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Source Custom Rubber Parts from Elasto Proxy

  • Post author:Steve Melito
  • Post published:9 December 2014
  • Post category:Engineered Rubber Products/Engineering/Heavy Equipment/Purchasing

Doug Sharpe President of Elasto Proxy Did you know that there’s a difference between manufacturing and fabrication? Although these two terms are sometimes used interchangeably, they’re not exactly the same.…

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Molded Rubber Tolerances and Extruded Rubber Tolerances

  • Post author:Steve Melito
  • Post published:2 December 2014
  • Post category:Engineered Rubber Products/Engineering/Heavy Equipment

Paulo Arruda Purchasing and Logistics at Elasto Proxy Part tolerances are allowable variations in the dimensions of manufactured components. They are expressed as plus or minus values, or as a…

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Will 3D Printing Reduce or Increase Plastic Waste?

  • Post author:Steve Melito
  • Post published:24 November 2014
  • Post category:Engineering/Heavy Equipment/News

Doug Sharpe President of Elasto Proxy Does your office still use computer printers and copy machines? Thirty-nine years ago, Business Week magazine foresaw a paperless office. Although some predictions in…

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Custom Rubber Seals for Water Filtration Systems

  • Post author:Steve Melito
  • Post published:18 November 2014
  • Post category:Engineered Rubber Products/Engineering/Food Equipment

John Rye Branch Manager at Elasto Proxy Water filtration systems remove impurities from water through physical barriers, chlorine disinfection, or ultraviolet (UV) light. In wastewater treatment plants, metal gates are…

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Custom Weatherstripping Closes the Door on Sealing Challenges

  • Post author:Steve Melito
  • Post published:12 November 2014
  • Post category:Engineering/Heavy Equipment/Weather Stripping

Doug Sharpe President of Elasto Proxy Here in the northern hemisphere, the nights grow longer and the temperatures colder. In Canada, where Elasto Proxy is headquartered, the snow will arrive…

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EMI Gasket Costs

  • Post author:Steve Melito
  • Post published:4 November 2014
  • Post category:EMI RFI/Heavy Equipment/Purchasing/Standard Rubber Products

Roger Ferreira Sealing Solutions Provider at Elasto Proxy Particle-filled, electrically-conductive silicones are a group of elastomers that provide EMI shielding and environmental sealing. The causes of electromagnetic interference (EMI) are…

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Custom Dune Buggy Parts

  • Post author:Steve Melito
  • Post published:28 October 2014
  • Post category:Engineered Rubber Products/Engineering/Heavy Equipment

Philippe Grenier Production Coordinator at Elasto Proxy École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS), a public engineering school in Montreal, awards the most engineering diplomas in Quebec and is Canada’s third largest…

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FDA Approved Silicone Sponge for Custom-Fabricated Rubber Products

  • Post author:Steve Melito
  • Post published:21 October 2014
  • Post category:Engineered Rubber Products/Engineering/Heavy Equipment

John Rye Branch Manager at Elasto Proxy Food grade silicones are used in food processing facilities and industrial kitchens to help keep food items from coming into contact with equipment…

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Custom Gaskets Speed Production and Reduce Costs

  • Post author:Steve Melito
  • Post published:14 October 2014
  • Post category:Engineered Rubber Products/Heavy Equipment/Operations/Purchasing

Doug Sharpe President of Elasto Proxy Ready-to-install rubber gasketing speeds production, cuts labor costs, and reduces material waste. As we learned in our recent Make It or Buy It? series,…

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Make It or Buy It? Part 2: Opportunity Costs

  • Post author:Steve Melito
  • Post published:7 October 2014
  • Post category:Engineered Rubber Products/Heavy Equipment/Operations/Purchasing

Doug Sharpe President of Elasto Proxy In Part 1 of this blog series, we considered manufacturing overhead (MOH) costs – and how failing to account for them can cause companies…

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