Design & Development of Springs

• What is the application of the spring?
• What is its failure mode? Is it breaking, is it collapsing?
• Are you looking to improve an existing design – does it need to be lighter, stronger or more fatigue resistance?

Spring material and spring type work in synergy. Whether it’s a compression spring, tension spring or torsion spring, it’s essential that we understand the working environment of the application of your spring as it determines material choice.

Once the material choice is established, through consultations with our material scientists and engineers, we work with the Institute of Spring technology to ensure we and you are up to date with international material standards and technological developments.

Our spring technicians then develop a theoretical new coil spring design using the Lesjöfors Group exclusive bespoke design software programme – Optispring. Optispring is the most advanced spring software, developed inhouse through our decades of spring manufacturing experience and relied upon for exceptional accuracy and quality by experts all over the world.

We then have a feedback session with you to determine the success of the design. Collaborative partnership working is key to the performance, quality and accuracy success of your coil spring and as such there are no restrictions on the number of technical consultations. We’re only happy, when you’re happy.

If requested, we will deliver real time manufactured metal spring samples to prove the design. Fully tested across the multiple manufacturing processes required to deliver your spring product, the prototype is made available for you to test in your real time environment, to secure the expectations on the product and guarantee performance levels for the springs application.

• Reviewing the drawings, ensuring they’re appropriate for the spring and correct for production
• Reviewing testing procedures on the spring
• Ensuring the powder coating is the right finish and density
• Confirming the print markings are correct
• Running the Almen Arc test to review the shot peening – this ensures the intensity of the shot is correct for the level of material required

Full transparency and accountability are key to our business values. Traceable certificates from our materials enable us to give full visibility from the wire rod source to the finished product.

Auditable and transparent,  our QMS & BMS management systems deliver a multi-step synergised system and process that firmly guarantees your spring quality, accuracy and product satisfaction.

Striving to deliver environmentally sustainable solutions, securing ethical metals and continuously developing and committing to ISO 14001 and ISO 9001 standards keeps our teams laser-focused on our environment and quality management systems.

We explore sustainability across our environmental, economic and social practices. Earlier this year, Lesjöfors Fjädrar in Sweden switched to biogas, a fossil-free energy source. The green transition reduced the company’s carbon dioxide emissions by 70-90%.

Explore our groups' policies, including our quality and environment policy, sustainability policy, conflict minerals and ethically sourced metals policy, code of conduct and sustainability reports.