Blood pumps, IV systems, oxygen supply, surgical instruments, - Medical devices NEED precision molded rubber. From beginning to end, Bryant Rubber works in partnership with our Medical Device Customers to accelerate, focus and perfect the design process specific to the appropriate device category. As a result, we make it fast and cost effective for our customers to bring new products to market. Using proven experience, innovative thinking and leading-edge technology, our cross-functional engineering experts deliver results with reduced program lead times and maximum ROI.

Innovation

• Inhouse Class 100,000 (ISO 8) Cleanroom that is capable of facilitating material receiving, molding, secondary operations, inspection and packaging
• State-of-the-Art Waste-less/Flash-less Molds
• Critical functional testing, such as force deflection, fluid dynamics and leak detection

What’s New

• Press-line mold monitoring systems with instant image capture technology
• Sizable Cleanroom (Class 100,000, ISO 8) opening within the Mexico Division in 2016

Because Bryant Rubber has been serving the Automotive market for so long, over 40 years in fact, our parts can be found in just about every vehicle on the road. With our highly sophisticated infrastructure and multiple manufacturing sites, we are capable of producing a wide range of parts to serve Tier 2 OEMS in high and low volumes. From transmission fluid diaphragms to ABS vibration dampeners, we help keep cars, buses, trucks and tractors moving safely and efficiently, even in the worst of conditions.

Innovation

• Vacuum Chamber Compression systems for better processing control and reduced material contamination
• Vision Inspection technology for rapid, machine controlled inspection processing
• Raw Material formulations designed for the most extreme environmental conditions, such as full submersion in Automotive Transmission Fluid

What's New

• Full Automotive production capabilities in US and Mexico Divisions
• Contract Manufacturing (i.e. Assembly) coming in 2016

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When regulating combustible gas to a range top or watering delicate plants in a greenhouse, there is little room for error. Nonetheless, with our patented design systems and gifted engineer teams, Bryant Rubber has been proudly serving the Gas & Fluid Regulation market for over 30 years. From gas manifolds to public and private irrigation systems, our regulatory products can be found all over the world and in dozens of different devices. Likewise, with Mechanical and Chemical Insert Bonding capabilities, we can create the best performing componentry for a specific application at extremely competitive pricing.

Innovation

• Patented Select Primerless Adhesion Polymer System (SPAPS) to create cost-effective, overmolded gaskets ideally suited for regulation applications
• Automated & Robotic Production Lines for maximum molding efficiency and cost savings
• Material formulations and Substrate designs that control fluid or gas flow while reducing friction, vibration and noise.

What’s New

• Full Gas & Fluid Regulation production capabilities in US and Mexico Divisions
• Expanded capacity for additional SPAPS platforms

Since Bryant Rubber's inception in 1971, one of our primary missions has been to equip the United States Military and armed civilians with precision-made componentry for applciations such as:

• Aircraft
• Vehicles
• Ordinance
• Special Forces
• Fire & Life Safety

Innovation

• Production capabilities to accommodate extremely high and low volumes
• Molding “cells” capable of producing multiple parts simultaneously and with less overall cost
• Non-Contact Measurement Technology

What’s New

• Capability to produce internals for small arms weapons, such as the AR-15
• Full production capabilities in US and Mexico Divisions
• Materials technology and formulations to withstand even the most extreme usage and environmental factors

Our diverse manufacturing core competencies allow us to provide unique design solutions for an almost infinite amount of rubber applications. With a passion for creation, we are always excited to work with customers in building new or improved systems. This, combined with a focus and commitment to implement automation and waste management initiatives has competitively position Bryant Rubber as a global supplier for years to come.

Innovation

• 3D Sample Part Printing, provided within 48 hours of receipt of drawings or solid body models
• Scuba air delivery and exhaust mechanisms

What’s New

• Full General Industry production capabilities in US and Mexico Divisions
• Inhouse 3D part printing coming in 2016

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Bryant Rubber works closely with its customers to select the right molding process for each application. Based on a number of factors, including the materials used, the products shape and functionality, and the quantities needed, we always let the application dictate the process—not the other way around.

