For 30 years, Anderson Quality Spring (AQS) has manufactured custom automotive springs in large production volumes for the manufacturers who build the systems inside today’s vehicles. That experience spans a wide range of automotive applications, and AQS-made springs and wire forms ship to customer assembly operations across the United States, Canada, Mexico, South America, Europe, and Asia. AQS-manufactured parts are in the majority of automobiles and vehicles on the road today.
Most of the passenger-vehicle springs AQS produces are critical or safety-related components, where a part that fails is not a warranty line item but a recall and a safety event. As an IATF 16949 registered supplier, AQS can be added to your approved vendor list without a separate audit, and holds the tolerances and traceability that automotive and heavy-truck programs require.
AQS manufactures compression springs, extension springs, torsion springs, and custom wire forms for automotive and truck parts, from airbag and seat belt components to steering, throttle, and electrical springs. Every part is made in the USA at our facility in Canby, Oregon.
Anderson Quality Spring has been ISO 9001 certified since 2000 and first earned its IATF 16949 registration in 2001, recertifying under the current standard in 2017. That investment in quality management makes AQS a qualified supplier of precision spring products to the automotive and heavy truck industries, and it is the performance record that keeps AQS on approved vendor lists. Whether you need ISO and IATF registration for supplier certification or simply the highest-quality spring products, AQS is your trusted supplier.
AQS controls automotive spring manufacturing from wire to finished, packaged part. Our CNC coiling and forming produce automotive springs with the precision and consistency your high-volume program needs, and we keep the processes that control quality in-house.
AQS shot peens and provides specialized finishing such as labeling and packaging in-house, with presetting where a program’s spec calls for it, to deliver the finished, assembly-ready part your program needs. Keeping the quality-controlling processes in-house means faster turnaround, lower cost, and tighter quality control. When a job calls for a capability we do not hold in-house — a coating such as powder coating, for example — we provide it through a network of trusted vendors held to the same standards of quality and performance, so you still receive a finished part.
Every automotive spring starts with the right material. AQS coils high-tensile spring steel and other materials selected for fatigue life, load capacity, and corrosion resistance, and builds to the specified spring rate through wire diameter and coil count. Spring rate is the force needed to compress a spring a set distance, and holding that rate to a tight, repeatable tolerance is what keeps a safety-critical part performing the same across a full production run.
Consistent material and rate control matter most on high-volume automotive springs, where thousands of identical parts have to perform the same across millions of vehicles. AQS verifies dimensions and load on production springs, so the performance you approve at PPAP is the performance you receive at volume.
AQS manufactures custom compression springs, extension springs, torsion springs, and custom wire forms for a wide variety of automotive and truck parts. The majority of the passenger-vehicle components we produce are critical or safety-related, assembled into products including but not limited to:
AQS’s automotive specialty is the custom compression, extension, and torsion spring. Compression springs return throttle pedals and load electrical contacts, extension springs retract seat belts, and torsion springs drive latches and horn mechanisms. Each of these springs is coiled and formed from the right material to the tight tolerance a functional or safety-critical automotive part’s performance demands.
AQS manufactures automotive springs to the spec of the specific system they serve, and most are functional or safety-critical. Across passenger vehicles and commercial vehicles, these springs have to provide consistent performance. The applications below are representative of the automotive and heavy-truck work AQS supports.
AQS manufactures airbag inflator propellant retainers and steering wheel airbag retainers, parts that must function exactly once, at the moment they are needed. These are among the most safety-critical automotive springs on the vehicle, held to matching tolerances and full traceability.
AQS has produced these safety-critical springs and products at high volume for years, and that performance record is why airbag and restraint suppliers keep AQS on their approved vendor lists.
Seat belt systems depend on springs that work every time, in millions of vehicles. AQS produces seat belt retractor components, latch and tongue components, and inflatable seat belt parts, and these springs are built to cycle reliably and to meet the safety requirements automotive programs demand.
AQS manufactures steering wheel horn springs, throttle pedal return springs, and electronic throttle sensor springs. These functional springs control driver inputs, so consistent force and return matter in every one of the vehicles they ship in.
Modern vehicles run on reliable electrical connection. AQS produces electrical contacts, wiring harness connector springs, and electronic sensor springs that hold contact force under load across the life of the vehicle, from passenger cars to heavy trucks and commercial vehicles.
Every automotive spring AQS ships is manufactured in the USA at our facility in Canby, Oregon, and scales from prototype through PPAP to the large production volumes automotive and heavy-truck programs run to build today’s vehicles.
IATF 16949 is the automotive industry’s supplier quality management standard. AQS has been ISO 9001 certified since 2000 and IATF 16949 registered since 2001, recertified under the current standard in 2017, so AQS can join your approved supplier list without a separate quality audit. That certification gives your program the traceability and process discipline safety-critical automotive sourcing requires.
AQS supports automotive customers with inventory management integrated with your online MRP systems, optimizing production resources so parts arrive when your assembly line needs them. Full traceability backs every lot for customers building vehicles worldwide.
Registered since 2001, recertified under the current standard in 2017
Certified quality management system since 2000
Canby, Oregon — prototype through PPAP to high-volume production
Parts arrive when the assembly line needs them, with full lot traceability
Custom automotive springs are engineered, not ordered off a shelf. AQS provides in-house engineering support during the design phase, working from your existing blueprints, reverse engineering a sample, or helping create a new design.
We work with your team through the entire process, from prototyping to PPAP (Production Part Approval Process) and production. AQS also manufactures performance suspension springs for the motorsport industry.
AQS offers full-service manufacturing of custom automotive springs and wire forms, from a basic horn spring to intricate safety springs. Bring us your drawings or a sample, and we will manufacture the automotive springs your vehicle application needs. Submit your drawings and request a quote to get started today.
