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STEM Ambassador Work

Our director at JB Springs, Alex Driver, volunteers as a STEM Ambassador. This involves sharing his industry knowledge and expertise through hosting talks and activities to spark an interest in STEM in younger generations. A vital part of securing a pipeline of future talent within the industry is nurturing this interest at a young age. At JB Springs, our Springtelligence initiative is just one of the ways we inform and inspire young people who are making key decisions regarding [...]

By JB Springs|2022-07-14T15:22:28+01:00April 6th, 2022|

Common Mistakes in Torsion Spring Design – Video

Our brand-new Springtelligence video looks at the common mistakes made when designing a torsion spring. The four main spring design flaws which we look at and demonstrate in this video are: - Incorrect direction of operation - Inside diameter too small - Body length too large - Overstressing It is also important to consider: - The size of the mandrel over which the spring operates. The inside diameter of a torsion spring reduces during deflection; therefore, if insufficient space [...]

By JB Springs|2022-07-14T15:07:40+01:00April 6th, 2022|

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 aim is to highlight the importance of young people’s involvement in innovations contributing to planetary and human health. At JB [...]

By JB Springs|2021-11-03T16:12:38+00:00August 10th, 2021|

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 increased by around 14 million – to 273 million in 2021. Last year, the effect of COVID on the working [...]

By JB Springs|2021-11-04T12:05:26+00:00July 9th, 2021|

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 occurs. This results in a number of enhancements to the spring including: Increased elastic deformation Increased load capability Improved relaxation [...]

By JB Springs|2021-11-09T14:36:09+00:00June 7th, 2021|

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 component production. What is Shot Peening? Shot peening is the cold working process of firing spherical pellets at the surface [...]

By JB Springs|2021-10-29T10:57:09+01:00March 23rd, 2021|

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 literature and the reading of it. Organised by The Reading Agency, the event unites people from different backgrounds and inspire [...]

By JB Springs|2021-11-04T10:59:47+00:00March 4th, 2021|

JB Springs Feature in STEM Fantastic Futures

Our Sales Director David is a STEM ambassador with Transpennine STEM Ambassador Hub and joined the Wednesday and Thursday Fantastic Futures webinars. In his cameo, David shared Springtelligence knowledge, like how a tea bag uses springs and what to do if you’re asked to make something impossible…! It was great to hear from other industries, including Becky Richardson and Simon from the Trans-Pennine Upgrade Programme and Senior Director Jenny Thirlway from Iksuda Therapeutics on their development of cancer medicines – with the [...]

By JB Springs|2021-11-23T13:56:59+00:00December 9th, 2020|

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 known as "Hooke’s Law". Hooke's Law states an elastic object must return to its original shape and size after removing [...]

By JB Springs|2022-07-13T11:47:37+01:00June 20th, 2018|

Diameters of a Compression Spring [Video]

We have created a Springtelligence video which shows you the Wire Diameter (d), Outside Diameter (OD), Inside Diameter (ID), and Mean Diameter (D) of a compression spring. Click the link below to be redirected to our YouTube video, in which these measurements are demonstrated. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGZNPfaSH1k

By JB Springs|2022-07-13T12:03:23+01:00March 5th, 2018|

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