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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Pies For Pi Day!
14th March is ‘Pi Day’. This is due to the resemblance the date has to the figure Pi to two decimal places – 3.14 – when written in the format month/day as it is in the USA – along with American Samoa, Guam, Japan, Cayman Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Ghana, Kenya, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Panama, Philippines, [...]
World Book Night
Everyone knows about World Book Day, first celebrated on 23rd April 1995 but now held each year on the first Thursday of March. However, did you know there’s also World Book Night? This evening event is held on World Book Day’s original date of 23rd April and – similarly to World Book Day – is an annual celebration of [...]
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