Spring Steel Strip

A few useful spring related Links The institute of Spring technology. UK based unique centre of excellence, offering a wide range of products and services to the spring industry supply chain, as well as non-spring components, including all kinds of spring research. All companies involved in; the manufacture of all spring types, spring end users, spring material, machinery and consumable suppliers, as well as any other company within the industry, both UK and World-Wide, can benefit from our specialist technical services and research facilities. UK Spring ... Read More

Hardening and Tempering is a thermal process that strengthens steel through a controlled heating and cooling process Hardened and tempered steel strip, is used in many applications including saws, cutting tools as well as springs. This process will result in improved mechanical properties and give a tougher more durable product. The hardening process involves heating the steel to above the critical transformation temperature for the given grade and then rapidly cooling. Whilst this process achieves the  highest mechanical strengths and hardness’s, ... Read More

If you look up definitions of spring steel, you are likely to find the following:- From Wikipedia Spring steel is a low alloy, medium carbon steel with a very high yield strength. This allows objects made of spring steel to return to their original shape despite significant bending or twisting. From AboutMetals The steels used for spring making depend on the application and type of spring. They range from plain carbon grades in the range 0.5% to 1.00% C. to Chromium, Chromium-Vanadium, Nickel-Chromium-Molybdenum, Silico- Manganese and ... Read More

Welcome to our new site dedicated to providing information about spring steel strip. Over the next few weeks we will be providing information referencing  qualities, suppliers, applications and links to any resources available on the internet. We would welcome any feedback or recommendations that would enhance this facility Technorati Tags: Spring steel strip,steel strip,spring steel,hardened and tempered steel strip,high carbon steel strip Read More

BSS Steel Strip has recognised the demand from small engineering, fabricating and laser cutting companies for small quantities of spring steel. To serve this market we are able to offer a range of spring steels from 0.05mm (.002") to 3.25mm (0.128") in the hardened or annealed condition, suitable for blanking, drilling, laser cutting etc. We recognise that many companies have requirements for quantities that most stockists are unable to supply, but we can! Even if you require only one or two strips for trial purposes, ... Read More