Armada Rubber Manufacturing Company

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Armada Rubber Manufacturing Company

• Molders of Small Rubber Products
• Mechanical and Industrial Molding Specialists,
  Design, and Production Material Formulation

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Location

• 24586 Armada Ridge Road, Armada, MI 48005-0579
• 60,000 sqft
• www.armadarubber.com
• American Owned
• Phoenix Engineering local [phone]

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Capabilities

• 60 Years of Experience
• A Trusted Supplier the automotive community for
  60 years
• Rubber Formulating Compounding On-Site
• Rubber Molding Specialize in Smaller Parts but
  not restricted to
• Engineering Design
• Prototyping
• Fast Production Tooling
• Program Management

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Our Rubber Parts

• Cushion Absorb Energy
• Seal Out noise, dirt, water
• Store and Release Energy
• Isolate Components
• Beautify Protect
• Our Approach Design as a Competitive Advantage

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Quality Awards

• TS-16949 Certified
• ISO-14001 Certified
• QS-9000 Certified
• Toyota Delivery and Quality Award (Every Year
  Shipped Direct to Toyota)

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Quality Chart
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ARMADA RUBBER Manufacturing Company
Application FAQs / Lessons Learned
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Head Type Rubber is an incompressible solid, it
can only be deflected

• Type 1, 3, 4 Minimal Deflection Highest Energy
  Absorption Application High Load/Over Slam
• Type 2, 5 Greater Deflection Lower Energy
  Absorption Application Low Energy Dynamic Load
• Type 6 Most Deflection Lowest Energy
  Absorption Application Low Energy Static Load
  Non-linear Compression Curve Characteristic
  Ultimate Acoustical Soft Sound and Feel.

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Retainer Style

• Ergonomics
• Best Pull thru Must have access to back panel
• Better Push thru Tool necessary
• Good Twist in Line up with tear drop shaped
  hole in substrate rotate 360
• Retention
• Best Twist in Maximum retainer ratio
  durometer available
• Better Pull thru Solid neck retainer
• Good Push thru Hole for installation allows
  for deflection
• Cost
• Best Pull thru Difference in tooling
• Better Push thru Addition of core pins in
  tool cost
• Good Twist in Lower cavitations

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Substrate Requirements

• Metal Substrate
• Holes punched from installation side yield a
  beneficial die roll burr
• Holes punched from opposite side yield a
  detrimental die roll burr resulting in
  eventual ergonomic issues and poor bumper
  retention
• Plastic Substrate
• 1/2mm radius should be molded into the hole from
  installation side
• By varying the local substrate thickness at the
  hole, a wider selection of existing parts can be
  attained
• General Substrate
• Some interference in groove height dimension is
  allowable to broaden the selection of build to
  order parts
• Best Retention
• Match hole diameter with groove diameter
  line-to-line
• Groove thickness to substrate thickness, line to
  line or slightly tight

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Installation

• Insertion tools for push-in bumpers should have a
  diameter slightly smaller than the insertion
  hole.
• Insertion tools usually have a shoulder, to
  prevent piercing the carrot.
• If installation is difficult try
• Armada Rubber proprietary molded in lubricant
  that can be made in almost any durometer and in
  any material.
• As a last resort try a small amount of Rosewater

NOTE Many factors affect installation efforts
Operator Attitude Hole Size Durometer of the
bumper Proper install tool Operators angle of
attack Shape of hole (burr or die roll)
Temperature (ambient and that of the rubber
bumper, warmer is better) Humidity Bloom or
Surface Contaminants if any
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Recessed Head Bumpers

• These bumpers are specifically designed to
  receive a fastener.
• If bumper ships with integrated fastener
  interference fit is necessary.
• For bumpers attached with screws, depending on
  durometer torque requirement, a washer may be
  needed to prevent damage during installation
• Recessed head bumpers are chosen when maximum
  retention is essential for the application

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Hole Plugs

• On plane sealing this style has a mushroom
  shaped head that seals on the surface excellent
  for off-plane hole distortions
• Radial sealing in the through hole Diameter
  interference fit of 1 to 2mm necessary

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Average Install Efforts
½ plugs
Plastic Plug
12 lbf FAIL
Santoprene Plug
7 lbf
Maximum Allowed
Rubber Plug
7.8 lbf
Rubber Plug
6.1 lbf
Rubber Plug
6.8 lbf
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Push-Out Efforts
½ plugs
min
Plastic Plug
13 lbf
Santoprene Plug
7 lbf
Rubber Plug
20.7 lbf
Rubber Plug
15 lbf
Rubber Plug
18.6 lbf
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Valves

• Armada Rubber has highly engineered single shot
  valve systems capability
• One or two way valves to selectively move water
  and/or air
• Multi-piece assembly valves protect valve
  function against mud, stone impingement and other
  environmental issues
• Applications Head/tail light vent tubes that
  inhibit water/dust intrusion structural foam
  injection valves one-way plenum drains duckbill
  drains, etc.

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Line Plugs
Line plugs require interference between parts for
the plug to retain. This interference occurs
between the inside diameter of the line and the
outside diameter of the plug.
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Grommets

• Grommets act as isolators or protect a part that
  travels through them.
• The dimensions of a grommet must be close to that
  of the substrate into which it will be installed.
• Grommet Applications are Isolators, drains,
  wire/tube pass through.

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Grommets

• Grommets are dynamic energy absorbers
• For ease of installation a lead-in is recommended
• Grommets for mounting applications such as ABS
  units mounted to the bracket and vehicle are
  critical for noise and vibration abatement.

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Caps

• Caps can be used to either keep fluid from
  flowing in or out of an area, they can be used as
  a bumper or as a stand off.
• Interference between the I.D. and O.D. should be
  10 15.

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Specialty Parts

• Stabilizer/isolator pockets for brake/fuel line
  single piece engineered latch pocket/receiver.
• Dampeners
• Vacuum connectors
• Gap hider/cosmetic close-out generally molded in
  TPO, TPE or Santoprene.

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Summary
The Armada Rubber Design Proposal

• Piece Price Reductions exist with Better
  Technology
• Better technology comes in the form of
• Superior Materials formulated and manufactured by
  Armada Rubber
• Superior designs to meet the broad objectives of
  fewer parts, less assembly, lighter weight,
  multi-function

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Armada Advantages

• OUTSTANDING SUPPORT
• Experience Expertise
• Existing Armada Molds
• OUTSTANDING DESIGN
• Dual Functions
• Dual Durometer Functionality in Single Durometer
  Part Saving Cost
• Innovation
• WORLD CLASS MATERIALS
• Compound Our Own Rubbers
• Slippery Rubber
• Dead Rubber
• Cold Set Rubber

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ARMADA RUBBER Manufacturing Company
Using Design as our COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE