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Redux™ wave spring, torsion spring and,
more recently, extension spring designs,”
said Chris Petts, MD of Lee Spring. “Metric is
increasingly becoming an industry standard
as a result of globalization.”
Lee Spring manufactures and supplies
springs and fasteners to a wide range of
industry sectors, in particular for numerous
medical applications, where reliability and
precision are essential. The springs are
used in pharmaceutical delivery systems
such as syringes, intravenous valve controls
and automated drug control, as well as
medical and surgical devices such as
staple guns, catheter valves and anesthetic
infusion, and all conform to the stringent
quality requirement of medical device and
pharmaceutical customers.
At the other end of the fastener spectrum,
Lee Spring recently supplied extension
springs for the restoration of a Sopwith
Dolphin First World War aircraft.
Cut and measured
UK's Spectrum Technologies PLC has
introduced Nova MaX, a precision measure
and cut system for large gauge wire and
cable for aerospace, defense and other
industries as part of the production process
for complex electrical wire harnesses. MaX
will accurately measure and cut to length
wire and cable with outside diameters up
to 15mm.
A heat shrink sleeve printer and a label
printer can be integrated with MaX to
create a complete solution for preparing
and identifying cut-to-length wire and
cables that cannot be processed on a
laser or other wire marking system. Labels
and sleeves can be generated in parallel
as the wire is cut to length. Wires may be
de-reeled from a single de-reeler or wire
tree, fed through MaX, and collected in
a motorized coiling pan after processing.
The pneumatic shear ensures clean cutting
of large gauge cables and a controlled
acceleration and wire pull mechanism
maintains high length accuracy.
The control system is based on Spectrum’s
proprietary CAPRIS Nova software and is
very simple to use. The ability to download
job files for processing on MaX is a key
feature, enabling operators to transfer job
files rapidly and easily and to select and
process jobs without the need to enter
details of each wire.