Rubber Boot Manufacturing
CHALLENGE:
The customer’s newly acquired division was experiencing
trouble with a new product launch due to performance
problems with another manufacturer’s rubber boot. The
boot’s life test target was 100,000 cycles but the current
design failed at less than one tenth of the goal. With an
exhausted tooling budget, new product was rolling off
the production lines. At this point every assembly that
made it into the field, before a solution was reached,
would require an expensive retrofit.
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Rubber Seal Manufacturing
CHALLENGE:
A current supplier was unable to meet the customer’s
aggressive launch production schedule. In addition,
Moldtech’s validation testing showed inconsistent seal
performance. Although still in its early launch stages,
the customer was eager to begin working on cost
reduction strategies. From a financial standpoint, the
sub-production could soon hold up the return on
millions of investment.
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Marine Isolator/Seal Manufacturing
CHALLENGE:
The complex arrangement of components (engine,
drive system, marine electronics) hinged around a
main isolator/seal grommet buried deep inside a
marine vessel hull. The 18-pound rubber seal was
critical, because it was also needed to absorb heavy
loads during extreme maneuvers, while isolating the hull
from vibration and harshness. No one material existed
that could support the severe physical performance
requirements and possess the required chemical
and environmental resistance.
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