Minneapolis, Minnesota: Design engineers will benefit from Hiawatha Rubber's capabilities of molding and bonding unique rubber and silicone formulations for today's newest equipment and products.

Hiawatha Rubber provides close tolerance, application specific molded rubber/silicone components and bonding to valves, brackets, assemblies, gears, housings, and mechanical assemblies, requiring special formulations and surface finishes.

Hiawatha Rubber's expertise includes designing and manufacturing components for a full range of industries including agriculture, hydraulic and pneumatic, high pressure cleaning, and medical diagnostic and imaging devices such as CAT scanning systems, dry laser imagers for MRI systems and defibrillators. Many of its molded and bonded components require special surfaces that range from ultra smooth (polished) to extremely coarse (crepe). Others require lubricious or tacky surfaces.

ISO 9001:2000 certified, Hiawatha Rubber engineers, chemists and technicians partner with a medical customer's design group to develop a solution that best meets the required design criteria. This includes selecting the right rubber compound, then developing the correct molding and bonding process, and where needed, accurate grinding of roller and device surface dimension and finish for highest level performance. Hiawatha Rubber's in-house grinding department specializes in achieving custom finishes and special crowning to meet specific feeding and wear-resistant requirements.

Hiawatha Rubber offers material formulation chemistry, CAD design tooling, injection and transfer molding, CNC grinding and CNC machining. For medical roller applications, Hiawatha Rubber services include bearing assembly, plastic or metal gearing, drilling and tapping components, precision journal grinding, plastic-to-rubber assembly, metal-to-rubber bonding and segmented roller assembly.

Numerous other design features are available including a full range of Silicone material durometers, custom colorization of components, conductive or insulated Silicone materials, and many more.