by The Institute of Spring Technology | Feb 15, 2022 | Training Courses
With an outstanding reputation for metallurgy and steel-making expertise, it’s no surprise that over our 80-year history we’ve trained thousands of delegates worldwide. However, what makes us the spring experts, and why should you choose to train with the Institute of...
by The Institute of Spring Technology | Aug 16, 2021 | Specialist Articles, Uncategorised
As the Metallurgical Analyst for the Institute of Spring Technology, I analyse corrosion-related spring failures on a daily basis. This article aims to help you understand the signs of corrosion, why it occurs, and prevention methods. Corrosion is the deterioration of...
by The Institute of Spring Technology | Feb 25, 2021 | How-to Guides, Software
The optimisation module for compression springs is used to find particular objectives, like weight or length, based on your given parameters. This can be extremel useful if have to work to tight specifications or you want to find a specific value. You can click to...
by The Institute of Spring Technology | Feb 4, 2021 | How-to Guides, Software
Spring Calculator Professional (SCP) has some really great tools like being able to export 3D models right into Word, really handy if you need to help someone visualise a spring who doesn’t have SCP. You can click to play the video or read our step-by-step guide...
by The Institute of Spring Technology | Feb 2, 2021 | How-to Guides, Software
Start SCP and click to design a new Extension Spring. Before doing anything else, check the units, design standard and tolerance standard that are selected. These default to Metric, EN 13906-2 and DIN 2097 (at the time of writing, there is no EN tolerance standard for...
