How to Achieve Faster, Cheaper and High Quality Parts by RTV Silicone Rubber Process 2005-01-4095
In the automotive industries, time and parts production costs are fundamental, mainly in prototyping production. The RTV (Room Temperature Vulcanized) process is an important alternative production to flexible silicone molds when you need to inject polyurethane parts. The objective is time reduction in tooling production and parts. RTV requires notable initial investments in equipments. Many times, this cost does not fit in the automotive third part company's budget.
This work shows how is possible to obtain parts by RTV process with excellent quality, without high investments in equipments and without quality loss in produced parts. Lead times and tooling and parts costs are analyzed. Due to equipments low costs, this alternative is accessible not only to automotive industries but also to small and medium suppliers.
Citation: Junior, L., Braga, J., and Kaminski, P., "How to Achieve Faster, Cheaper and High Quality Parts by RTV Silicone Rubber Process," SAE Technical Paper 2005-01-4095, 2005, https://doi.org/10.4271/2005-01-4095. Download Citation
Author(s):
Leonardo Macarrão Junior, Jose Flavio G. F. Braga, Paulo Carlos Kaminski
Affiliated:
General Motors do Brasil, Huntsman Advanced Materials, Universidade de São Paulo
Pages: 10
Event:
SAE Brasil 2005 Congress and Exhibit
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Related Topics:
Parts
Production
Suppliers
Elastomers
Tools and equipment
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