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Featured · The Lab
Why our ISO/IEC 17025 lab sits inside the molding plant
Most molders send test bars out and wait. Ours are mixed and measured on the same block, by one company.
Materials
EPDM or nitrile: one question usually settles it
Two of the most-specified elastomers, and the question that decides between them.
Reshoring
The cost of offshore rubber that is not on the invoice
Freight, tariffs, and quality escapes rarely appear as line items, until they do.
Capabilities
Compression, transfer, injection: choosing a molding process
The three processes we run, and what actually decides between them.
Design
Five things to settle before designing a bonded rubber-to-metal part
Bonded assemblies fail at the bond line first. Most of that is decided before tooling.
The Lab
What ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation means for your parts
What the certificate covers, what it does not, and what to ask any lab for.