Our custom manufacturing gasket service
Epidor Seals and Rubber Technology not only has a production center for cutting and machining seals. We also offer a complete service of custom manufactured gasket.
We strive every day to offer direct service to large users of sealing, providing innovative solutions in critical situations.
All these solutions are carried out with the knowledge we have acquired in our long trajectory as specialists in sealing and with great passion, a value inherent to our company’s philosophy.
In this article we will try to bring you closer to our day-to-day work so that you can learn more about our custom-made gaskets service.
Custom manufacturing gasket service: from start to finish
And what meaning do we give to “custom sealing” beyond serving parts whose dimensions are not standardized? Very simple and, at the same time, very complex. We accompany the customer throughout the process of design, development and manufacture of the part he needs for his equipment.
Consulting and technical advice
Our customers who manufacture capital goods such as pumps, valves, compressors, machines, tools, etc… usually consult us during the basic engineering phase of the project, when they have to solve the sealing of the equipment they are designing.
At this stage, the consultation is transferred to the engineering department of Epidor Seals and Rubber Technology, which establishes a first contact with the project in order to understand the problem to be solved.
At this point, it should be emphasized that a sealing problem does not necessarily have a single solution; it can have several.
Well, with the information provided and depending on the problem to be solved, our engineers propose one or more solutions, thus initiating the technical advice, which may end in a technical defense meeting where we present the solutions or alternatives to be considered.
Product development
Once the technical and commercial proposal is accepted, we machine a series of samples so that the customer can validate them on his test bench.
Validation may involve slight changes, which are carried out in agreement with our customer, thus finalizing the stage we call “Product Development“.
Custom gasket fabrication and customized logistics service
Once the project is executed and the manufacturing of the equipment by the customer begins, the relationship with Epidor Seals and Rubber Technology is in the supply of small and medium series of the designed part in very competitive times.
In addition, there is also the possibility of scheduled deliveries and avoid some scares. We even have a manufacturing service to cover emergencies within 24 hours
After-sales service
We are also present in the after-sales service. We act in several areas such as customized packaging and marking of parts if requested; in technical training seminars on sealing and failure analysis, assuming that failures occur with some frequency, attributable to the gasket.
As we said at the beginning of the article, we will accompany you to the end of the project.
We go beyond the solution itself
Another large custom manufacturing market in which we have a strong presence is the MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Operations) sector.
From a used part and thanks to a reverse engineering process, we draw up a drawing and rebuild the sample component, which is often discontinued, has too long a lead time, or requires a significant minimum quantity.
The experience of our staff even allows us to improve the designs and service life of the seals. Collaboration with the MRO customer results in improved, fast and tooling cost-free custom-made seals and, if necessary, the corresponding technical advice.
To conclude this article, we would like to remind you of the advantages of the made-to-measure gasketing service, which can be seen in solutions that do not entail additional costs for moulds or tooling.
In addition, they have superior flexibility during the homologation of the part and the possibility of changes that improve the tightness of the seal to be machined, a circumstance that, with a mould, is impossible to combine.
Finally, specific dimensional controls can be added for those part dimensions that are considered appropriate. And all this in a very short time, compared to the development, manufacturing and fine-tuning of the equivalent mould.
We hope and wish that you would like to share your projects with us. We will be pleased to offer you our custom manufacturing gasket service.
If you have any questions, please contact our team of experts in sealing solutions to start the first phase of what we are sure will be a successful collaboration.
