Welcome to Ohio Elastomers ...........................
Ohio Elastomers is an integrated design, engineer, molder, rubber fabrication, and urethane products company. We started out as mold makers with a prototyping capacity. Customer demand, however, moved us into progressively stronger and stronger production capabilities. We are especially noted for spring rate applications such as bushings, vibration insulators and machine mounts.
Our processes are delineated and validated through ISO-9001-2015 registration (received March 12, 2021) with SAI Global (See ISO Registration Here). These reflect "best practice" for our operation, which concentrates on a production volumes below the 6-s (6-sigma) detection threshold.
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION ENGINEERING
Problem solving is our forte’! Typically, for a product to profitably hit its market window, there must be parallel development in the product details. The molded rubber details cannot be exhaustively researched. Instead, an evaluation of the expected geometry, operating conditions, developmental time frame, and anticipated production rate integrate into a range of specifications. Ohio Elastomers applies its expertise to narrow this range further into the most promising options for our customer to test. We are also mindful of the logistical requirements to support just-in-time and aftermarket operations, and can package and unitized shipments in support of your total marketing and manufacturing program.
BUSHING, BEARING AND SUSPENSION SYSTEM APPLICATION
Every company has its accumulated experience in methods and materials. Ohio Elastomers’ experience is very heavily weighted towards rubber bonded applications, primarily rubber-to-metal-bonded bushings. That said, we routinely mold rubber-to-plastic-bonded and rubber-to-fabric-bonded products and sub-assemblies. We have worked with automotive and transportation sector suspension parts manufacturers, molding and fabricating leaf spring pads, leaf spring isolators and pivot bushings. We use diverse rubber compounds; source and machine the metals and other structural materials often used in the bushing; and identify the adhesives and processes that in our experience ensure structural integrity. We know what we have used successfully and how to improve formulations and processes to address variations in performance requirements.
MACHINE MOUNTS
For many material handling operations involving controlled cyclic and elliptical throw, shear mounts proved superior to coil springs. The visco-elastic hysteresis loop generally indicates a considerable retention of drive motor energy, yet provided for dampening during an extreme load. This prevents chaotic divergence and avoids mount failure. Shear mounts are generally designed to be assembled as paired chevron mounts.
SPECIALTY ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS
Ohio Elastomers manufactures a line of rubber encapsulated brushes for high production deflashing operations. The advantage of these over standard brushes is that the elastomer improves the work angle contact of the bristle while maintaining the elasticity of the contact.
Ohio Elastomers designs and manufactures automatic deflashing units for high production Tier 1 molders of rubber to metal bonded bushings, such as motor mounts. Contact us for a CD-ROM video describing the operation and features of these deflashing units which increase production throughput while limiting operator hand and wrist stress.
Our Markets, Processes & Product Highlights
Following are some highlights of our markets, products, and manufacturing and research capabilities. Please don't hesitate to contact us at 440-354-9750, or e-mail for more information.
OUR MARKETS:
• Transportation • Agriculture
OUR PROCESSES:
• Mold Tooling • Natural Rubber • Steel Component Fabrication • 4-Axis CNC Machining Center |
• CNC Machining Center • CNC Turning • Coating • PPAP - Production Part Approval Process
A FEW OF OUR PRODUCTS:
• Rubber-to-Metal-Bonded Bushings • Torque Couplings • Torsion Axle Elastomer Chord
And more ...
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Highlights .................
Research & Development
Research, Development & Engineering and Production: Ohio Elastomers provides an integrated tooling, compounding and production service for manufacturing rubber-bonded bushings - bonding to steel and non-ferrous metals, thermoform plastics (thermoplastics), thermoset plastics, and woven fibers
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Bushings, Bearings & Suspension
Our experience is very heavily weighted towards bushing applications: We have worked with diverse compounds, the metals and other structural materials often used in the bushing, and adhesives. We know what we have used successfully and how to improve formulations and processes to address variations in performance requirements.
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Specialty Products
High Production Deflashing Operations. We design and manufacture automatic deflashing units for high volume production environments.
Seals and Sealing Applications
In mine drilling operations, the tool must be cooled by a continuous flow of water to prevent tool failure from either melting or degradation of hardness, compressive and tensile strength. The water then forms a slurry with some of the displaced minerals, which can backwash through the coupling onto the operator – creating comfort and safety issues. Ohio Elastomers manufactures a seal to solve this problem.
In addition to our services to the Bushings Market, Ohio Elastomers also manufactures rubber-to-metal bonded seals for coal mining applications. In mine drilling operations, the tool must be cooled by a continuous flow of water to prevent tool failure from either melting or degradation of hardness, compressive and tensile strength. The water then forms a slurry with some of the displaced minerals, which can backwash through the coupling onto the operator – creating comfort and safety issues. Ohio Elastomers manufactures a seal to solve this problem. Our initial steps are to machine a forged coupling to mate with the drive shaft and accept the spring-loaded retainer. We then complete the seal by molding a high-density hexagonal seal to ensure even compression against the coupler to stop the backwash.