How to achieve faster, cheaper and high quality parts by rtv silicone rubber process
Autor(es):
Macarrão, Leonardo; Braga, José Flávio G. F.; Kaminski, Paulo Carlos
Data:
2005
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Keywords:
High quality; Lead time; Low costs; Production cost; Quality loss; Room temperature vulcanized; RTV silicone rubber; Silicone mold; Time reduction; Tooling production
DOI:
10.4271/2005-01-4095
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Abstract:
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. Copyright © 2005 Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc.