Technology
Fecken-Kirfel Skiver
What it does:
- In-house, precise and efficient skiving/cutting machine.
- Sheets skived from buns can be supplied from 0.063” to 2.00” thickness, or buns can be skived into sheets using a customer’s own equipment.
- Four available ASTM-D-1056 hardness versions of the standard sheet, including one with enhanced fire-retardant additives necessary to meet UL94 V-0 specifications, and a second version with fluorosilicone sponge properties, meeting the requirements of AMS 3323.
Benefits for you:
- Lead times. The new skiving capabilities also in-house, converters will experience even greater expedition of their orders.
- The skiver has allowed Bellofram Elastomers to slash lead times for key products to converters to one week or less.
- The equipment also allows us to perform toll work, skiving product for other companies.
Flash Cutter
What it does:
- Flash cutting — more versatile and more flexible than die cut machines — is an automated die-less cutting system that uses reciprocating knives, rotating punches, and computer numerical control (CNC) to fabricate flat silicone gaskets and flat diaphragms of a variety of rubber and fabric combinations.
- Flash cutting creates precise, custom shapes with clean edges and no cupping.
- The process involves inputting the desired shape using a computer-aided design interface.
- Precision tolerances are achievable on most materials.
Benefits for you:
- No tooling investment.
- Fast prototyping.
- Scalable service, offering flexibility for both small quantities and large production runs.
- By keeping the process in-house, we accelerate timelines, improve control, and help ensure quality while providing exceptional value to our customers, often saving you money.
