Loads at Length for a Compression Spring [Video]
The next video in our Springtelligence series shows you how spring loads work and how it is derived from spring rate.
Outside Diameter Expansion of a Compression Spring [Video]
The latest video in our Springtelligence series shows how when a spring is compressed the outside diameter expands.
Skipton Sloggers hold onto title at annual charity rounder’s match
The 13th annual rounder’s tournament in memory of Trevor Driver and Jo Fletcher saw last year’s winners, Skipton Sloggers, retain their title. The contest is held in memory of Trevor Driver, who sponsored the Springboks through JB Springs, and Jo Fletcher, a rounder’s player who died suddenly in 2005. Nine teams - Skipton Sloggers, Settle, Bentham, Cowling, Springboks, Silsden, [...]
JB Springs welcomes Holy Family Catholic School for Bradford Manufacturing Week 2018
This month we welcomed the Years 11 pupils of Holy Family Catholic High School based in Keighley, West Yorkshire, to the JB Springs factory as part of Bradford Manufacturing Week. Bradford Manufacturing Week takes place between the 8th and 12th of October. The unique event showcases the district’s manufacturing companies. The idea is to encourage and educate young people [...]
‘Things on springs’ – Objects of Celebration
JB Springs manufactures springs for a wide range of applications across many industries, but we are often approached to produce springs and wireforms for art and sculpture exhibitions. One of our most recent requests was to produce a number of ‘whisk springs’ to be used as part of an art exhibition based around other celebratory objects. ‘Things on springs’ [...]
What are sacrificial coatings?
Metal finishing processes such as Zinc Plating are described as being ‘sacrificial’ in nature, but what does this term actually refer to? Oxidation When metals such as steel, and in our case, steel springs, are exposed to the elements they will often undergo a process called Oxidation which is corrosive in nature. Iron molecules within the steel’s makeup react with [...]
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