The International Independent Centre of Excellence for Spring Technology

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Free Membership Services

Discounted Membership Services

  • Telephone technical / information helpline, giving immediate access to IST 's specialist technical staff to assist your search for information and solve your day-to-day problems, including materials, manufacturing technology & processes, spring technology, heat treatment, health & safety aspects, standards and specifications.
  • Copies of IST 's confidential Research Reports, covering all aspects of spring technology, which includes materials, design, manufacture and testing etc.
  • Access to IST 's dedicated database covering published technical, trade and specification literature from all over the world.
  • Members Newsletter, produced quarterly, keeping members up to date with the latest technical news and developments in the spring and allied industries.
  • Free entry of your company details into the IST Membership Directory, publicising and promoting your company around the world.
  • Involvement in IST 's on-going collaborative research projects.
  • Opportunities to interface with other companies involved in the spring industry supply chain, world-wide.

Preferential rates given for all IST 's Products and Services including:

  • Windows CAD Software for Spring Design.
  • Routine spring / non-spring testing and laboratory services, including fatigue testing, failure analysis, materials, mechanical and chemical testing, dimension and force verification. Some of which are UKAS certificated.
  • Technical assistance and consultancy services from IST 's engineering, materials and design experts.
  • Shot Peening Service and Ancillary equipment.
  • Specialist annual training courses held at our headquarters in Sheffield, as well as tailor-made training specifically designed to meet your own requirements.
  • Comprehensive range of spring load and fatigue testing equipment, as well as specialist machinery design and construction.
  • Technical publications, including design guides, textbooks, British and International Standards.
  • Advertising within the annual IST Membership Directory distributed to the spring industry world-wide.