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What’s up? Upfeed Displays Are What’s Up: The Next Generation of Retail Displays

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Vulcan Spring is proud to showcase their variable force springs designed for vertical upfeed displays. Upfeeds are a fairly new concept in the Point-Of-Purchase display industry. Over the past several years Vulcan has made a significant contribution to the prevalence of these innovative solutions in the POP space.   The standard horizontal pusher displays are a great way to utilize shelf space in grocery or retail stores. But are they the…

The Driving Force Behind Automotive Interior Kinematics

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It is no secret that the exterior and interior design of vehicles has gone through a multitude of modifications and transformations. As a species, we have seen it all – from the Flintstones Flintmobile/Cavemobile to now electric vehicles and self-driving cars. All jokes aside, what we do know and continue to learn about vehicles and…

How to Utilize Vulcan’s Stock Constant Torque Springs

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Vulcan Spring has just introduced a line of stock constant torque springs.  We call this our Contorque® spring.  In this blog, we will give some details on how to use these springs in your design.  Contorque® springs have been discussed in previous blogs, so this blog will focus on the installation and use of the…

Scott Rankin Produces Family Christmas Movie

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Manufacturing the finest flat steel springs in the industry to meet our customers’ needs is our choice at Vulcan Spring, allowing us to work in a constant, challenging environment.  So four years ago when I was given the opportunity to be the executive producer in a film production, I looked at it as a different…

Vulcan Spring’s Back to School Quiz

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It is late August and the time of the year for pennant races in baseball, pre-season football and of course, the kids go back to school.  To celebrate, we thought we’d make this blog into a fun quiz with some multiple choice and true and false questions.  The quiz includes industrial and point of purchase…

8 Steps to a Constant Force Spring Design

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Vulcan Spring has put together 8 steps to help you make some initial design calculations on your constant force spring. In addition to this article, our design guide is available for download online and will provide you with charts and more detailed information. Select Material – Most of the flat steel springs that Vulcan Spring produces…

The Vulcan Vortex

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Recently we posted a blog about the FIRST Robotics Competition getting started for 2013. Vulcan Spring’s Scott Rankin has been a sponsor and mentor for Team 1218 of this competition since 2007. Vulcan Spring is proud to be a part of such an exciting event that gives students engineering knowledge to be our future leaders…

Vulcan Spring Is More Than Just a Spring Manufacturer

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Vulcan Spring is a company that loves what we do and we know that you have put your trust in us since 1967 to fulfill your custom stainless steel spring needs. We are known for making the best constant force springs and having the best customer service of any other spring manufacturer.  Solving problems and…

Vulcan Spring Sponsors the FIRST Robotics Competition in 2013

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The kickoff for the FIRST Robotics Competition has begun! January 5, 2013 marked the beginning of design.  Started by Dean Kamen, this robotics competition gets kids to learn the importance of working as a team using science and technology. Teams of 25 students will work together with their mentors to plan, design, think, protoype, program,…