Brief 3 - JB Springs - Contextual Research

Springtelligence 

• A series of learning experiences to engage the next generation.
• The ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills in the areas of spring design, engineering and manufacturing. 
• Design, Innovation, Education, Training
• Touches all areas of mechanical engineering. 
• Problem: Schools, colleges and universities allocate very little tome to the subject of spring engineering. 
• Springtelligence was developed to overcome this challenge. 
• Automotive, aerospace, agriculture, medical and white goods manufacturing. 
• The future of manufacturing is dependent on the development of the next generation.
• Need to create environments of continuous learning that excite the imagination and improve productivity. 

STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths

Future of Manufacturing

STEM Skills Gap

• Skills gap in many manufacturing sectors.
• Manufacturing careers are viewed unfavourably by school children.
• They are more attracted to jobs in the digital and service sector.
• ‘Dirty’ jobs with poor rates of pay. 
• Earn more, get on the property ladder and save more.
• Shortage of graduates and lack of diversity.

Design and Innovation

• 120 year’s experience.
• JB Spring’s can assist in the design, testing and production of spring and wireworm solutions.
• 3D printing.
• Experience and expertise with the latest technology. 
• CAD software and tools. 
• Quality and High Standards. 

Wireform

• Wireform products, wire shapes, wire formed components
• Simple hooks and brackets
• Complicated linkages
• Precision components
• Medical equipment
• Automotive parts
• 0.30mm to 27.00mm
• CNC Machinery
• Carbon Spring Steel, Stainless Steel, Mild Steel & Aluminium.

Springs

- A spring is a device for storing energy and giving it back when required. 

• A mechanical object that deforms when acted upon by an external force and returns to it original shape when the external force is removed.
• Primary movement is to push
• Hooke’s Law Load and Deflection
• The force is proportional to the distance that the spring is deflected and acts in the opposite direction.
• Spring Rate
• Amount of force needs to move the spring one inch.
• Linear spring rate
• At solid height all the coils are in contact with each other. 
• Direction of wind, either in a left or right hand direction.
• Consider application to determine best wind direction.
• Physical Dimensions
• Outside Diameter
• Inside Diameter
• Mean Diameter

Hooke’s Law

• Law of mechanics and physics by Robert Hooke
• Theory of Elasticity
• Extension of a spring is proportional to the load applied to it.
• Materials obey this law as long as the load does not exceed the material’s elastic limit.
• The length of a spring always changes by the same amount when it is pushed or pulled.
• F=kx
• F is how much push or pull is on the spring
• k is a constant the stiffness of the spring.
• x is how far the spring was pushed or pulled. 
• When x=0 the spring is at the equilibrium position.
• Ressort Spiral - the core of many mechanical clocks.