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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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