Select a manufacturing process suitable to achieve the design criteria
Industrial Rubber is always pleased to be involved in the very early stages of your Product/Component Design. If the design of the part is critical Industrial Rubber will use all its rubber processing experience to achieve what is required of the component using the most cost effective manufacturing methods.
But sometimes, a new component design seen through the eyes of our highly experienced Materials Technologist, Production Engineers and Manufacturing Managers can, where functionality and aesthetics allows, be adjusted to achieve a more cost effective product.
Rubber moulding design and expertise:
Industrial Rubber understand that rubber is a very useful engineering material having many desirable physical and chemical properties that can help solve a wide range of engineering problems.
Industrial rubber will help you establish if rubber is the most suitable material for your application we are then able to:
Review your product to select the best grade of material for your application.
Select a manufacturing process suitable to achieve the design criteria
Select a cost effective method of production
Rubber Products can be manufactured using a wide variety of processes and it is important that the correct process is selected.
This selection takes into account the characteristics required of the finished product along with the volumes of the part required. When Industrial Rubber receives an enquiry our expert team will review it and select the best manufacturing option, for example:
Industrial Rubber can also offer a variety of post processing/ finishing operations:
It is also necessary to consider both the tooling and finished product cost as the process selected can influence this considerably. We have the expertise to guide and advise our customers on the various options available to achieve a cost effective solution for the manufacture of their part.