Creative Conners in Warren, Rhode Island is a leading automation company in theater and stage show productions. They identified a market need for an affordable, easy-to-use, compact hoist that could be used in a variety of live entertainment applications like raising and lowering chandeliers, signs, banners, and scenery up to 160lbs. In order to satisfy… Read more »
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COVID-19 Statement
Update as of April 1, 2020: Springer Controls is an essential business to keeping homes and industries powered and operational. We are OPEN and shipping daily, Monday through Friday. We are also committed to social distancing to fight COVID-19, and not accepting visitors to the office at this time. Office personnel are working from home,… Read more »
Springer Controls to Exhibit at 2020 Conexpo-Con/Agg Show
Springer Controls will be exhibiting at the Conexpo-Con/Agg show from March 10-14 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV. The Springer Controls booth is in the South Hall S84132. We will be displaying our full line of crane and hoist products from TER. We’ll have sample Mike, SPA, Alpha and Charlie pendants,… Read more »
Manual Motor Starters 101
Manual motor starters is a term used in the industry to describe a simple, all-in-one motor starter. If you recall our earlier blog post about motor starters, a motor starter is a combination of a contactor and an overload relay. The contactor handles the switching of the power while the overload relay protects the motor… Read more »
Basic Motor Starter Troubleshooting
When you’re having trouble getting a motor started there can be many factors at play. We’ll take you through simple motor starter troubleshooting techniques to determine the problem, as well as some simple fixes to implement based on each issue.