Many people are reluctant to order spring coiling tooling from third-party manufacturers because they believe it will be of lesser quality than tooling purchased from the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM).

But the truth is, most OEMs outsource their manufacturing.

Of the OEMs surveyed by Peerless Research Group (PRG), 84% said they outsource their manufacturing to some extent. Of these, 25% said they outsource more than half of their manufacturing processes.

Knowing this should cause you to reconsider insisting on OEM spring coiling tooling, especially if you can buy it from the same contract manufacturer the OEMs use.

That’s where Spring Tool Solutions comes in. We’ve been serving the spring coiling industry since 1976, and we have the spring coiling tooling expertise necessary for your spring coiling machines, whether they’re five years old or fifty years old.

And here’s a little secret: Some of our biggest customers are machinery OEMs.

These OEMs outsource their tooling to us because leveraging our expertise is simply more cost effective for them than maintaining an in-house tooling department. Also, they may no longer have the resources or expertise needed to manufacture tooling for some of their much older machines.

One of our greatest strengths is the ability to reverse engineer and manufacture custom spring coiling tooling that can no longer be found anywhere else, making us an ideal resource for companies running older machines.

You can always insist on OEM tooling, but it might be more efficient to use the same contract manufacturer that the OEMs trust.

Contact us to learn more.