This means the consumer benefits from the long-lasting pressure relief provided by all of those points of support.” “In some cases we have 3,000 microcoils in one sheet. But a properly made spring unit will never take a set,” he says. “All other comfort layers and filling materials over time will take body impressions. Hickory, North Carolina-based HSM’s Posturfil microcoil technology, developed with partner Spinks Springs, gives mattress manufacturers the ability to largely eliminate body impressions, Anthony says. New configurations and technologies that help improve the comfort, support and durability of better mattresses are leading the way in spring innovation, with pocketed coils and microcoils the most popular among new products. “Fabric-encased coils can now be used closer to the sleep surface, where they have more meaningful benefits, as opposed to traditional fabric-encased coils that have always been a core layer.”

“It swings far right, but it starts to swing back toward the middle. Proven technology from the past is beginning to resurge again.”īut now this tried-and-true technology has a new twist, Anthony says, pointing to the fact that low-profile springs are moving into comfort layers. “The industry is very much like a pendulum,” says Rick Anthony, director of sales. Management at HSM Bedding Solutions has taken notice, as well. The nonwoven pockets are attached and sealed using ultrasonic welding. Keeping it together Cleburne, Texas-based Texas Pocket Springs introduced a glueless version of its patented Quadcoil pocket-spring modules at ISPA EXPO 2014. I believe the reason why is because, of all the systems that are available, the pocketed coil is the only one that offers both comfort and support in the true sense of the word.” “And we have definitely seen a huge upswing in pocketed coils in spring units. “The trend has now started changing to a hybrid, where you have both foam and springs,” he says. Martin Wolfson, president of Texas Pocket Springs, concurs.

“Once the hybrid concept caught on, in nine of the last 10 quarters, innersprings have beat specialty. “It was led by the hybrid-mattress category creating a shift in the marketplace,” Kinsley says. After seeing the specialty sleep category chip away at market share in the United States for about a decade while innersprings remained level or declined, Kinsley is delighted to report a definite reversal of fortune. Just ask Mark Kinsley, vice president of marketi ng for Leggett & Platt’s Bedding Group. Let there be no doubt: Innersprings, especially pocketed coils and microcoils, are bouncing back in the sleep products industry around the world. Perfect combo From its Comfort Core collection, Leggett & Platt, based in Carthage, Missouri, layers Nanocoil microcoils over a Quantum Edge spring unit to provide perfect edge support paired with soothing pressure-point relief.

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