Do you need a custom torsion spring for your assembly? Torsion springs are an excellent choice for mechanisms that require rotational force or resistance (torque). With legs extending from both sides of the spring’s coils, the torque is transferred from…
Customers often think the best way to ensure their custom spring functions as intended in an application is to carefully define the spring’s physical dimensions such as free length or number of coils. While that information is important, there is…
At Gifford Spring Company, we can form just about any round material into a custom wire form. But we like to dig deeper with our customers so that they feel confident they are using the best material possible for their…
As a trusted custom spring manufacturer, we work with many customers whose specific needs cannot be met by the items in an online stock spring catalog. Often, customers are unsure if their vision can become a reality, but at Gifford…
When preparing to produce a custom spring or wire form, a great custom spring manufacturer will initiate a conversation with you to gain a thorough understanding of the component’s end use. Even if you have provided comprehensive specs and part…
Tolerancing standards for custom wire forming applications are different from those used for precision machined parts, as well as custom springs. Most methods of machining (such as turning, milling, and drilling) can hold exceptionally tight tolerances. Machining tolerances typically cannot…
Curious about how to optimize your wire form design? At Gifford Spring, we’re committed to helping our customers save time and money on custom springs and wire forms. Today, we’re sharing Design for Manufacturability (DFM) tips for wire forms so…
Curious if your custom springs or wire forms need surface finishing operations such as plating or electropolishing? More often than not, they don’t. When alternatives are available, we advise customers to forgo secondary operations when possible to avoid the inherent…
When creating an assembly that contains a spring, you may be accustomed to designing the machined parts first, allocating space in your design for a spring that you’ll add toward the end of the process. But saving the spring design…
