Rubber parts such as silicone diaphragms, septums, seals, valves, tubing, and balloons are critical components in many of today’s medical devices. FEA can be an excellent tool for design engineers to ...

NORTH CANTON, Ohio—Giving proper simulation of rubber product processing remains difficult, but there has been much improvement in recent years, and its usage is increasing. "The difficulty in ...

The best results in testing rubber goods come from correlating real-world lab tests with results from FEA and CFD software When it comes to rubber products, designs ...

The vulcanization process is a cornerstone of rubber engineering, involving the cross-linking of polymer chains to enhance elasticity, durability and resistance to chemical degradation. Recent ...

The ability to predict, in the design stage, how a product will perform in its operating environment is not only an invaluable aid but, in an increasingly competitive marketplace, an economic ...

Audi engineers model the front end of a new car as part of the suspension, then run it through simulated test driving to gather load data. At Audi, designers combined testing and simulation to improve ...