Associated Spring

Engineering & Technology

Engineering Mission:
Develop Associated Spring into the most technologically advanced, creative, and responsive global supplier of precision metal and plastic components and sub-assemblies. We have built on our basic strengths with new advanced systems and facilities, highly specialized capabilities, and a group of leading scientists, engineers, and manufacturing professionals.

Prototypes, Special Order, Short Run
Associated Spring welcomes orders for limited quantities of special springs and custom metal parts for your prototype projects.

Applications Engineering
A centralized, cross-functional group of engineers and researchers who develop solutions to complex problems through innovations in design, testing, materials, and manufacturing. We work directly with customers in the development stage of engineering.

We pursue the state of the art in precision metal forms and sub-assemblies through research and development in:

Spring Mechanics and Design Systems	Manufacturing Process and Capabilities
Material Properties and Selection	Applications Laboratory and Mechanical Testing

Capabilities and Tools

Engineering & Technology

Design and Solid Modeling
The proprietary software programs developed by Associated Spring enable us to design and optimize critical components quickly and accurately.

Material Testing and Failure Analysis
Our advanced materials characterization systems located in the Product Development Center provide Associated Spring engineers with important data for design optimization and process improvement.

Engineering & Technology

Functional Prototyping
Our extensive utilization of full scale production machinery in the Product Development Center enables us to provide functioning, reproducible prototypes quickly and efficiently.

Dynamic Simulation
Through dynamic simulation, our engineers can simulate how components perform in operating conditions prior to any prototyping or manufacturing.

Engineering & Technology

Mechanical Testing
Sophisticated test equipment located in the Product Development Center not only provides performance and life cycle analysis, but it can also replicate operating conditions such as extreme heat or cold.

Finite Element Analysis
Through the employment of finite element analysis, we've been able to significantly reduce the cycle time in the optimization and analysis of designs.

Engineering & Technology

Applications Laboratory
Our test cells in the Product Development Center are set up to measure the performance of new spring products in the actual operating environments.