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Merry Christmas from Southern Springs & Pressings and all the very best for 2024!
SSP would like to thank you all for your support throughout 2023, and wish all clients and suppliers the very best for the New Year. Please note we will be working until 20th December, and returning to work on 2nd January 2023.
Read MoreWe celebrate 75 years of successful trading
On 20th April 2023 Southern Springs and Pressings Ltd celebrated their 75th anniversary of trading. From its humble beginnings in April 1948, Joe Williams and his business partner Richard Fletcher-Jones started Southern Springs Ltd. From a barn in Old Milton, using second hand spring equipment the company started to trade. Over a period of time…
Read MoreSuccessful Exhibition Results
Our annual exhibition was a great success this year at the Southern Manufacturing exhibition We made some very encouraging contacts during the 3 day event at Farnborough. Visitors were also very interested in the boxes on display of components and spring types and sizes. This clearly shows a selection of our vast range and what…
Read MoreVisit us at the Southern Manufacturing Exhibition
We look forward to seeing you at the Southern Manufacturing show, drop in and say hello, we are on stand number M170, on 7th, 8th & 9th of February.
Read MoreMerry Christmas from Southern Springs & Pressings and all the very best for 2023!
SSP would like to thank you all for your support throughout 2022, and wish all clients and suppliers the very best for the New Year. Please note we will be working until 21st December, and returning to work on 3rd January 2023.
Read MoreSuccessful event at the Southern Manufucturing Exhibition 2022
Due to the pandemic the show had been on hold for 2 years, however the event was well received and the overall feeling was of positivity with terrific turnout. This event is the most comprehensive annual industrial exhibition in the UK and a major pan-European showcase for new technology in machinery, production equipment, electronic production…
Read MoreTypes of Tooling
Our review of the different types of tooling available when manufacturing flat strip components. If just a small batch of components are needed, for example as a ‘prototype sample’ it’s possible to produce these without needing any tooling. Wire-eroding can produce these with standard tooling utilised to form the parts to the required dimensions. It’s a…
Read MoreWire forms
In our latest blog Jon Davies, Sales Manager, will evaluate wire forms.Wire forms are one of the most versatile components and can be used in a variety of applications including baggage label clips, electrical switchgear, light fittings, hooks, telecommunications, textile machinery and prosthetics.They are wires that have been bent to a particular shape, often to aid a particular purpose.There is no limit to the shape of a wire form, we have the most state of the art wire formi […]
Read MoreWhat are the different types of tooling?
What are the different types of tooling available when manufacturing flat strip components? If just a small batch of components are needed, for example as a ‘prototype sample’ it’s possible to produce these without needing any tooling.
Read MoreConical compression springs
In our latest blog Tim Page, our Managing Director, will look at situations that require the manufacture of conical compression springs. When space is limited, or a spring application requires a non-linear spring rate, a conical spring is recommended for use. When the spring is coiled it creates the non-linear spring rate, once the spring is deflected the coils begin to contact. As the larger coils move further, they have the lowest spring rate, they will contact sooner. Th […]
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