At Bryant Rubber, our customers benefit from:

• 50 molding machines that deliver anywhere from 30 - 450 tons of compression, transfer, injection and liquid silicone injection
• Insert preparation for media blasting, priming/coatings and UV/plasma
• Specialty molding processes that include silicone-to-plastic bonding, silicone-to-metal bonding, thin wall diaphragms for flow control, and critical tight tolerance geometries
• Secondary operations such as assembly, slitting, die cutting and coatings

We are able to provide this promise because our capabilities cover the full spectrum of molding processes, which include:

• Compression
• Transfer
• Waste-less Transfer
• Injection
• Liquid Injection

Bryant Rubber is a complete engineering and manufacturing resource for the development and supply of a wide range of rubber-to-metal and rubber-to-plastic components, from standard mold-in-place gaskets to complex multi-material sealing systems.
 
Our rubber-bonded-to-metal and rubber-bonded-to-plastic components are highly effective for noise reduction, fluid and gas regulation, soft touch surface requirements, vibration dampening and sealing applications.
 
Our most popular patented technology, SPAPS, creates the strongest bond for between silicone and plastic, without the use of a separately applied adhesive.

Our full range of overmolded products include:

• Soft-rigid instrument handles
• Dynamic and static seals
• Gas & Fluid regulation
• Vibration dampeners
• Connector sealing
• Enclosure sealing
• Low permeation vacuum sealing

Ensuring Cost-Effective Quality through Advanced Automation:

At Bryant Rubber we have a duty to our customers to eliminate “touches” (aka waste) in our manufacturing practices. To this end, we utilize automation, whenever possible, in our tooling and process designs. From robots with specific end-of-arm tooling to complex mold and machine-designed automation, we are on the leading edge of process automation technology.
 
Through the highly complex field of automation, Bryant Rubber delivers superior products at extremely competitive pricing by employing the best process consistency. We work closely with customers to develop automated production cells specifically designed to maximize their return-on-investment. From rubber-only parts to the more complex over-molded components, we methodically provide a seamless experience at every stage of the design architecture to implement these semi-automated and fully automated processes.

Bryant Rubber is dedicated to meeting the most demanding and exacting standards in manufacturing. As such, we created a Class 100,000 (ISO 8) Clean Room that operates as a plant within a plant according to ISO14644 standards. This technologically advanced facility features a Hepa filtration system, positive pressure airflow monitoring, and 24/7 temperature and humidity control and monitoring—all designed to meet and exceed your quality and cleanliness control requirements.

Our comprehensive Clean Room services include:

• Injection and liquid injection molding
• Overmolding
• Complete quality control and inspection
• Special medical packaging
• Secondary operations
• Device sub-assembly
• Static control

Bryant Rubber offers a full range of secondary operations to ensure that every customer expectation is met. The result is ease-of-product-flow and peace-of-mind that every part is handled in a diligently controlled, quality-driven environment.

Our specialized services include:

• Cryogenic de-flashing
• Slitting
• Die cutting
• Specialized coatings

Time is money. But there is never an excuse to sacrifice quality. We’ve overcome both of these obstacles by implementing Vision Inspection technology, beginning first with our highest volume & most sophisticated parts. With custom bowl feeders, air actuated part removal, multiple cameras and part orientation devices, we are able to capture potential defects at a rate far and beyond traditional manual inspection.
 
Moreover, our initiative to bring this technology in-house did not originate with a customer request, rather as part of our unrelenting pursuit of continual improvement. We believe that our customers should be offered the best in value-add services, and we never shy away from these types of opportunities.
 
So, whether your product is a compression molded connector or a liquid injected gasket, if the volume is there than there could potentially be available cost savings by switching to Vision Inspection. If you’re interested, our team is always available to provide more information on these types of services offered by Bryant Rubber.

Manufacturing Process Design for Durability, Functionality and Cost-Effectiveness

From beginning to end, Bryant Rubber works in partnership with our customers to identify product risk through design Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), implement solutions to minimize these risks and, ultimately, optimize the manufacturing process. As a result, we make it fast and cost-effective for customers to bring new products to market. Using proven experience, innovative thinking and leading-edge technology, our cross-functional engineering experts deliver results with reduced program lead-times and maximum ROI.

