The winners of the first ever Regional MX Awards in the Midlands and Yorkshire/the North East regions have been announced at high profile ceremonies. The Awards gave companies from across the regions the chance to be the first to take advantage of the online assessment tool to benchmark their business. It also gave finalists the… Continue Reading …

Follow the link below to read how Airedale Springs measured up in the Regional MX Awards. http://www.imeche.org/event/manufacturing-excellence-awards/case-studies/case-study-airedale-springs

The Engineering Industries Association is a long established organisation that aims to promote trade and champion the aspirations of the UK’s engineering and manufacturing sectors. In existence for more than 60 years, the mission statement of this important group is to ‘encourage the pursuit of excellence’, thereby helping to raise the profile of the engineering… Continue Reading …

At Airedale Springs, the cornerstone of our business is clearly our provision of high quality springs. However, compression springs, tension springs, torsion springs and wire forms that we manufacture are only as good as the materials that we use, and so we always make sure we give our customers the best advice on material selection… Continue Reading …

Springs have been used for many years now, with the first uses of these mechanisms tracing back to the Bronze Age. It is inevitable that the manufacture of springs has developed since then, as technology has greatly improved, and now specialists like us at Airedale Springs manufacture an extensive variety of springs. These modest mechanisms… Continue Reading …

The humble spring has been around for a very long time, but it still makes a huge difference to machines of all shapes and sizes. One prime example of how the simple addition of a spring can drastically change how something works is the pinball machine. The earliest form of the pinball machine was a… Continue Reading …

Due to increased demand Airedale Springs Ltd has installed another Wafios FMK2 wire forming machine. Our original machine has been so popular with our customers in developing new products “while you wait” using the software simulation – that we’ve increased our production capacity with the purchase of an additional FMK2. The Wafios FMK-2 has a… Continue Reading …

Springs may appear to be fairly simple devices, however appearances can be very deceptive. Designing a spring requires careful consideration of a number of factors. Firstly, the material used in making a spring must be carefully chosen. The tensile strength and response to shearing stress are important factors in the calculations, ensuring that the spring… Continue Reading …

Previously on our blog, we have talked at some length about the different kinds of springs and also their many uses in modern society. Buy where exactly did spring technology begin? Springs have actually been in use for far longer than you might think, and have appeared in a number of surprising utilities throughout history…. Continue Reading …

January saw the installation and commissioning of our new 2D vision measuring system.  The unit has a floating measuring camera that moves over a 400mm x 300mm area. Because the camera moves and the components stay still there is no need for expensive work holding devices. The non-contact system provides measurement to an accuracy of 5um… Continue Reading …