We produce custom springs and wireforms. We do not stock standard parts.
We produce custom springs and wireforms. We do not stock standard parts.
Ace Wire Spring & Form Co., Inc. manufactures custom compression springs to customer specifications for OEMs, engineers, and industrial manufacturers. Compression springs are open-coil helical springs designed to resist compressive force, store mechanical energy, and return toward their original shape after being compressed. Unlike standard catalog springs, custom compression springs are manufactured around the customer’s drawing, sample, dimensions, material requirements, load requirements, tolerances, finish requirements, and application needs.
Ace supports custom compression spring projects from prototype and sample production through repeat production orders. Our team can provide design assistance, manufacturing feedback, and production suggestions based on decades of experience, while final design responsibility remains with the customer.
Compression springs are used when a product or assembly requires a spring that can resist force, absorb energy, maintain pressure, control motion, return a component, or support mechanical movement. They are commonly used in industrial equipment, electrical equipment, valves, actuators, medical devices, agricultural equipment, lawncare equipment, firearms, consumer products, material handling systems, and OEM assemblies.
The performance of a compression spring depends on the application requirements. Important factors may include outside diameter, inside diameter, free length, solid height, wire size, material, end type, spring rate, load at length, travel, operating environment, cycle life, and tolerance requirements.
Ace provides compression spring design assistance as part of qualified custom manufacturing opportunities. Customers may come to Ace with a complete drawing, a sample, a failed part, a photo, an incomplete print, or an application problem. Our team can review the available information and help identify what details may affect manufacturability, repeatability, material selection, load performance, solid height, end configuration, tolerances, and production efficiency.
Compression spring performance can be affected by available space, required load, deflection, end type, stress level, wire diameter, material choice, finish requirements, and environmental exposure. Discussing these details early can help reduce production issues, improve repeatability, and support a more accurate quote.
Ace can support prototype compression springs, sample production, and repeat production orders. Prototype and sample compression springs help customers evaluate fit, load performance, deflection, assembly clearance, end configuration, and manufacturability before moving into larger production quantities.
For production orders, Ace supports customers that need consistent repeatability, domestic manufacturing, scheduled releases, quantity break pricing, and blanket order programs. This makes Ace a strong fit for customers that need custom compression springs manufactured to specification over time, not one-time retail replacement parts.
Ace manufactures custom compression springs using spring materials selected around the application requirements, including strength, flexibility, corrosion resistance, forming needs, environmental exposure, fatigue life, and production demands. Compression springs may require specific materials, finishes, or secondary services depending on where and how the spring will be used.
Secondary services and finishes may include heat treating, stress relieving, deburring, painting, plating, passivation, and other finishing operations depending on the part requirements. Customers should include required finishes, coating specifications, material requirements, load requirements, and quality documentation needs when requesting a quote.
Ace is a strong fit for engineers, OEMs, purchasing teams, and industrial buyers that need custom compression springs manufactured to specifications. Ace is especially well suited for projects involving drawings, samples, prototypes, repeat production, tight tolerance requirements, load requirements, domestic manufacturing, quality documentation, secondary services, blanket order planning, or ITAR registered supplier needs.
Ace may not be the right fit for customers looking for standard catalog compression springs, retail replacement springs, one-piece hobby orders, or immediate off-the-shelf inventory. Ace is a custom manufacturer, not a stock spring distributor.
To request a quote for a custom compression spring, send the available drawing, sample, photo, dimensions, material requirements, load requirements, tolerances, finish requirements, application details, quality requirements, quantities, and expected production needs. If the project is still early stage, Ace can review the available information and help identify what may be needed to quote, prototype, or manufacture the spring.
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What are custom compression springs?
Custom compression springs are open-coil helical springs manufactured to customer specifications to resist compressive force, store mechanical energy, control motion, or return a component after being compressed. They may be made around specific dimensions, materials, load requirements, tolerances, finishes, and application needs.
Does Ace Wire Spring manufacture custom compression springs?
Yes. Ace Wire Spring manufactures custom compression springs to customer specifications for engineers, OEMs, and industrial manufacturers. Compression springs may be quoted from drawings, samples, photos, dimensions, material requirements, load requirements, tolerances, and application details.
Can Ace help with compression spring design assistance?
Yes. Ace can provide compression spring design assistance, manufacturing feedback, and production suggestions as part of qualified custom compression spring manufacturing opportunities. Final design responsibility remains with the customer.
Can Ace make prototype compression springs before production?
Yes. Ace can support prototype compression springs and sample production to help customers evaluate fit, load performance, deflection, assembly clearance, end configuration, and manufacturability before moving into larger production quantities.
What information is needed to quote a custom compression spring?
Customers should provide drawings, samples, photos, dimensions, material requirements, load requirements, tolerances, finish requirements, quantities, application details, quality requirements, and expected production needs. More complete information helps Ace prepare a more accurate and timely quote.
Compression Springs are open-coil helical springs that offers resistance to a compressive force applied axially. Helical compression springs are used to resist applied compression forces or to store energy in a push mode. Compression springs have the most common configuration and are most commonly used in automotive, aerospace and consumer applications. Most compression springs are a straight cylindrical spring made of round wire. Ace Wire Spring & Form, a manufacturer of compression springs produces a variety of compression types, shapes, and specific specifications. Click here for compression springs specifications.
Compression springs from a manufacturer come in a variety of types including: Conical Compression, Barrel, Hourglass and Cylindrical shapes and may have various spacing or no spacing at all between coils.
Wire Selection: rectangular, round, square or special-section. Round being the most adaptable.
Compression Spring Mandatory Specification: the functional design characteristics.
Compression Spring Secondary Specification: the secondary characteristics, which is useful for reference and should be considered advisory data.
Dimensional Limits: governed by the space allotted with regard to allowable solid height and outside and inside diameters.
Spring Stress Level: determined by the dimensional limits together with the load and deflection requirements. Our compression springs are stress-relieved to remove residual bending stresses produced by the coiling operation.
For Compression Springs – Rate which is the change in load per unit deflection, may be determined by the following procedure:
The solid height of compression springs is defined as the length of the spring when under sufficient load to bring all coils into contact with the adjacent coils and additional load causes not further deflection. Solid height should be specified by the user as a maximum, with the actual number of coils in the spring to be determined by the spring manufacturer. As square or rectangular wire is coiled, the wire cross-section deforms slightly into a keystone or trapezoidal shape, which increased the solid height considerably. The dimensional change is a function of the spring index and the thickness of the material.
This video shows how Compression Springs are manufactured.
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