November 18, 2024 RE: Order Minimums/Price changes effective January 1, 2025. Dear PAI Customer, The following changes will go into effect for all new orders on January 1, 2025. Minimum order values will change as detailed below: Clean Room Products, FKM, and TFE/P (Aflas®) products available from stock $100.00 order min/$50.00 line min Clean Room [...]
Dear Valued customer, This is a notification of an upcoming change that impacts several of the Precision Associates, Inc. (PAI) FDA Fluorocarbon compounds. This notification is intended to meet the change notification requirements included in any quality or supply agreements we have in place with your company. If no agreement is in place, we are [...]
This is a notification regarding the planned reformulation of Precision Associates, Inc. (PAI) general purpose silicone compound 19711. This notification is intended to meet the change notification requirements included in any quality or supply agreements we have in place with your company. If no agreement is in place, we are fulfilling our commitment to providing [...]
This is a notification of a planned reformulation of several of the Precision Associates, Inc. (PAI) FDA Fluorocarbon compounds. This notification is intended to meet the change notification requirements included in any quality or supply agreements we have in place with your company. If no agreement is in place, we are fulfilling our commitment to [...]
The Wall Street Journal reports on manufacturers response to the Omicron variant of the SARS-COV-2 virus in the United States. With short supply, limited staff and rising costs, manufacturers across the country are experiencing new challenges to meet demand while keeping employees safe. Bradley Kadue, president, shared how PAI recently reintroduced a mask mandate for [...]
Precision Associates, Inc. (PAI), a provider of high-performance, consistent sealing solutions and precision-molded rubber products, has released a new white paper titled Fundamentals of medical device process validation for molded rubber and other parts. This white paper explores how, when carefully planned and properly performed, process validation can improve overall quality, reduce cost and scrap, [...]
Precision Associate's Sales Engineer, Dan Meydell presented the monthly Sealing Your Success Webinar, entitled "Friction Reducing Rubber Additives and Surface Treatments" for the International Sealing Distribution Association. Friction in many applications using rubber products and seals is undesirable and the reduction of said friction is a goal of many engineers and end users. While [...]
MINNEAPOLIS--Precision Associates, Inc. (PAI) is ramping up its production of several essential rubber components for ventilator manufacturer Ventec Life Systems. Ventec recently announced plans to partner with GM to increase the output of these crucial units in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Critical patients suffering from the virus have difficulty breathing and require ventilator assistance [...]
Rubber Compound Data sheets usually display a number of physical properties as recorded from standard test methods. Among the most common are three measured on the Tensometer – Tensile Strength (at break), Ultimate Elongation, and Modulus of Elasticity. The Test The Tensometer stretches a specimen, or dumbbell, cut from a sheet of rubber, until it [...]
As the name implies, these O-Rings are used to seal Straight Threaded Tube Fittings. As with other O-Rings in static application designs, they make a seal between two mating components. Unlike most O-Rings, they are not completely housed in a rectangular groove or gland. The threaded male tubing fitting does contain a radiused partial groove [...]