Customer Case Study | How to Cut Rubber Gaskets and Seals

Meeting a Rubber Products Manufacturer at WEPACK Shanghai

At last year's WEPACK exhibition in Shanghai, we met a customer from the United States who specializes in manufacturing rubber products. He visited the exhibition with a very clear goal — to find a suitable digital cutting machine to process various rubber and flexible materials, and to replace traditional die cutting and manual cutting methods.

During our conversation at the exhibition, we learned that the customer mainly produces different types of rubber and flexible material products, including sponge rubber, rubber sheets and rolls, padding materials, gaskets and seals, hoses and sleeves, rubber washers, tubes, and rubber cords. These products are widely used in industrial equipment, automotive parts, construction sealing, and vibration damping applications.

Because their company produces many different product sizes and small batch orders, traditional die cutting requires frequent mold making, which leads to high costs and long production cycles. Therefore, they were looking for a digital cutting solution that does not require molds and can quickly switch between different products.

Customer Came Prepared with Various Rubber Materials

The customer was very well prepared before coming to the exhibition. He brought many different material samples, including sponge rubber in different thicknesses, rubber sheets, gasket materials, rubber rolls, and hose materials. He wanted to test cutting directly at the exhibition and evaluate the cutting quality, accuracy, and cutting speed of the machine.

During the on-site testing process, our engineers selected different tools and cutting parameters according to different materials. For softer sponge rubber materials, the oscillating knife tool ensured smooth edges without burning. For thicker rubber sheets and gasket materials, we adjusted the cutting pressure and oscillation frequency to ensure proper cutting depth and accuracy. For roll materials and flexible materials, the vacuum adsorption table helped fix the materials firmly to ensure cutting precision.

Cutting Challenges and Solutions

During the testing process, the customer also shared some difficulties they were facing in their production:

  ❌ Low cutting efficiency for thick rubber materials

  ❌ Large quantity of small gaskets requiring complex nesting

  ❌ Frequent tool changes for different materials

Based on these requirements, we recommended the ZCRB2516 Dual Beam Dual Tool Digital Cutting Machine.

Recommended Machine – ZCRB2516 Dual Beam Digital Cutter

The ZCRB2516 digital cutting machine uses a dual beam structure and dual tool holders, allowing two different tools to be installed at the same time. This significantly reduces tool changing time when cutting different materials or performing different cutting processes, greatly improving production efficiency.

The dual beam structure can also perform alternating cutting or simultaneous cutting, which is especially suitable for gasket, seal, and padding products that require batch nesting cutting. This helps increase productivity and reduce production time.

In addition, the large working area is very suitable for cutting rubber sheets, roll materials, and large padding materials. Combined with automatic nesting software, the machine can reduce material waste and improve material utilization.

After testing multiple materials on site, the customer was very satisfied with the cutting quality, cutting speed, and machine stability. He believed that this digital cutting solution is very suitable for their production model of multiple products, small batch orders, and customized production.

Compared with traditional die cutting, digital cutting machines offer:

  ✅ No mold cost

  ✅ Fast sample cutting

  ✅ Flexible production

  ✅ High material utilization

  ✅ Suitable for small batch and customized orders

Visit Us at This Year's WEPACK Exhibition

If you are working in rubber products, gasket manufacturing, sealing materials, foam materials, or flexible material processing, we welcome you to visit our booth at this year's WEPACK exhibition to see live cutting demonstrations and test your own materials.

You can also contact us in advance to schedule a material cutting test(or scan the QR code below⬇), and we will provide a suitable cutting solution based on your materials and products.