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Designing Rubber Components
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Designing Rubber ComponentsDesigning Rubber Components

Working Together ->

Designing Rubber Components

Working Together

Engineering Design

Cost Effective Custom-Molded Seals

Avoiding Rubber Component Design Problems

Properties in Balance

Selecting an Elastomeric Material
• Elastomer Hardness Selection
• Where to Start

Corners and Edges

Undercuts

Holes

Sharp Edges

Circularity

Total Indicator Reading

Rubber Over-Molding

Standard Tolerance Chart

Rubber Molding Considerations

Building the Mold

Molding Processes

Deflashing

Gates

Feed Examples

Building a Prototype

Selecting the Mold

Parts Assembly and Prototype Testing

Specifying Metal Parts

CAD Data Interchange Capabilities

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