Who was Isambard Kingdom Brunel?
Who was Isambard Kingdom Brunel? Isambard Kingdom Brunel was a civil engineer known for constructing bridges, tunnels, viaducts and ships. Born on 9th April 1806 in Hampshire, Brunel was a prominent figure in the engineering industry due to his numerous, now-iconic projects. His unusual name was the result of a combining his parents' names – Sir Marc Isambard Brunel [...]
International Youth Day
Held annually on 12th August, International Youth Day is celebrated across 18 countries. The day aims to acknowledge the part played by youths globally in improving the societies and world around them. It also sheds light on their protection and involvement in community development. This year’s theme is ‘Transforming Food Systems: Youth Innovation for Human and Planetary Health’. The [...]
Heat Treatment: Ensuring high spring quality
In this blog post, we look at the use of heat treatment in spring manufacturing to optimise quality. The quality of any product is directly and heavily impacted by the procedures carried out during its production. There are a range of processes and practices which can be implemented to ensure the highest quality of manufacture is achieved, with heat [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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