Designing Rubber Seals: Top Tips and Tricks for Engineers
from Makers of Our Future Hosted by Darron Peddle, Bill Sharratt
Darron Peddle is the Principal Engineer at WishBone Medical, a company that manufactures pediatric orthopedic products. He is an experienced seal industry veteran engineer with over 20 years of experience in the seal design field. Before joining WishBone, Darron was the Product and Engineering Manager at Parker Hannifin's Engineered Materials Group, and the Senior Engineer at DePuy Synthes Companies. In this episode… New to seals? Engineered elastomer (rubber) can behave in surprisingly non-intuitive ways. Learn how one expert has achieved mastery using an analytical methods-based approach. Darron Peddle is a skilled engineer and expert in the seal industry. His carefully-honed design approach has led to many diverse engineering positions and participation in multiple influential design projects. No matter where you are in your career, Darron will educate you on the complexities of working with rubber so you can create a functional design to meet your product performance goals In this episode of Makers of Our Future,Bill Sharratt is joined by Darron Peddle, Principal Engineer at WishBone Medical, to discuss the best design methods for elastomer seals. Darron shares his tips and tricks on designing with rubber, his crucial role in overcoming a hardware design flaw, and his advice to engineers engaging with seals for the first time.
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