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...

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...

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...

Start SCP and click to design a new Compression Spring. Before doing anything else, check the units, design standard and tolerance standard that are selected. These default to Metric, EN 13906-1 and EN 15800. If you need to create your own units to match a drawing,...

Spring Calculator Professional is setup with both metric and imperial units, to change these or customise your own, watch the video above or follow these steps: To switch unit type Select 'Options' from the Tools menuLocate the Units tab from the open dialogue boxHere...

This spring serves as a good example of how Spring Calculator Professional can be used to model more "unusual" springs. It has unusual end fittings, dead coils where these ends are screwed in, and also open coils within the main body. The requirements given to us by...