Our manufacturing process design and engineering services include:

• Solid model 3D CAD design
• Custom application development
• Component testing and procedure design
• SLAs
• DOEs
• IQ, OQ & PQ process validation
• Mechanical application analysis
• Dynamic modeling
• Finite Element Analysis (FEA) for simulated stresses
• Failure analysis

The Right Materials. The Right Applications.

At Bryant Rubber, a thorough understanding of polymer properties and custom engineered compounds lies at the heart of our business. After analyzing customer needs, we engineer, develop and compound high-performance elastomers to meet even the most extreme application requirements.
 
Beginning with raw polymers (resins), we meticulously develop compounds to achieve desired physical properties while simultaneously focusing on the long-term application performance capability of the material, including:

• Physical Property Performance
• Dynamic Property Performance
• Electrical Property Performance
• Environmental Performance

 
Once the appropriate material is identified, we select the ideal molding method from a full range of manufacturing processes, including compression, transfer, waste-less, injection and liquid injection molding.

Quick Turnaround Prototyping.

Bryant Rubber understands the importance of meeting our quoted timelines as we kick off a new Prototype program. Within 48 hours of the PO being received, our Program Managers are mandated to have a Product Launch meeting with all business functions in attendance, initiating the APQP process and the prototype build.

Our fast and flexible prototyping options include:

• Simple Prototypes
• Engineered Prototypes
• Pre-Production Prototypes

 
In all cases, our development and prototype process has been refined for only one purpose: to give our customers a competitive advantage.

With prototyping, Bryant Rubber consistently provides:

• Full-service support from our technical staff
• A focused effort to reduce long tool development cycles
• Shortened development and testing cycles
• Increased quality and functional integrity on all customer designs or re-designs
• High-quality parts
• Fast turnaround

Superior Tool Designs for Superior Results.

Effective component performance begins with proper mold designs. From conception through production, we apply our engineering discipline to create well-designed molds that maximize product performance while minimizing production costs.  Whether developing high-volume, fully automated injection molds or lower-volume, single-cavity compression molds, our molding platforms are specified to suit your application. Our tooling capabilities encompass a full range of processes, including compression, transfer, waste-less, injection and liquid injection molding, to consistently design the right mold to fit the right process for your unique application needs.

In every instance, Bryant Rubber predetermines the effects of material shrinkage, material delivery and part de-molding before finalizing any mold design. In addition, no matter what type of mold or process is used, we always design our molds to yield product requiring little to no secondary operations. In short, we develop molds that provide the highest-quality products, according to the specified dimensions and tolerances, in the most cost-effective manner.

Industry-Leading Controls to Ensure Accuracy and Consistency.

Bryant Rubber works with our customers to select the right molding process for each application. Based on a number of factors, including the materials used, the products shape and functionality, and the quantities needed, we always let the application dictate the process—not the other way around.

From manufacturing process design to tool construction, material selection to processing, Bryant Rubber stringently controls every step to guarantee a reliable, optimized and repeatable manufacturing process. All special processes are there to ensure compliance of the end-use device throughout the supply chain value stream.

We monitor our processes using precursor management and statistical methods to ensure a consistent and ongoing supply of product with minimum variation. With our leading-edge process designs, customers benefit from higher yields, reduced scrap, optimized cycle times and increased production throughput. Plus, our state-of-the-art Equipment and Tooling Preventive Maintenance Program guarantees longer tool life and minimal lot-to-lot, heat-to-heat, and cavity-to-cavity variation.

Bryant Rubber uses statistical methods to validate the process, ensuring that we consistently yield the desired results during production. The result is a reliable and repeatable process that provides the customer with a product that meets their requirements.

Reducing Risk through Product Realization Management

Our Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) is at the heart of Bryant Rubbers product launch activities. This disciplined approach to bringing products to market reduces the risks associated with production start-up, and ensures that every new product launch produces the desired outcome according to our customers exacting expectations. Culminating with the submission of a fully documented First Article Reports, Bryant Rubbers APQP activities provide peace-of-mind that programs will be launched according to specified requirements. On time, every time.