Consultancy Services

If you are looking for assistance with product design, guidance with material selection or an accurate understanding of the failure of a certain product or procedure Smithers Rapra is the right company to choose.

Design

Choosing Smithers Rapra to support your business by assisting in your product development is the first stage in ensuring that your product achieves its full potential.

Our consultants are experts in Metallic replacement with an in-depth knowledge of Topology Optimisation, shape optimisation using Genetic Algorithm techniques & FE methodology.

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Material Selection

Smithers Rapra's knowledge of how plastics & rubber materials perform in practice is extensive & is based on many years & many thousands of actual industrial examples.

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Processing

Our processing services are designed to support our clients development throughout the production process, to optimise material selection, product & process performance & to improve existing production. From compound formulation prototype manufacture & pre-production trials to machinery selection, novel process, development & failure analysis.

Failure Diagnosis

A Failure in a plastic or rubber product could have many root causes & is likely to be a combination of factors. Lack of awareness of material processing & selection, environmental, chemical or mechanical sensitivity of a particular material can be contributing factors.