Explore Our Prototype Development Process
H-O Products is a leading manufacturer of custom-engineered pads, tapes and gaskets, and specializes in prototype development processes and manufacturing process engineering. Our dedicated team of engineers excel in the design and production of advanced solutions tailored to your specific requirements. With our extensive prototype development capabilities, you can innovate and produce exceptional tape, pad and gasket products that offer unparalleled performance and reliability, helping you stay ahead of the competition in a global market.
Whether you need sealing, cushioning, vibration protection, mounting, or more – H-O Products can create a prototype development process to test solutions, as well as a provide expert manufacturing process engineering, to efficiently produce the parts you need. Explore our products and submit a quote, or contact us today for expert support.
Our extensive capabilities include:
Adhering and Lamination
Achieve reliable adhesive and lamination solutions tailored to your specific needs with our expert process development which includes:
• Single and double adhesives
• Heat application during lamination as needed
• Stripping/adding specialized release liners
• Sheeting and in-line slitting up to 60” wide
Our laminating adhesive options include:
• Hot melt synthetic rubber
• UV cured hot met acrylic
• Solvent based GP rubber and acrylic
• Low surface energy (LSE) acrylic
• Aqueous acrylic (with and without scrim backing)
• Removable – low peel, no residue
Slitting
With advanced slitting capabilities, our precisely cut materials meet strict specifications, ensuring a perfect fit for your specific application.
• Custom lengths
• Single roll up to 20” O.D.
• Strip cutting as small as 0.25”
• Rewind slitting as small as 1” wide, up to 20” O.D.
Precision CNC Knife Cutting
Achieve exceptional accuracy and precision in cutting complex shapes and patterns with our CNC knife cutting technology. Your custom tapes, pads and gaskets will meet the highest standards of quality.
• Up to 3” thick materials
• Up to 60” wide and 120” long
• Multiple blades based on substrate
CNC Laser Cutting
Benefit from high-speed, non-contact cutting for intricate designs and delicate materials. A powerful tool for accelerating the prototype development process, our laser cutting capabilities enable OEMs and component suppliers to bring new products to market more quickly.
• Up to 24” x 40” sheets
• Up to 1” thick materials
• Rapid prototyping (gaskets, die cut shapes)
Precision Die Cutting
Ensure accurate and consistent cutting of shapes and patterns, even for large-scale production runs. Our precision die cutting process provides the quality and reliability of your custom tapes, pads, and gaskets.
• Utilizes steel rule tooling
• Over 1,500 custom tools
• Up to 1” thick
• Up to 11” x 23” in size
High Speed Rotary Cutting
Ideal for large-volume production of simple shapes and patterns, our high-speed rotary cutting machines offer efficiency and cost-effectiveness for your custom product needs.
• Precision ground rotary tools
• Waste skeleton/matrix removal
• Multiple web rewinding
• Stripping/adding release liners in line
• “Zone coating” (laminating) adhesive
• Up to 12” wide web
CNC Water Jet Cutting
Cut virtually any material, including hard-to-cut materials like composites and ceramics, with precision and accuracy. Our CNC water jet cutting technology provides versatility for your custom applications.
• Dual head cutting
• Up to 6” x 60” x 120”
• Water cutting all types of foam material
• Media cutting, hard materials (alumni, galvanized steel, plexiglass, and more)
• Cut multiple sheets simultaneously
Packaging & Freight Consolidation
Rely on our comprehensive packaging and freight consolidation services for safe and efficient delivery of your custom products. We can meet your shipping and logistics requirements.
• Specialty packaging: kits, reels, batch, and loose packaging
• Blanket orders
• Kanban/stocking programs
From high-performance adhesive tapes to precision-cut gaskets and reliable sealing pads, we have the capabilities to deliver superior products that help achieve optimal functionality, durability, and efficiency.
From Concept to Reality
Our protype development process is designed to bring your product ideas to life. We work closely with you to understand your specific requirements and develop a functional prototype that accurately represents your vision. Our team of skilled engineers and technicians utilize state-of-the-art equipment and techniques to create quality prototypes to help improve the production process. Through rigorous testing and evaluation, we work to ensure that your prototype meets the highest standards.
By leveraging our capabilities in foam, tape and gasket protype development processes, you can validate your product concept, identify potential design flaws, and make informed decisions before committing to full-scale production. Contact our team about your custom needs today.
Leverage the Capabilities and Protype Process Development Expertise of H-O Products
You can count on our prototype development process and manufacturing process engineering expertise to deliver the products needed to meet your goals, on-time and on-budget. Speak to our experts about how we can provide you with a complete product system, technical guidance and the support to help you succeed. Reach out to discuss your unique project and together, we will develop a plan to bring your vision to reality.