Quick Facts

Founded: 1980 Headquarters: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, USA Ownership: Hudson Family Primary Products: • Molded Rubber, Plastic & Polyurethane • Shock and Vibration Isolation Products • Extruded & Formed Hoses • Sealing Devices Employees: 70+

Quick Facts

Why do so many world-class manufacturers choose RL Hudson? Because we offer our customers advantages in five key areas:

Product Design & Engineering

Material Technology Quality

Assurance Supply Chain Management

Wide Product Range

The Hudson Advantage

Product Design & Engineering

Capabilities Include: • Expert engineering team utilizing Pro/E®, Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Mold Flow Analysis (MFA), Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), and proprietary design software • A full range of physical, chemical, and mechanical testing capabilities, including FTIR, TGA, heat aging, fluid resistance, and endurance testing • Fully equipped material development and compound testing laboratories.

We provide a full range of services from product design, to material selection and development, to finished product testing.

Design & Engineering

We provide: • The ability to develop unique materials when needed • Extensive material and product knowledge • An expert staff with fourteen issued patents related to both materials and products

Our material technology staff and facilities are some of the finest in the world, utilizing a wide range of mixing, molding and analytical equipment.

Material Technology

We offer: • An in-house inspection team utilizing sophisticated video imaging station • Laser-scanning capabilities for tiny and complex parts • A Coordinate Measurement Machine (CMM) for accurate inspection of large finished parts

We make sure the products our customers receive meet their expectations.

Quality Management

We provide: • Global distribution with over 99.3% on-time delivery • Automated order entry based on customer demand & forecasts • APICS CPIM-certified* planners • Container consolidation • In-transit shipment tracking

• Full EDI capabilities

We deliver on time, every time.

Supply Chain Management

* The Association for Operations Management Certified in Production and Inventory Management

• Molded Rubber • Molded Plastic • Molded Polyurethane • Shock & Vibration Isolation Products • Extruded & Formed Hoses • Sealing Devices - Shaft Seals - Hydraulic Seals - O-rings - Gaskets • Custom Assemblies

We offer a nearly infinite variety of custom designed products in these categories:

Wide Product Range

Molded Rubber

Molded Plastic

Formed Hoses

Sealing Products

Custom Assemblies

RL Hudson’s industry-leading material development and capabilities include: •  Developing a unique

fluoroelastomer that exceeds the capabilities of popular materials at a much lower cost

•  Creating our own HNBR compound that dramatically improves the material’s performance in harsh oil & gas applications while reducing cost

Developing Innovative Materials

Success Stories

Replacing metal with plastic can offer many advantages: •  Reduced weight •  Lower cost •  Greater flexibility Plastic components also: •  Can be easily configured for

specific applications •  Provide choices in molding •  Can outperform the metal

components they replace

Metal-to-Plastic Conversions

Success Stories

PROBLEM An engine manufacturer needed a metal fill tube converted to plastic. In discussions with the customer, we discovered additional desires for product improvement. SOLUTION We developed a unique design addressing all the customer’s needs and added new features. New design included an extending tube and a tethered cap. The customer is now incorporating design across most of its models.

Product Improvement

Success Stories

PROBLEM: An engine manufacturer needed to reduce the complexity and cost of a multi-part throttle coupling component. SOLUTION: RL Hudson designed an over-molded part that incorporates rubber and plastic. The new part met the customer’s needs and significantly reduced the cost of the component.

Rubber & Plastic Part Consolidation

Success Stories

PROBLEM: An outdoor power manufacturer asked us to develop a flexible coupling that would connect a small diesel engine to a hydraulic pump. SOLUTION: Our engineering team performed extensive FEA analyses to optimize the rubber geometry and confirm stiffness values. We also developed a special high-fatigue-life rubber compound and a robust rubber-to-metal bonding process to ensure that the couplings would provide long service life.

Complex Design Solutions

Success Stories

PROBLEM: A large agricultural equipment manufacturer was experiencing material degradation and vacuum collapse at high temperatures. SOLUTION: RL Hudson changed the product design to incorporate a wrapped fluorosilicone outer hose over an inner liner of silicone. We added steel rings to reinforce the hose against vacuum collapse. Our designers also modified the design so that a brass fitting is assembled after molding.

Component Failure Analysis & Redesign

Success Stories

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