Elbex Capabilities Bring Better Rubber and Silicone Extrusion Production

ELBEX • June 22, 2017

Engineers, Project Managers and Designers all over the world rely on Elbex Corporation’s substantial capabilities to provide the best quality extrusions with exceptional value-added services.

Our vast manufacturing operation can produce rubber or silicone-based extrusions ranging from 1/16” to 18” wide. Our 34,000-square foot production facility includes a cold toom capable of storing up to 100,000 pounds of compound.

Customers from a wide range of industrial segments receive standard or custom extrusions fabricated from over 2,000 design dies and in-house die tooling along with engineering assistance if needed.

Elbex also provides the valuable in-house capability to tape, splice, print and cut their extrusions. This means customers can receive their finished product quicker and with less disruption. 

We invest in your satisfaction

Since 2010, Elbex has invested in the International Standards Organization (ISO) certification process of documentation and prescriptions to ensure highest levels of customer satisfaction. To date, we have achieved our second level of certification to ISO 9001-2015 without Design.

Our production ability and our value-added services combine with years of experience and process development to deliver your best solution for high-performing extrusions!

Elbex Production Facilities

  • 34,000 - square foot production facility
  • 100,000 lb. compound cold storage room
  • Rubber profile extrusions, cord, tubing, and sheeting 1/16” to 18” wide
  • Continuous vulcanization lines (salt-bath cure)
  • More than 2,000 design dies and in-house die-tooling
  • Finished gaskets: butt & mitre-spliced, continuous mitre-spliced
  • ​Manufactured to meet ASTM, SAE, AMS, Military, and RMA Specifications

Elbex Extrusion Materials

  • EPDM, Nitrile, Neoprene, Polyisoprene, Butyl, SBR, Silicone
  • PVC, ABS, Polyethylene, TPR, Urethane available upon request
  • Most elastomers in both sponge and dense rubber profiles
  • Custom in-house batch mixing!
  • Silicone color matching available 

Elbex Engineered Rubber

  • Compound cold storage facility
  • In-house compound mixing and fabrication
  • In-house tooling design and production
  • Design assistance for custom rubber and rubber compound

Elbex Value Added Services

  • High-speed auto cutting, punching, printing and splicing
  • Taping with pressure-sensitive adhesives, mastics, and HATS
  • Secondary vulcanization (butt-splice, compression, injection)

Elbex Customer Service

  • ISO 9001:2015 Certification
  • Rigorous Statistical Process Control (SPC) to ensure high performance at every step
  • Complete QA/QC from design to finished product

We want to talk about your project! Contact us or fill out a simplified online RFQ to learn why Elbex Corporation’s manufacturing and value-added package is the best in the business!

Elbex Corporation was founded with a pledge to best-in-class extrusions and exceptional value-added customer service for the global market. Our capabilities speak to our continued commitment to that mission.

 

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