Sioux Rubber & Urethane Blog

Abrasion, corrosion, and impact can wreak havoc on your equipment. Do you feel like you’re constantly replacing and repairing, adding unwanted costs to your bottom line and slowing down productivity? You’ve come to the right place. Sioux Rubber & Urethane has been solving complicated abrasion, corrosion, and impact issues for our customers for over 60 years. Trust us when we say we’ve pretty much seen it all. How can urethane lining prolong the productivity and lifetime of your equipment while saving you money? Learn how:

Here at Sioux Rubber & Urethane, we live and breathe abrasion, impact, and corrosion resistance. We’ve created numerous products and solutions designed to serve the agricultural, mining, aggregate, chemical, and manufacturing industries. Rubber and Urethane is all we do - and we’re incredibly good at it. We have rounded up a few of our most frequently asked questions and answers, in case you’ve wondered what it is like to work with Sioux Rubber & Urethane to solve your abrasion, corrosion, and impact issues.

Sioux Rubber & Urethane’s HawkPadⓇ is the premier press pad for commercial die-cutting products. One of our most popular products since its creation, this cutting-edge pad allows for consistently deep and precise cuts, time after time.

Small particles can cause big-time damage. Anyone who works in mining, aggregate, or agriculture can attest to the abrasion caused by processing tons of sand, grain, seed, fertilizer, and other items. If you’re replacing steel spouts on a regular basis, you’re wasting time and money that could be better spent elsewhere.

Here at Sioux Rubber & Urethane, we’re experts in tackling abrasion, impact, and corrosion issues. Our solutions work for many applications in a broad spectrum of industries; mining and aggregate, agriculture, and manufacturing – just to name a few. Whether you need to extend the life of a grain spout or protect the bed of a dump truck from damage, we have the perfect solution.

Street sweepers slowly move along roads and through neighborhoods, so we sometimes forget that they are complicated machines doing an important - and risky- job. These vehicles spend all day sweeping up gravel, sand, salt, and other debris at up to 4000 revolutions per minute. You can imagine the wear and tear. These particles can cause extensive abrasion and impact issues, enough to put an entire street sweeper out of commission.

Looking to extend the life of your equipment or machinery? Look no further – we have the solution for you! Lining your item with urethane is a straightforward and economical solution to the abrasion, impact, corrosion, and general wear and tear that has been holding your equipment back from performing to its fullest.

We work with rubber and urethane every day, so we are well-versed in the amazing properties that make it such a useful tool - not just for us, but also for countless other applications within many industries!

With supply chain issues and various delays impacting industries all over the world, companies need all the help they can get to save money and turn a profit in 2022. Whether your specific challenges are labor, supplies, or….anything at all, we’re confident that Sioux Rubber & Urethane brings solutions that can save you both time and money this year.

Those in the commercial die-cutting industry understand how important it is to have a press pad that is resistant to impact and is strong enough to withstand thousands of cuts. Traditional gum rubber press pads work for a time but ultimately wear out relatively quickly. We knew that our proprietary Endurawear urethane could be instrumental in a press-pad solution that would save our customers time and money.