Vulcan Spring's on Mars

There may not be life on Mars, but there are Vulcan Springs

With expeditions to Mars at the forefront of future space exploration, it’s exciting to look to the past with Vulcan Spring’s involvement with the first spacecraft to successfully land on Mars, the Viking 1 Orbiter and Mars Lander. “Mars tugs at the human imagination like no other planet. With a force mightier than gravity, it …

Car Interior - Vulcan Spring & Mfg.

The Driving Force Behind Automotive Interior Kinematics

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 …

A Deep Look into Space: Constant Force Springs in NASA’s JWST Sunshield

In collaboration with the Aerospace & Defense industries, we are proud to announce our small, yet critical contribution to NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Sunshield project. Set to replace the Hubble Telescope, JWST is said to be six times larger and 100 times more powerful. The Hubble Telescope has provided humankind with remarkable knowledge …

A Spring Manufacturer’s Collaboration in a COVID-Specific Medical Application

Battling COVID-19 One Spring at a Time The news came as a shock to businesses of all sizes and specialties. Here in Pennsylvania, on Thursday, March 19th, 2020 – just hours after business closing time – operations were ordered to cease. For sure, a familiar story to many. We were left wondering how a business …

designing constant force springs catalog

Designing Constant Force Springs

Why are there blank squares in the Design Guide? You can see that there are two areas (shown in gray) in the chart where the force data is purposely left empty.    We will discuss some of the reasoning behind the empty spaces. The top right area of the chart represents thin material thickness and wide …