Your development partner with leading materials expertise
The performance of modern industrial equipment and household appliances is increasing all the time, placing high demands on elastomeric components for sealing, insulation and vibration control. Choosing the right rubber compound is critical to the functionality and durability for which our moulded rubber parts are known.
Specific materials for industrial applications
Our in-house rubber compound design and manufacturing capabilities have earned us recognition as a development partner able to deliver innovative solutions and the most consistent quality. We are known for our years of experience in developing materials tailored to specific applications:
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- FKM (fluorocarbon elastomers) and FVMQ (fluorosilicones) having low-temperature flexibility and resistance to fuels
- Fibre-reinforced materials
- Materials based on chloroprene and NBR for oil resistant insulation and vibration control components and preformed hoses
- FDA-compliant materials for use in the food industry
- Custom developments to solve specific problems
State-of-the-art development tools
Our specialists combine leading materials expertise with state-of-the-art development tools – working for the benefit of our customers:
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- Compounding lab equipped with a laboratory-scale internal mixer replicating production conditions for manufacturing development compounds
- Physical and chemical testing technology for traditional characterisation of elastomeric materials in temperature ranges relevant to the function
- Analysis
- Light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy with EDX analysis (inorganic element analysis)
- FTIR for organic compound analysis
- TGA/DSC for materials testing
- Gas and liquid permeation properties of elastomeric materials
- Mould flow and FE simulations