A lighting industry customer came to Plymouth Spring Company, Inc. because they needed 80,000 to 120,000 stainless steel compression springs manufactured each year. To fill this order, we coiled, cut and then bent the .70″ long spring’s ends to a radius of .08″. Each of the 302 stainless steel springs, which had 4 active coils and …
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Plymouth Spring Company, Inc. was approached by a client to fill a yearly order of 20,000 to 40,000, fourslide stamped, beryllium copper mounting brackets. We began by fourslide stamping the 1.126″ long, .875″ wide, .622″ high and .029″ thick mounting brackets. This unique process included punching, folding and cutting the beryllium copper with a single machine. We then …
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A welding industry client approached Plymouth Spring Company, Inc. to manufacture an oil-tempered wire form. The wire form, which was to be used as a welding shield retainer within welding helmets, was bent, formed, and cut. Throughout this process, we were able to hold tightest tolerances of ±.005″. At completion, the wire form measured 5.570″ long, 5.282″ wide, …
A customer from the military industry came to Plymouth Spring Company, Inc. to manufacture stainless steel buckle springs. To fill the yearly order of 2,400,000 million springs, we began by using a CNC machine to coil, cut, and bend the spring’s tab. Then we stress relieved the .660″ long buckle spring which had a wire diameter …
Plymouth Spring Company, Inc. was approached by a customer from the lawn care industry to pin roll 2 to 4 million stainless steel shafts per year. We started by pin rolling the 1.150″ long shafts which had an outside diameter of .002″. Then we tumble polished and heat-treated the 302 stainless steel shafts to a …
A client from the electrical industry approached Plymouth Spring Company, Inc. to fourslide stamp a steel terminal box. This unique process involves forming, bending, folding and punching the pieces with a single machine. We fourslide stamped the 1074-5 steel, terminal block, and then case hardened the block to a Rockwell hardness of 45-55 and applied …
Tempering wire is a process of heat treating the wire to increase the toughness of the metal by decreasing the hardness. Tempering is typically done after hardening by heating the metal then allowing it to cool. The specifics of how the metal is tempered vary depending on the type of metal, tempering method, and desired …
Often part of a larger supply chain, custom precision spring manufacturing plays a vital role, none the less, in the overall success of an application. Custom springs can range in size from the very small to the very large, fulfill a variety of functions, can be finished or coated, and can be manufactured from a wide range …