Fundamentals of Spring Design
With the pressure to meet deadlines plus superior quality considerations, today’s spring designer faces problems that were virtually unknown just a few years ago. This seminar will cover the basic problems faced by designers and offer solutions to help meet customers’ needs.
In addition to dimensional and load characteristics, intelligent spring design depends upon the considerations of many factors, such as stress, fatigue life, tensile strength and tolerances.
The selection of materials is another major step in the design of all types of springs. The seminar will consider the four major metallurgical classifi cations: carbon steels, alloy steels, stainless steels and non-ferrous spring materials. To avoid premature failure, factors such as tempera-
ture and corrosion, conductivity, physical properties, and available material types must be considered.
Who Should Attend
All those interested in acquiring a basic understanding of spring design, blueprints and SMI’s spring design software. This group may include spring company inspectors and supervisors, design engineers, as well as those in management, purchasing and quoting.
Requirements:
Students should have basic math skills and a moderate understanding of how springs are manufactured. The Advanced Spring Design 7.0 software will be used in the seminar, but it is not necessary to own either a computer or this particular software. You may, however, download a free 3-day trial version of this software at www.UTS.com.
What's included
Pthat were virtually unknown just a few years ago. This seminar will cover the basic problems faced by designers and offer solutions to help meet customers’ needs. In addition to dimensional and load characteristics, intelligent spring design depends upon the considerations of many factors, such as stress, fatigue life, tensile strength The registration fee will cover:
• A minimum of 14 hours of instruction
• A copy of the Encyclopedia of Spring Design
• Continental breakfast, refreshment breaks, and lunch both days
• Use of a PC learning station
The fee does not include transportation to the seminar site, hotel sleeping rooms or dinner.
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Agenda
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• Goal setting for seminar participants
• General spring design information and spring notation
• Compression and extension spring design
• Alternative methods of designing compression and extension springs
• Introduction to the SMI's spring design software
• Initial tension, corrected stress, modulus of elasticity
• Torsion spring design
• Flat spring design
• Introduction to materials |
• Work through basic, real-life designs for compression and extension springs
• Consideration of spring characteristics, such as buckling, outside diameter, growth, natural frequency and dead coils
• Review blueprints
• Discuss tolerances and SPC
• Follow prints to create designs for compression, extension and torsion springs
• Work through different sets of parameters, such as cost, tolerances, temperature, etc.
• General review and Q&A session |
Instructors Luke Zubek and Dick Carter
Luke Zubek, PE is the technical director of the Spring Manufacturers Institute, providing technical education assistance, and failure analysis services to the spring industry. He has over 20 years experience in the metals industry, and has resolved numerous spring design issues with SMI over the past four years. He holds a Masters of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering degree from the Illinois Institute of Technology and a Bachelors in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Joining Luke will be Dick Carter, Engineering Manager of American Coil Spring Company, who has more than 30 years of experience in the spring industry.
Area Hotel Accommodations
Let the hotel know that you are attending a meeting at NIU Naperville to ensure the best rate. (* Hotel is across the street from NIU Naperville)
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Courtyard by Marriott
1155 East Diehl Road
Naperville, IL 60563
Phone: (630) 505-0550
Fax: (630) 691-1518
www.marriott.com/CHINP
Fairfield Inn-Naperville
1820 Abriter Court
Naperville, IL 60563
Phone: (630) 577-1820
Fax: (630) 577-0120
www.marriott.com/CHIFN
PRIME Hotel & Suites-Chicago/Naperville
1837 Centre Point Circle
Naperville, IL 60563
Phone: (630) 505-3353
Fax: (630) 505-0176
www.primehotelsandresorts.com
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Hampton Inn
1087 East Diehl Road
Naperville, IL 60563
Phone: (630) 505-1400
Fax: (630) 505-1416
www.hamptoninn.com
Holiday Inn Select
1801 North Naper Boulevard
Naperville, IL 60563
Phone: (630) 505-4900, ext. 127
Fax: (630) 505-1984
www.naperselect.com
Homestead Studio Suites-Naperville
1827 Centre Point Circle
Naperville, IL 60563
Phone: (630) 577-0200
Fax: (630) 577-0260
www.homesteadhotels.com
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Confirmation: A confirmation will be sent to all participants about 30 days prior to the start of the seminar. Attendees are responsible for their own travel and hotel accommodations, if necessary. Attendance is limited. Registrations are accepted on a fi rst-come, first-served basis.
Cancellation: SMI reserves the right to cancel the program up to 30 days prior to the seminar. It is recommended that participants not purchase airline tickets until 25 days before the program. In case of cancellation, SMI will refund all deposits but will not assume responsibility for airline costs. If an attendee must cancel for any reason up to 30 days prior to the seminar, the enrollment fee (less $100 nonrefundable registration charge) will be refunded. Personnel may be substituted up to the time of the seminar at no additional cost.
If you have any questions, call Dina Sanchez at SMI, (630) 495-8588, or e-mail lynne@smihq.org.
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