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News Release from: Quality Gauging Systems | Subject: Metrology-grade self-curing rubber
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 15 March 2006
Rubber mouldings ease intricate part
measurement
Measuring the surfaces of such intricate but critical components is no longer a 'challenge' when using a metrology-grade self-curing rubber product to produce measurable replica.
Middlesex, UK-based Double M Engineering specialises in designing and manufacturing small, high-precision machined components for both the Formula One and aerospace sectors Measuring the surfaces of such intricate but critical components - some of the work Double M carries out for aerospace is for ejector seat components - used to prove quite a challenge
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 23 Jul 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Double M Engineering, which has been established over 20 years and employs a staff of nine people, uses the Thin Pour liquid version of Reprorubber, which is non-toxic and easy to use, to create virtually perfect replica castings of internal and external forms, even where there are undercuts or grooves - with zero shrinkage.
Director, Andy Philips, explained, "The parts we machine, for example engine hose fittings, are frequently milled and turned from exotic materials such as titanium and Peek and we often need to measure features such as bores, grooves and after-thread undercuts of these small components.
With Reprorubber we simply pour the product into the component's cavity, leave it to set for about ten minutes, remove it and then put it on the Shadowgraph for measurement.
We have even used Reprorubber to measure bores as small as 2mm diameter.".
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