Make It or Buy It? Part 2: Opportunity Costs
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…
Make It or Buy It? Part 1: Manufacturing Overhead Costs
Doug Sharpe President of Elasto Proxy What types of products does your company make? No matter what your industry, manufactured goods have two types of costs: direct and indirect. Direct…
Tractor Parts: Rubber and Plastic
Doug Sharpe President of Elasto Proxy Tractors help put food on our tables and bring innovations to industry. Wheat, corn, soybeans, and potatoes feed hungry humans. Oats, alfalfa, and other…
Rubber Gasket Taping Speeds Installation
Doug Sharpe President of Elasto Proxy Taping keeps rubber profiles in place for temporary or permanent fastening. This joining technique isn’t right for every sealing application, but taping is especially…
Would You Travel by Vacuum Tube Train?
Doug Sharpe President of Elasto Proxy Thomas Edison discovered that electricity could travel in a vacuum. Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla Motors, may yet prove that vacuum tubes can…
Film Splicing for Rubber Seals and Gaskets
Doug Sharpe President of Elasto Proxy Did you know that there are many different ways to splice rubber seals and gaskets? Examples include film splicing, cold bonding, C-press injection molding,…
How Will You Connect to the Industrial Internet of Things?
Doug Sharpe President of Elasto Proxy What is the Industrial Internet? How is it related to the Internet of Things? Is it worth your…
Door Seal Material Selection
Doug Sharpe President of Elasto Proxy How safe are the sidewalks in your city? If you’re…
How Safe Are Your Tires?
Doug Sharpe President of Elasto Proxy Did you drive to work today? Maybe you carpooled, or traveled by van or bus instead? If your method of transportation was a motorized…
Military Vehicle Seals
Doug Sharpe President of Elasto Proxy Sealing and insulation solutions for military applications must be able to withstand extreme conditions. Depending on the mission, service, and theater of operations, military…
