Rubber Pad 5
The crown in this face is deliberate: it means the centre of the pad touches first and the edges follow as pedal pressure rises.
Specification
| Part family | Moulded rubber part |
|---|---|
| Construction | Single-compound moulding, no metal insert |
| Face detail | Narrow rectangular pad, fine ribs, gently crowned face. |
| 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
Narrow rectangular pad, fine ribs, gently crowned face. 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.
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.
Compound and hardness
We run EPDM, SBR, TPE, TPE-SEBS, PVC and PP with or without glass reinforcement. Oil or fuel contact rules EPDM out; weather and ozone rule SBR out. Shore A hardness decides how the part feels in use and belongs on the drawing, not in an email.
With no metal face, the compound is the part
There is nothing to hide behind. A pad that is too hard makes its tread pattern useless; one that is too soft wears through at the rib tips. Send the service conditions and our designers will propose a grade rather than asking you to guess one.
Other parts in Standard Rubber & Plastic Pads
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Rubber Pad 3
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Rubber Pad 4
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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
What hardness should I specify?
Shore A hardness decides how the part feels and how fast the tread wears. Too hard and the pattern does nothing; too soft and the rib tips go first. Tell us the duty and we will propose a number to put on the drawing.
How long before I see a real Rubber Pad 5 sample?
Prototype parts in 4 weeks. That window is also when design changes are cheap — our designers will suggest improvements to the part while the tool can still absorb them.
What do you need from us to quote it?
Native SolidWorks, Pro-E or UG files, or STEP. Add the volume, the duty and the delivery country and we can quote tooling and parts together.
How is the material verified?
Beside the press rather than a week away. Hardness and density catch a mis-weighed batch, Mooney viscosity catches a compound that will not flow the same way tomorrow, and ozone and ageing catch what only shows up years later.
Quote the Rubber Pad 5
Send the annual volume and, if you have one, the drawing. Prototype parts follow 4 weeks after a prototype tool.