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News Release from: Smithers Rapra | Subject: Rubber injection moulding engineering service
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 27 April 2004
Research house ups services to rubber
moulders
Europe's leading polymer research and test house can provide a fully integrated package of rubber material selection, compound development, 3D flow simulation, tool design and injection moulding.
Rapra Technology, Europe's leading polymer research and test house, held a successful Open Day for rubber injection moulders at its Shawbury headquarters on Tuesday April 20 Attending companies included Avon Rubber, Trelleborg, Silvertown UK, Roulands Codan, Crane Process Flow, RMS and Barwell International, the UK agents for LWB Steinl
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 25 Apr 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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LWB Steinl and Rapra Technology gave presentations on their injection moulding machine range and 3D injection moulding simulation, followed by tours of the mixing, moulding and testing facilities.
The bulk of the day's activities centred on the performance and capabilities of Rapra's newly acquired Steinl VCE 500/160 injection moulding machine.
Rapra is now able to provide designers a fully integrated package of material selection, compound development, 3D flow simulation, tool design and injection moulding.
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Jenny Cooper, the Rubber Business Development Manager for Rapra Technology said, 'the Steinl injection moulding machine offers companies the ability to invest in a single piece of equipment that is able to process both rubber and TPE materials.
This enables traditional rubber injection moulding companies the opportunity to expand into new TPE applications, or retain existing business due to material substitution.
Now that Rapra has access to such a machine we can assist to ensure a smooth transition and provide additional capacity for development'.
Plans at Rapra include, material, product and tooling developments as well as enhanced training for designers and moulders of both TPE's and Rubbers.
Practical 'show and tell' workings of the Steinl machine have already been integrated into all Rapra Technology's elastomeric-based training courses.
A new rubber injection moulding training day - aimed at designers, purchase managers, development engineers and senior managers who need to gain an appreciation of rubber injection moulding - has been set for Thursday October 7, 2004.
It will include topics of compounding, cure requirements, tool design and 3D flow simulation, as well as the practical demonstrations on the Steinl machine.
The new Steinl machine features a platen size of 500mm x 400mm, with a daylight aperture of 493mm and a clamping force of up to 500kN.
The moulding machine will allow Rapra's technicians and consultants to develop a variety of new custom made materials and products for a woldwide client base.
The following services now available to Rapra, Steinl and Barwell clients include: Tool Trials; Material, Additive and Compound Development; Process Review; Training; Onsite Trouble Shooting; Product and Design Development; 3D Sigmasoft; Mould Tool Simulation; Product Validation and Rheology.
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