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God’ A Grip
Self-Customizing Rifle and Shotgun Grips Market Sporting Goods and Fitness Product A comfort-feel, self-customized rifle and shotgun grip Challenge An avid hunter and outdoorsman, Mike Goddard sought a consistent self-customized grip for his rifles and shotguns. Solution We helped design an innovative Sorbothane® grip to provide a custom fit for any individual’s hand and shooting […]
Grand Prix Audio Equipment Isolation System
Monza System Market Consumer & Commercial Products Product Performance audio equipment isolation system designed to achieve the highest quality of music reproduction. Challenge Develop a new 3D modular support system, a rack solution to replace the Monaco. The new system would offer – better performance, better value, improved practicality, and greater versatility. Solution Engineers at […]
Hamrick Manufacturing & Service, Inc.
Design & Build Packaging Machinery Market Industrial and Manufacturing Equipment Product End-of-line packaging machinery Challenge Protect product as it arrives at the end-of-line for packaging and shipment. Solution Our team devised a Sorbothane® “bumper” system to protect the product as it arrives and is prepared and packaged at the end-of-line station. Hamrick packaging machinery is […]
Hook Studios Microphone Decoupler
THS-MMD Microphone Decoupler Market Consumer & Commercial Products Product A vibration-reducing microphone mount. Challenge To improve the clarity of recorded sound by reducing vibration to the microphone. Solution Our engineering team partnered with Hook Studios to design and produce the “Sorbothane® compression center member” used in the vibration-reducing THS-MMD Microphone Decoupler. The Hook Studios’ Mechanical […]
J. Paul Getty Museum
Premier Museum of Art & Historical Artifacts Market Transportation Shipping & Logistics Product Delicate, priceless art and antiquities Challenge Protect irreplaceable artifacts during storage and shipping. Solution Conservators at the J. Paul Getty Museum work diligently to perfect the safe storage and shipping of precious art and artifacts. The unparalleled shock absorbing and vibration-isolating properties […]
LiveKuhn
PeacePads Protective Skater Pads Market Sporting Goods & Fitness Product Shock-absorbing tailbone & hip protection pads for skaters. Challenge Rachel, a young ice skater, suffered an impact-related hip injury and was forced to give up ice skating for over a year. She needed a protective pad that absorbs shock, flexes with athletes’ muscles, fits comfortably, […]
Mayfield Athletics Facemask Brackets
S.A.F.E. Clip (Shock Absorbing Football Equipment) Market Sporting Goods & Fitness Product An impact-absorbing facemask clip able to help make football safer for players. Challenge The realization that football helmet facemasks are underdeveloped and have the potential for impact-absorbing innovation. Solution The design team from Mayfield Athletics reached out to Sorbothane, Inc. when searching for […]
Minus K Vibration Isolation Systems
Vibration Isolation Leveling Table Market Precision Laboratory Equipment Product Vibration isolation systems based on negative-stiffness technology Challenge Develop a tilt-motion isolator pad to complete the three isolator-stacked technology. Solution Partnered with Minus K to test and refine the proper size and durometer of Sorbothane® to be used in the creation of a tilt-motion isolator. The […]
NASA International Space Station
International Space Station Treadmill Market Aerospace & Aeronautical Product International Space Station Treadmill Challenge Isolate the harmful vibrations transmitted through the treadmill to the international space station itself Solution We developed a vibration isolation system to keep impact forces generated when running on a treadmill from shaking the entire space station. NASA’s treadmill design team […]
NASA Space Shuttle Launch Cameras
Space Shuttle Market Aerospace & Aeronautical Product Space Shuttle Launch Cameras Challenge Protect the integrity of space shuttle cameras during extreme launch conditions. Solution Our engineers supplied the NASA design team with a unique Sorbothane® isolator designed to protect shuttle cameras from the violent vibrations thrust upon them during launch. The Sorbothane component attenuates vibration […]
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