Industrial Rubber’s Technical Team along with our well established Partners are able to Design and Manufacture Tooling and other equipment required for the manufacture of the vast range of Rubber Components from less than 1 gram up to 40 Kilos.
We can Manufacture Tooling from Single Cavities for Prototypes or Low Volume Production through to fully hardened Multi-Cavity Tools for High Volume Production. We manufacture tools for:
Industrial Rubber are able to work from samples (see Reverse Engineering section) 2D Drawings of full 3D CAD Data of the required component to design, and manufacture tooling best suited to the application be it large or small volumes.
Industrial Rubber can accept CAD Data in a variety of formats including:
Our toolmakers are equipped with the latest CAD/CAM software. They have CNC and 5 AXIS machine tools and all the necessary ancillary equipment you would expect to find in a modern tool room. They also have CMM (coordinate measuring machines) for the inspection of the finished tools.
Industrial Rubber can offer this service when the original Drawings or CAD Data have been lost or are no longer available but there is a sample part.
Working from a sample we can:
If the part is more complex or requires a greater degree of accuracy we can 3D Laser Scan the part. This process can produce a highly accurate 3D model that can be used to manufacture a mould tool to be able to reproduce the part
Industrial Rubber has used Reverse Engineering to produce one off speciality parts for Classic Cars and Military Vehicles along with low volume Train Door seals for Rolling Stock refurbishments amongst others.
This technique has enabled Industrial Rubber to make large and small parts including Gaskets, Diaphragms, Bellows, Gaiters, Rubber to Metal Bondings, Window and Door Seals.
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.
Industrial Rubber is able to offer a first class Prototype facility.
Once the initial component design has been established Industrial Rubber can take the project to the next stage. Using our in house expertise and our established strategic partners working either from samples, 2D drawings or 3D CAD data we can offer:
Industrial Rubber often recommend making prototypes as they can help establish both materials and processes suitable for volume production giving a high degree of certainty that the final design will work before money and time are committed to expensive production tooling
Industrial Rubber working closely with a Customer at the early stage of rubber moulding development will reduce cost and improve component function derived from our thorough understanding of materials and their performance characteristics. 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.
