We provide light assembly and custom kitting for rubber components, delivering parts that are modified and packaged to be ready for your production line. Our capabilities include combining our manufactured parts with customer-supplied or sourced hardware, performing necessary modifications, and packaging everything to your exact specifications. This approach simplifies the procurement process for OEMs and industrial clients, reducing the need for additional in-house assembly.
Kitting Multiple Components to Customer Specifications
We kit multiple components into a single package to streamline your supply chain. This process involves assembling our manufactured parts with procured or customer-supplied hardware, creating a complete unit ready for your production line. Common projects include creating ready-to-install bellow units with clamps and assembling spliced gasket kits with lubricant, but our capabilities extend to a wide range of custom assemblies tailored to your specific components.
Molded Rubber Bellows Assembly
To simplify your bill of materials and reduce in-house labor, we provide a complete, ready-to-install bellow unit. Our assembly process for these components includes:
- Molding the rubber bellow to specification.
- Procuring the required metal clamp and screw.
- Assembling and packing one of each component into a polybag for delivery.
Spliced Gasket and Lubricant Kits
To ensure a clean and consistent installation process, we create custom sealing kits that pair the gasket with the correct amount of lubricant. Our capabilities for creating these kits involve:
- Extruding the gasket profile and splicing it into an endless ring.
- Packaging the finished gasket with a predefined amount of silicone grease.
- Sealing each kit in a polybag with a custom barcode label.
Rubber Grommet and Plug Kits
To protect panel openings during manufacturing and provide a ready-to-use solution for final wiring, we can supply grommet-and-plug kits. This ensures panel integrity during transit and simplifies the final assembly process for electrical components. Our process includes:
- Molding the rubber grommet to your panel thickness and hole size specifications.
- Sourcing or manufacturing a matching temporary rubber plug for the grommet's inner diameter.
- Assembling the plug and grommet and packaging them as a single, ready-to-install unit.
Modifying Stock and Custom Parts for Final Fit
We perform precise modifications on rubber parts to ensure they meet your final installation requirements. These services are available for our stocked components or parts supplied by the customer.
Cutting Extruded Profiles and Tubing to Length
Our process includes cutting extruded rubber profiles and tubing to smaller, exact lengths. This ensures the components are sized correctly for your equipment or assembly process, arriving ready for use without the need for further manual trimming.
Splitting Grommets for Simplified Installation
We can supply split grommets that are designed for installation onto existing cables or wires. The split allows the grommet to be placed around a cable without needing to disconnect it, which is useful in automotive wiring, electrical panels, and other situations where cables are already in place.
Notching, Angled Cuts, and Hole Punching
Our capabilities extend to creating specific features on a rubber part. We can perform precise notching, angled cuts, and hole punching to ensure a component matches your design drawings and fits perfectly within its intended assembly.
Light Assembly for Integrated Components
We perform light assembly of different components into a single, integrated unit. This includes work with medical device components, where we insert a smaller PVC tube into a larger foam-style tube. The ends are then trimmed to meet drawing specifications, and the completed parts are boxed uniformly for shipment.
JIT Inventory Management with Advanced ERP
Our advanced ERP capabilities allow us to plan, source, and assemble components to meet complex OEM and JIT inventory requirements. This system is central to managing Just-In-Time inventory requirements, ensuring that your parts are delivered on schedule to support your production flow.
Request a Quote for Your Assembly Project
Contact us with your drawing specifications to begin the quoting process. Our team will review your project requirements to provide an accurate and timely quote for your kitted or assembled components.
FAQs
What information do you need to provide a quote for an assembly or kitted part?
To provide an accurate and timely quote, we require a drawing or technical print that includes all relevant details. This should specify the material grades for all components, critical dimensions and tolerances, and a complete list of all parts to be included in the final assembly. Please also include any specific packaging or labeling requirements for the finished kit.
Can you source the non-rubber hardware for a kitted assembly?
Yes, we can source the necessary non-rubber hardware based on your specifications. We can procure components such as metal clamps, screws, fasteners, and other items required to complete your assembly. Alternatively, if you prefer to manage the sourcing, we can work with customer-supplied components that you provide to us for the final kitting process.
What are your options for custom packaging and labeling?
We can package completed kits to meet your inventory and production line needs. Our standard process includes sealing individual assemblies in polybags. To support your inventory management, we can affix custom barcode labels that align with your system requirements. For shipping and storage, all parts can be boxed uniformly to your specifications.