Supply chains are getting complicated

The topic of supply chains are in focus right now, have you noticed? Materials and components getting stuck in the wrong part of the world creating problems for all kind of industry at the moment. The manufacturing ecosystem relies on people quickly being able to access necessary data for inventory and supply chain.

At the same time supply chains are getting more complex and don’t forget the higher level of security needed in today’s technical society. We see the same challenges in all kind of industries, no matter if you deliver wood or wave springs. It’s the same for everyone and we are all trying to figure out how to cope with the new landscape coming out of the pandemic and slowly getting back to a new ‘normal’.

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Springs for limited space

Say you have been assigned to design a spring solution for a pressure relief valve with a very limited space. A customer demand is that the spring needs to maintain linear behavior through 80% of its compression range.

Of course, there are more than possible solutions to this but in this case a normal compression spring most likely won’t fit and wave spring might be a great alternative.

Wave spring for small spaces

Short of space and need a spring like compression spring? Then wave springs might be the perfect alternative where the height is an issue. In some cases the wave spring can reduce the required spring height with up to 50 percent. Now, that’s what I call effective use of space.