation occurs. This results in a number of enhancements to the spring including: Increased elastic deformation Increased load capability Improved relaxation [...]

By JB Springs|2021-11-09T14:36:09+00:00June 7th, 2021|

Joe’s Award Nomination

Friday 14th May saw the first Apprenticeship Work Based Learning Awards, which was held at Appris’ premises in Bradford, West Yorkshire. Appris is a Group Training Association governed by engineering employers and owned by Appris Charity Ltd. Appris have over 150 member companies and more than 400 apprentices throughout West Yorkshire, and specialise in supplying engineering manufacture apprenticeships. Our very own apprentice Joe Wright was nominated and subsequently shortlisted for the prestigious Engineering Apprentice of the Year award – [...]

By JB Springs|2021-06-08T11:06:33+01:00June 7th, 2021|

How Are Springs Used In Phones?

April is a significant month in the history of telephones. On 14th April 1983, the UK's first cordless telephone became available – it could operate up to a distance of 600 feet from its base. Manufactured by Fidelity and British Telecom, it retailed at £170 – which is equivalent to £401.08 in today’s money! In this blog, we look at the history of phones and answer the question 'How are springs used in phones?'. On 25th April each year, [...]

By JB Springs|2022-05-16T10:15:27+01:00April 20th, 2021|

Easter Has Sprung Upon Us!

Happy Easter! This year it falls on Sunday 4th April. The date changes each year as, in 325 AD, the Council of Nicaea decided to introduce a rule to govern the date Easter was celebrated (independent of the Jewish calendar) due to Christians all celebrating the event on different dates towards the end of the 2nd century. As a result, Easter Sunday was declared to fall on the first Sunday after the first full moon following (or on) either [...]

By JB Springs|2021-11-23T13:52:24+00:00March 26th, 2021|

Sponsoring The Solstice Saunter To Put A ‘Spring’ In Their Step

JB Springs are pleased to again be sponsoring the Solstice Saunter this summer – an annual 5-mile run that takes place to raise money for Sue Ryder Manorlands Hospice. Organisers are hopeful that the event – with this year being its sixth time – will be able to go ahead on the planned date of the evening of the longest day of the year 21st June 2021, following the event having to be done virtually in 2020 due to [...]

By JB Springs|2021-03-26T15:49:10+00:00March 24th, 2021|

Shot Peening: Ensuring high spring quality

In this series of blog posts, we will look at how to reduce the net stress on springs through quality manufacturing. In this post, we delve into how shot peening achieves this. This process traces back to its use in the automobile industry in the late 1920s. It is still widely used today in aerospace and automotive high performance component production. What is Shot Peening? Shot peening is the cold working process of firing spherical pellets at the surface [...]

By JB Springs|2021-10-29T10:57:09+01:00March 23rd, 2021|

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