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 [...]
STEM Skills Gap – Dispelling the myths and closing the gap
There exists a skills gap in many manufacturing sectors, and this is as true of springmaking as any other sector. This applies in most countries today as manufacturing careers are viewed unfavourably by school children at the time they are selecting the subjects they wish to study at the end of their school career, or when applying for University. [...]
Stock springs VS custom springs
Custom Springs At JB Springs we can assist in the design, testing and production of spring and wireform solutions to solve the most difficult of problems. What is a custom spring design? Essentially, a custom spring design is a spring created to a customer’s exact requirements - they are made to order. As well as this, other special features [...]
End Types of a Compression Spring [Video]
The latest video in our Springtelligence video series shows you the different kind of ends of a compression spring.
ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System Certification Attained
JB Springs has received certification to the ISO 9001:2015 quality management system, having successfully completed the transition from our existing ISO 9001:2008 certification. The ISO 9001:2015 standard is an assurance to customers that a company is committed to maintaining a consistent level of quality. The standard is based on a number of principles, including customer focus, the commitment of [...]
Active & Dead (Inactive) Coils [Video]
The latest video in our Springtelligence video series shows you what the difference is between active & dead (inactive) coils are on a compression spring.
10 interesting facts you might not know about Robert Hooke
Robert Hooke was a famous scientist best known for his discovery of the Law of Elasticity (now known as ‘Hooke’s Law’) and his published book of sketches - Micrographia. Despite this eponymous law being what Robert Hooke is most known for, there is so much more to this iconic figure in engineering than this discovery. Figure 1 - [...]
Hooke’s Law Explained
Hooke's Law is the proportional relationship between the force impacting a spring and the distance the spring extends or compresses. Hooke was a founding member and curator of the Royal Society. Incredibly intelligent, he intuitively grasped amazing scientific truths without always understanding the hard science beneath. The 1678 publication of Hooke's Lectures of Spring shared his theory of elasticity; now [...]
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