CLEAN ROOM COMPRESSION SPRINGS

A manufacturer of plant equipment based in Hokuriku needed to incorporate springs into a partition they were making for the air conditioning control unit of a clean room. Initially they purchased standard springs from a wholesale supplier made from music wire. They tried several variations but could not make their product work successfully. This led them to approach Advanex via the web.

For a customer with no prior knowledge of springs, Advanex was able to provide an ideal product with a prompt and helpful response. We offered:

• Custom design and development from initial inquiry to end product
• Rapid design and development
• Quick delivery

The customer commissioned Advanex to design and manufacture springs suitable for their product, which would be used in clean rooms.

The original springs used by the customer were made from music wire and were thus susceptible to rusting, making them unsuitable for a clean room environment. They requested that the springs from Advanex be manufactured from stainless steel that would retain the original functionality of the previous materials.

The customer had no experience designing springs so they consulted Advanex by telephone and e-mail explaining that by using stainless steel instead of the music wire they were breaking new ground, so we would need to do a redesign to meet their requirements.

A design specification was provided and trials begun. Three trial sets were carried out to reach a suitable solution for their application and the final product was delivered just 25 days after their initial contact with Advanex.