Industrial Spring Corporation

A leading manufacturer and installer of canopies and fascia systems contacted our company requesting a two piece assembly of a four inch extension spring and a 3.75 inch wire form part. As a cost saving measure, Industrial Spring suggested that the client combine the two parts into one spring with extended hooks. This solution would eliminate the need for the wire form part. This one change to the construction saved this customer $.032 per part on a 50,000 piece order. It also meant that the client no longer had to track inventory for two separate parts.

A major client requested assistance regarding improved reliability of a door latch assembly which used a torsion spring. Through investigation we found the original design of the assembly required the torsion spring legs to rotate in a direction that caused the spring outside diameter to open rather than close which is the preferred directional movement of a torsion spring. We recommended a spring design change which our client adopted that resulted in the legs closing the spring OD rather than opening it. Our clients performance issue was immediately improved without any costly changes to their assembly.