What rubber is used in the automobile industry?
Cars fail when seals fail. Fluids leak. Noise grows. Time and money go fast. I solve this with the right rubber, matched to the job, from design to PPAP. Automotive rubber is not one material. Most parts use families: EPDM for weather and coolant, NBR/HNBR/ACM/AEM for oils, FKM for fuels and heat, VMQ/FVMQ for extreme […]
What are plastics and rubbers?
Many buyers mix up plastics and rubbers. The part fails. The line stops. I do not want that to happen to you. Plastics are rigid or semi-rigid polymers shaped by heat or cure. Rubbers are elastic polymers that stretch and return. I compare their structures, properties, costs, and use-cases so you can choose with confidence. […]
Top 10 Types of Rubber Parts
I see buyers lose time and money because they pick the wrong rubber part. The result is leaks, downtime, and stress. The top 10 rubber parts are O-rings, gaskets, oil seals, hoses, bellows, bushings, grommets, wheels/rollers, impellers/diaphragms, and custom molded-overmolded parts. I explain what each does, how to choose, and how I make them reliable. […]
