Rubber Pad 4
Broad ribs put more rubber in contact with the sole and wear down more slowly than fine ones — the trade is a slightly less positive feel underfoot.
Specification
| Part family | Moulded rubber part |
|---|---|
| Construction | Single-compound moulding, no metal insert |
| Face detail | Rectangular pad with broad longitudinal ribs. |
| Moulding compounds | EPDM, SBR, TPE, TPE-SEBS, PVC or PP, to drawing |
| Tooling | Designed and built in house |
| Prototype parts | 4 weeks from prototype tool |
| PPAP | Typically 8 weeks, to ISO/TS 16949 or VDA |
| Dimensions | Built to customer drawing or to a supplied sample |
| Moulded from | Beijing rubber plant (rubber) / Shanghai plant (plastics) |
The face on this part
Rectangular pad with broad longitudinal ribs. It sits in the Standard Rubber & Plastic Pads group, and the photograph above is of the part itself rather than a rendering — what you see is the tread, the outline and the finish as they leave the tool.
What we need to quote it
The drawing or the sample, the annual volume, and the service conditions the part sees. If the part already exists in this catalogue we will tell you that instead of quoting a new tool.
Where it is moulded
Rubber parts are moulded at our Beijing plant in Lucheng, HuangCun Town, Daxing; plastic parts at the Shanghai plant on Huqingping Road, Qingpu District, which is also home to our R&D centre.
One compound, one tool, one shot
The tread, the retaining geometry and any mounting holes or locating tabs are all formed in the tool rather than added afterwards. That is why the tool drawing and the part drawing are effectively the same document, and why a change to the face means a change to the tool.
Other parts in Standard Rubber & Plastic Pads
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Rubber Pad 1
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Rubber Pad 2
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Rubber Pad 3
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Rubber Pad 5
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Rubber Pad 6
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Rubber Pad 7
Standard Rubber & Plastic PadsBackground reading
Choosing a Pedal Pad Compound: EPDM, SBR, TPE and When Each One Fails
Service conditions, not price, should pick the compound. Here is how we narrow it down and what we test to prove the choice.
Ribs, Lattices, Studs and Slots: What Each Pedal Tread Is For
Four tread families appear across this catalogue. Each one is a different answer to the same question about grip and wear.
How to Get a Pedal Pad Quoted: Send a Drawing, or Send the Part
What we need to price a part, what we can work out ourselves, and what genuinely cannot be guessed.
Questions buyers ask
Can the tread pattern be changed?
The tread is cut into the tool, so a pattern change is a tool change. If you are early enough to be at prototype stage it costs little; after the production tool is cut it does not.
How long before I see a real Rubber Pad 4 sample?
Four weeks from a prototype tool. The tool shop is in the same buildings as the moulding lines in Shanghai and Beijing, so prototype work does not queue behind a subcontractor.
What do you need from us to quote it?
A drawing or sample plus the annual volume. Say at that point whether PPAP is required and to which standard — ISO/TS 16949 or VDA — so it is planned in rather than added later.
How is the material verified?
In our Beijing facility, next to the production line: Shore A hardness, density, ozone, ageing, tensile strength, elongation to fracture, vulcanization and insulation resistivity, oil resistance and Mooney viscosity.
Quote the Rubber Pad 4
Send the annual volume and, if you have one, the drawing. Prototype parts follow 4 weeks after a prototype tool.