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Bonded rubber to metal parts fail at the interface far more often than in the rubber, and split sourcing is why. We supply automotive shock absorbers, bushings and shock absorber parts, and we have our own machining workshop and coating workshop, so we process the metal parts and then produce the rubber onto them. One team owns the bond.

Key Benefits

• Metal part machined and rubber bonded to it under one roof
• Surface preparation and moulding cycle controlled by the same team
• Resistance to wear and tear keeping the suspension system in condition
• Consistent damping behaviour across a production batch
• One supplier accountable when a bond question arises

Problems It Solves

• Bond failures where three separate vendors each proved their own step was correct
• Bushings wearing out early and taking the damper assembly with them
• Harsh ride quality traced to a bushing specified without regard to loading
• Replacement parts unavailable because the original source has closed

Who It Is For

• Automotive tier suppliers sourcing suspension rubber parts
• Aftermarket and replacement part distributors
• Equipment builders needing anti vibration mounts
• Buyers currently splitting machining coating and moulding across three vendors

Application Scenarios

• Vehicle suspension bushings and shocker bushes
• Shock absorber assemblies and their rubber components
• Anti vibration mounting parts for equipment
• Replacement bushings for vehicles whose original supplier has gone

What You Are Actually Buying

Only values our own records support appear here. Anything we cannot evidence is left out rather than estimated.

Product Types	Automotive shock absorbers, bushings and shocker bushes
Construction	Rubber moulded onto machined metal parts
In-House Capability	Machining workshop and coating workshop
Design Input	Customer drawing or physical sample
Country of Manufacture	China

Materials

• NBR
• NR
• SBR
• Steel

Manufacturing Process

• Metal part machining
• Surface preparation and coating
• Bonding agent application
• Rubber moulding onto the metal part
• Inspection

Technical Features

• Rubber moulded directly onto machined metal parts
• Own machining workshop for the metal component
• Own coating workshop for surface preparation
• Wear resistant compounds suited to suspension duty

Quality Control

• Metal part inspected before surface preparation
• Surface condition controlled in our own coating workshop
• First article bonded parts approved before series production
• Production checked against the approved first article

Customisation Options

• Parts produced to your drawing or reverse engineered from a sample
• Rubber compound and hardness selected against loading and environment
• Metal specification and coating to your requirement
• Tooling designed and built in our own mould workshop

Where This Is the Right Choice and Where It Is Not

Compared With Split sourcing

Machining, coating and moulding at three vendors leaves nobody owning the bond. That is the most common way these programmes fail.

Compared With All rubber mounts

A bonded metal insert gives defined mounting geometry and load path that a plain rubber block cannot.

Compared With Polyurethane bushings

Polyurethane is stiffer and transmits more road input. The right choice depends on whether you are optimising handling or ride.

How to Specify and Order This Part

• Send the drawing or the worn bushing with the metal specification

Send the drawing or the worn bushing with the metal specification

• State the loading, the movement and the environment the part lives in

State the loading, the movement and the environment the part lives in

• Ask for first article samples and test them in the real assembly

Ask for first article samples and test them in the real assembly

• Specify any plating or coating requirement explicitly

Specify any plating or coating requirement explicitly

• Agree tool ownership before tooling starts

Agree tool ownership before tooling starts

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Shock Absorber Bushings and Shocker Bushes Questions

Yes. We have our own machining workshop and coating workshop, and we then produce the rubber onto the metal parts.

Yes, from a physical sample. We will send a drawing back for approval before tooling.

It depends on the loading and the environment. Tell us both and our formula engineers will recommend.

We supply automotive shock absorbers, bushings and shock absorber parts. Tell us exactly what the assembly includes and we will confirm scope before you commit.

It depends on tooling and part size. We will tell you at quotation.

Within one working day of receiving the drawing or sample details.

Quote Shock Absorber Bushings and Shocker Bushes

Send the size or drawing, the working conditions and the quantity. One working day for a considered reply.