One Location For Information On The Spring and Wire Forming Industry
The figures of Wire Dusseldorf 2008: ... over 1,100 international exhibitors presented current trends in the industry and tomorrow's technologies to approximately 73,000 professional visitors from around the world. Read more, see videos here
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From obtaining raw material to quoting jobs-and everything in between-the springmaker needs all the help he can get. That’s why I built this site. I decided to put all the info I have in this one place. I hope it will become a regular stop when looking for the answer to your need.
I have been in this industry since 1970. I've seen the squeeze on the manufacturer.
It started with all those quality programs - SPC, SQC, Q1, QS, TA, ISO, etc.
Next came lean manufacturing. Remember your customer sending over their teams to “help” you decrease production cost? They showed you how to "improve" your methods. Then they requested price reductions!
Following that, there are on line auctions. You had to bid against industrial companies from all over the world just to keep the jobs you had for years. What will they think of next?
You go out and buy some new CNC wire bending machinery to help you compete. Next year it’s out of date. Worse yet, after a few years, you’ve lost the manual. How do you train the new guy on that machine? The only guy who knew it left the company. Where do you get the replacement parts? Even the guy you bought it from can’t find them.
I know what you need. I’ve seen this industry around the world. It's the same problems. We all want:
A loyal customer base willing to work with us
Good suppliers that are there when we need them the most
A trained crew
Up and running equipment
This site will help you with all the above. There are years of collected information here. We’ll keep adding through my research and the research of other spring makers, suppliers, vendors and anyone else related to the industry.
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What Wire Forms Are and How They Can Be Made Wire forms take spring making nearly into art. Let's discuss how we can keep the spring maker from saying, "Who designed this thing?"
Spring Winders In Action Videos showing wire bending machines and spring winders running unusual setups
Wire Benders and Spring Coilers Here's an overview of wire benders and other machines used in the wire forming, wire bending, and spring making industry
