VW Pad 01
Supplied as a pair, because on this pedal box the brake and clutch take the same small pad and buyers order them together.
Specification
| Part family | Moulded rubber part |
|---|---|
| Construction | Single-compound moulding, no metal insert |
| Face detail | Pair of small moulded rubber pads with a plain raised 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
Pair of small moulded rubber pads with a plain raised 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.
Tooling and first parts
All tooling is designed and made in house. Parts from a prototype tool reach you in 4 weeks, which is the window in which the face, the retention and the hardness can still be changed without restarting anything.
Getting it approved
Where the part goes onto a programme we run PPAP to ISO/TS 16949 or VDA, typically over 8 weeks, on parts from the production tool rather than on prototypes.
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.
Other parts in Standard Rubber & Plastic Pads
VW Pad 02
Standard Rubber & Plastic Pads
Rubber Pad 1
Standard Rubber & Plastic Pads
Rubber Pad 2
Standard Rubber & Plastic Pads
Rubber Pad 3
Standard Rubber & Plastic Pads
Rubber Pad 4
Standard Rubber & Plastic Pads
Rubber Pad 5
Standard Rubber & Plastic Pads
Rubber Pad 6
Standard Rubber & Plastic Pads
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 VW Pad 01 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 VW Pad 01
Send the annual volume and, if you have one, the drawing. Prototype parts follow 4 weeks after a prototype tool.