Die Cutting

Die cutting is an essential manufacturing process for a wide range of product applications. It offers precision, process flexibility, low cost set up, and is ideally suited for both low and high volume production. As experts in the manufacturing of parts composed of rubber compounds, at Girard Rubber, die cutting is one of our core competencies. Our facility is equipped with digital, flatbed, punch presses, rotary, and steel rule die cutting equipment. These systems provide a high level of process flexibility and are augmented by a wide range of secondary and supporting services. Together, these services are designed to streamline our customer’s supply chain and provide a complete end to end solution. This begins with our engineering team who can provide up-front design support; we can also facilitate clean room production, slitting, perforating, and printing as well as lamination combining rubber, plastic, adhesives, and foil.  Other production options include our offshore resources in Japan, Taiwan, and China that in certain circumstances can provide a lower cost production option. This diversity of process capabilities and production resources means that we can develop a manufacturing strategy that best aligns with the customer requirements, while maximizing efficiency, decreasing cost, and ensuring the best quality possible.

As a quality centric, Lean enterprise, our staff, facility, and offshore partners are dedicated to the principals of Lean and Agile manufacturing. We hold ISO 9001:2015 certification, and utilize a robust quality program that is the framework for our manufacturing operations. This allows us to easily provide full compliance with a wide range of industry standards and facilitates a level of production flexibility that can accommodate everything from a short run or prototype, up to large scale blanket orders that span many months or more.

To learn more about die cutting or any of our full-service manufacturing capabilities, contact us directly.

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Die Cutting Highlights

Die Cutting Method

Digital
Flat Bed
Punch Press
Rotary
Steel Rule

Materials

EPDM
Butyl
BaSO4-free FKMs for use in MRI Machines
Fluoroelastomers: Viton®, Fluorel, Aflas
Fluorosilicone
Natural Rubber
Neoprene
Nitrile, NBR & HNBR (Zetpol®)
SBR
Silicone, Including Internally Lubricated Compounds
High Tear Strength Silicone
TPR/ TPU/ TPE & Similar Thermoplastics
Polyurethane

Testing

Compound Testing
Automated Dimensional/ Feature Inspection
Specific Gravity Testing (Compound Analysis)
Curelastometer (Compound Characteristics)
PPAP Preparation

Additional Services Provided

Cleanroom Die Cutting
Design
Laminates: Rubber/ Plastic/ Adhesives/ Foils
Perforating
Printing
Slitting

Production Volume

Prototype
Low Volume
High Volume
Blanket Orders

Lead Times

Flexible
Emergency services available
Rush Services Available

Efficiency

Six Sigma Methodologies
Agile Manufacturing
Lean Manufacturing
Kiazen/ 5S
JIT

Certifications

New York Facility
· ISO 9001
Registrar: Perry-Johnson
Japan Facility
· ISO 9001
Taiwan Facility
· ISO 14001
TS16949

Additional Information

Industry Focus

Aerospace
Agricultural & Farming
Alternative Energy
Appliance Commercial
Appliance Residential
Architecture
Automation
Automotive
Biomedical
Biopharmaceutical
Biotechnology
Building & Construction
Commercial
Communications
Computer and Electronics
Construction
Consumer Goods
Cryogenic
Dairy
Dental
Defense Industry
Department of Energy (DOE)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Electrical
Electronics
Energy
Food Production
Food Handling
Food Processing
Food & Beverage
Fracking
Government
Heavy Equipment
Home
Home Furnishing
Household
HVAC
Hydraulics
Ice Making
Industrial
Laboratory
Laundry
Natural Gas
Liquid Propane
Machine Tools
Machinery
Manufacturing
Marine
Material Handling & Processing
Medical
Medical Devices
Military
Mining
Municipal
Nano Technology Manufacturing
Nuclear
Oil & Gas Pipeline
Oil Field
Oil, Gas, Petroleum Exploration
Oil, Gas, Petroleum Extraction
Optical
Petrochemical
Plumbing
Pneumatics
Power Generation
Power Generation Nuclear
Power Generation Alternative
Power Generation Solar
Power Generation Wind
Power Generation Coal
Power Generation NG
Process Gases
Pumps
Railroad
Recreational
Research
Residential
Restaurant
Retail
Robotics
Specialty Machinery
Telecommunications
Tool & Die
Transportation
Turf & Garden
Universities & Learning Institutions
Vacuum Electronics
Wastewater
Water & Wastewater Treatment

Industry Standards

ANSI – American National Standards Institute
AS – Aerospace Industry Standard
ASME – American Society of Mechanical Engineers
ASTM – American Society for Testing and Materials
CE – The CE mark (officially CE marking) is a mandatory conformity
mark on many products placed on the single market in the European Economic Area (EEA).
CSA – Canadian Standards Association
DOT – Department of Transportation
FAA – Federal Aviation Administration
FDA – Food And Drug Administration
ISO – International Organization for Standardization
Mil-Spec – Military Specifications
NADCAP – National Aerospace And Defense Contractors Accreditation Program
RoHS – Restriction Of Hazardous Substances (Compliant)
SAE – Society of Automotive Engineers
TS – Technical Specifications, used with ISO
REACH – Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals (EU)

File Formats

AlphaCAM (AMD, ATD)
AutoCAD (DWG, DWZ)
BMP – Bit Mapped Graphics
Catia (CATDrawing, CATPart)
Delcam (DGK, DMT)
DXF – Drawing Interchange Format, or Drawing Exchange Format
GIF – Graphics Interchange Format
IGES – Initial Graphics Exchange Specification, ANSI file format.
Inventor (IDW, IPT)
IronCAD (ICD, ICS)
JPG or JPEG – Joint Photographic Experts Group
MasterCam (MDX, MC8, MC9, SET)
PDES – Product Data Exchange using STEP, Standard for the Exchange of Product Model Data. A standard format for exchanging data between
advanced CAD and CAM programs.
PDF – Portable Document Format
Pro-E or Pro/Engineer (DRW, PRT, XPR)
SAT
3D ACIS Model File
SolidEdge (DFT)
SolidWorks (SLDPRT, SLDDRW, SLDDRT)
STEP – Standard for the Exchange of Product Model Data
SurfCam (DSN)
TIFF – Tagged Image File Format
TurboCAD (TCW, TCX)
Unigraphics (PRT)

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