Connecticut Spring & Stamping (CSS), a manufacturer of precision parts for the aerospace and defense industries worldwide, has announced its latest vodcast, an overview of the firm’s technical expertise in developing and manufacturing precision springs and progressive stampings for the aerospace industry. The vodcast can be viewed on CSS’ YouTube channel.
Steve Dicke, vice president of sales and marketing at CSS, explains how CSS, an AS9100-certified manufacturer of stamped parts and springs to the aerospace industry, manufactures safety critical components used in engines, cockpit instrumentation, and flight landing systems.
The vodcast features images of and information about stampings such as wire harness clips for holding wires in place inside engines and frost shield assemblies on laser guidance systems for missiles and smart bombs. Other parts showcased include blade locks for jet engines, double torsion springs, spring regulators, and clutch springs, as well as retention and tension spring clips & compression springs.
Steve Dicke also explains that CSS manufactures and assembles parts for a variety of aerospace applications in a range of exotic materials, including Titanium, Inconel X750 and 600, 17-7 PH, Hastelloy, Waspalloy, Ni-span, and Eligiloy.
“We’ve been working with prime OEMs in the aerospace industry for about forty years, so the development process goes back along time” said Steve Dicke, vice president of sales and marketing at CSS (www.ctspring.com). “Many of these products have been in production for many years. Sometimes there are revisions to them, other times we are looking at new programs, particularly for new joint strike fighters.”
The company also participates in a variety of tailored programs, including Source Release programs for several large aerospace customers. CSS is registered as a Department of Defense trading partner, certified as a Commercial and Government Entity, and participates in the Defense Trade Controls program.