Christmas is a special time for everyone at Titan Spring Inc. For each of the last 11 years we have challenged our employees to submit an entry into the Christmas Ornament contest. They compete for cash prizes based on a theme selected by Titan’s management team and must be made from scrap parts. The winners are announced and the prizes given at the company Christmas party.
Below are the other entries in the contest.
TITAN SPRING FOUNDER J.W. PARKSANTA’S SLEIGH WITH REINDEER
Our custom component manufacturing is something Titan Spring been known for since our beginning in 1957. It is part of our problem solving service where we work with engineers or entrepreneurs and many times inventors to find solutions to their needs.
Exotic Materials
The Beryllium Copper clip pictured below was made by Titan to be used in a satellite system. It has a spring function which is accomplished with the three tabs that are pushed in just shy of the back wall of the part. The clip is mounted in an electrical system so it will hold the circuit boards in place. Multiple clips are used to hold the boards in place.
Satellites differ depending on the manufacturer and the mission they are designed for so clips like this one are manufactured in small quantities well under 100 pieces. The clips have stringent performance requirements that must be met prior to launch because they cannot be replaced in space.
Titan also has been called upon to manufacture custom components for satellite antennae systems. The systems are tucked away during the launch and must be deployed once the satellite reaches orbit. Failure to deploy will negatively affect communication with the satellite or possibly eliminate it all together. A multi million dollar satellite could be useless space junk if everything does not perform as designed.
Compression springs are used to move the antennae out of its storage place. Then custom component manufacturing parts of special steel open the antennae so it can be moved to transmit or receive information from earth.
We are referencing just two examples of our custom component manufacturing capabilities and we are capable of precision machined parts in addition to assemblies. Wire forming, metal stamping and various spring types are also available from Titan Spring an AS9100 Rev. “D” Certified.
Titan Spring’ Inc. has been making various custom configurations of this seat springs for several customers who manufacture aircraft interior seats. We have been serving this industry going on 40 years so think of us the next time that you reach for the magazine in the pocket.
WIRE FORMED LITERATURE POCKET SPRING INSTALLED ON SEAT BACK
seat springs
At Titan we call them FRAMES to differentiate them from other springs because they are somewhat unique, This product has both a wire form component as well as a coiled spring. The coiled portion of the spring looks like a torsion spring but does not function as one. The purpose of the coils act more like an extension spring opening slightly as the passenger opens the seat back pocket then springing back when released. The small loops or eyes as we refer to them are for mounting the FRAME to the seat.
Formed wire parts are used in many places on, in and around commercial airliners. Over the years we have made them for cockpit and galleys installations. Some wire forms are welded assemblies for specific uses which Titan makes complete in house.
Titans in house capabilities for manufacturing assemblies include CNC machining, metal stamping, flat metal forming, wire forming, wire welding and of course coiled wire products.
We also outsource components that are part of customer assemblies we do not have the in house capacity or capability to manufacture. All requirements of the AS 9100 Rev. “C” Standard are flowed down to any subcontractor that we contract with.
The Boeing Company awarded its silver level Preferred Supplier Certification to Titan Spring, Inc. of Hayden, Idaho.
Boeing congratulated Titan on achieving superior supplier performance.
Titan maintained a minimum Silver composite performance rating for each month of the performance period from October 1, 2012 to September 30,2013. Silver is the second highest level in the Boeing Preferred Supplier Certification process, a tool to identify and recognize high-performing suppliers strategically important to Boeing.
Boeing has established three levels of certification — bronze, silver and gold — with gold being the highest. To achieve preferred supplier status, suppliers are evaluated against specific performance standards in three categories: statistical process control, business processes and performance. Suppliers who meet or exceed the standards in these categories are identified and recognized as preferred suppliers.
Titan Spring, Inc. is a AS9100 Revision “D” Certified Company and is ITAR Registered with the United States Department of State Directorate of Defense Trade Controls.
Titan is proud to be selected for this achievement that we worked very hard for. We have always made the quality of the parts that we make for our customers a priority. Many of the parts we are selected to make on mission critical with some having loss of life as an extra consideration. Ejection seats come to mind along with parachutes both of which we have made parts for. When we sign off on a part to be shipped it is correct or it does not go to the customer, no exceptions.
That practice is applied to every part we make regardless of its use because that is what the customer is paying for. The AS9100 standard applies to everything in the company including commercial parts. It is a system for running a company from the top down and touches every thing that happens in the certified company.
On July 8, 2013 Titan Spring Inc. was notified by the Boeing Company Space and Intelligence Systems Division that because of Titan’s high quality performance. Titan Spring, Inc. has been approved to participate in the S&IS Delegation Program.
Delegation will allow Titan to directly ship products procured by Space and Intelligence Systems without the requirement for source inspection when Q-clause Q925 is imposed on Purchase Contracts. As part of the approval process Titan Spring, Inc. has met the following criteria:
Maintain a Boeing approved Quality Management System.
Maintain a minimum Boeing Enterprise Supplier Tool (BEST) El Segundo California site Quality Rating of 99.55% Bronze or BEST site Alternate Rating of Bronze over a 12 month period of performance.
Have Have no major findings.
AS9100
In addition to this delegation Titan also has maintained AS 9100 certification to the “C” revision and as of March 2018 has been approved for the “D” revision. Quality is not just a word or department at Titan it is a way for life. It touches every aspect of the company from company officers to the new hire it is what drives the company.
Titan has been certified to various revisions of the AS9100 standard since 2007 and has never had a major finding charged against it. The international standard recognized all over the world allows Titan to supply high quality custom made parts. The standard gives international customers confidence in Titans quality for mission critical products supplied to their customers. Titan ships to customers in, France, Germany, Israel, and Taiwan without them needing to survey its facility.
Precision tight tolerance springs for the aviation, defense, and space industries for over 60 years.
On July 8, 2013 Titan Spring Inc. was notified by the Boeing Company Space and Intelligence Systems Division that because of Titan’s high