FEATURE SPRINGS & SHOCK ABSORBERS Decades of manufacturing has resulted in springs from Airedale Springs
being used in a wide range of markets for a huge range of applications. Here we find out about the types of springs the company produces, the applications they can be used in, and the benefits of it being a UK manufacturer
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ounded in 1945, Airedale Springs is a spring manufacturer with a
worldwide reputation for quality and service. To meet application demands, the company uses cutting-edge technology and up-to-the-minute expertise to deliver an array of springs to a vast range of markets – ranging from electronics and medical to transport. Tim Parkinson, chairman at Airedale
Springs, explains: “We have placed a heavy emphasis on always looking to invest in our staff and the very latest technology, enabling us to provide our customers with high-quality wire products. “Despite our focus on continually
investing in the right equipment to create the very best springs, we are also completely committed to the environment. We have invested in an environmentally friendly ‘A’ grade building supplemented
springs for its customers. This customisation service is highly beneficial for designers and engineers to aid with prototype design, or can simply be used
The company uses cutting-edge technology and up-to-the-minute expertise to produce its springs
“Airedale’s spring customisation service is highly beneficial
for designers and engineers to aid with prototype design, or can simply be used for one-off custom spring designs”
by a 30Kw solar plant. We all need to play our part in protecting our planet.”
WHAT TYPE OF SPRINGS DOES AIREDALE PRODUCE? Airedale’s commitment to excellence shows in the way the company designs, manufactures and delivers products to its customers. As a result, it can create many different springs, all using the highest quality materials, the best processes and the latest machinery. Its facility has the capability to produce:
• Compression springs • Tension springs • Torsion springs • Wire forms • Small springs • Garter springs • Flat springs, clips and pressings • Rings and circlips • Draw bar springs • Hose springs • Clock springs and power springs. To further meet application demands, the company can also produce custom
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for one-off custom spring designs. In fact Airedale Springs is able to
create springs from dimensions, samples, drawings or even just from customer ideas.
SPRING APPLICATIONS The company offers a tailored service to customers, which includes products that undergo strict quality control. By using the best materials and the latest CNC wire forming machinery, it can create springs for many different industries. As a result, its springs are now critical
components of many items, such as: furniture, decorative lighting, printing equipment, vending machines, garage doors, bicycles, computer equipment, electrical equipment, kit cars, kitchen equipment, prosthetics and agricultural machinery. As an example, the company has worked
for many years with Brompton Bicycle, providing springs for their highly acclaimed bicycles. It has also recently contributed specialised wire to another
company for the VentilatorChallengeUK. It’s fair to say then, that its springs have
been used – and are being used – in a great deal of applications.
THE BENEFITS OF UK-MANUFACTURED SPRINGS As a UK manufacturer of custom, made- to-order springs and wire forms, Airedale Springs considers UK-based manufacturing to be a benefit. This is in light of the current pandemic and the issues it has caused in supply chains all over the world, not to mention Brexit’s transitional period which came to an end on 31 December 2020. After all, companies that depend
heavily on international supply chains are seeing the resilience of these chains tested during the pandemic. Manufacturers may find this situation repeated after Brexit, especially if they have many connections with the EU. Sean Parkinson, managing director at
Airedale Springs, commented: “UK-based companies with ‘made in Britain’ products, on the other hand, may not have to worry so much about changing the way they work or adjusting to new regulations and tariffs. We firmly believe that reshoring skills and resources, as well as production, can be positive to manufacturers and to the UK economy.”
Airedale Springs
www.airedalesprings.co.uk
About Airedale Springs
75 years after it was founded, Airedale Springs is proud to be an industry leader in the spring manufacturing sector. As an award-winning family business, Airedale Springs’s motto is ‘small enough to care, big enough to mean business’, and its staff have many years of experience in the industry, which is uses to deliver the best springs and wire forms to customers. The company has employees who have worked there
for over 25 years – and some for 50 – and has an equal number of skilled men and women, which breaks the usual trend of a male-oriented manufacturing workforce. Throughout the years, the company has faced several
challenges, such as a fire that destroyed its facilities back in 2010. This was rebuilt and now has a facility that is one of the only spring manufacturing premises to have an A-rated energy efficiency rating.
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