Grand River Rubber & Plastics Blog

The Essential Role of Lathe-Cut Gaskets in Small Appliances

Posted by Alan Blankenship on Feb 5, 2025 2:11:53 PM
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Topics: Lathe Cut Gaskets

Grand River Rubber & Plastics Acquires Lathe Cut Gasket and Seal Division of ASC Engineered Solutions, LLC. (Ashtabula Rubber Co.)

Posted by Alan Blankenship on Mar 21, 2023 5:37:27 PM
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Topics: Lathe Cut Gaskets, die cut gaskets, seals

Red Head Brass Case Study

Posted by Alan Blankenship on Aug 24, 2022 3:02:58 PM

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Topics: Lathe Cut Gaskets

Meet Vicki Ellsworth, Customer Service Representative

Posted by Alan Blankenship on Jul 29, 2022 9:23:19 AM

When you start asking questions of Grand River Rubber & Plastics employees, a common theme emerges: there’s no such thing as a ‘typical’ workday, and they seem to like it that way.

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Topics: Lathe Cut Gaskets, employee ownership, Work at Grand River Rubber

Meet Jim Hlebovy, Process Engineer

Posted by Alan Blankenship on Jun 23, 2022 2:21:48 PM

Jim Hlebovy joined Grand River Rubber & Plastics in 2018 as a Quality Engineer, then the position evolved into a Process Engineer. He has worked in both Quality and Engineering. Jim said that as a child, he wanted to be a mechanic or someone who worked on equipment to fix it.

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Topics: Lathe Cut Gaskets, employee ownership, Work at Grand River Rubber

Manufacturing Job is “Grand”

Posted by Alan Blankenship on May 18, 2022 2:14:02 PM

 

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Topics: Lathe Cut Gaskets, die cut gaskets, sweeper belts, Manufacturingjobs

Planning for a Successful 2022

Posted by Alan Blankenship on Mar 22, 2022 8:52:59 AM

Being in the rubber business for nearly five decades, we’re accustomed to evaluating new materials, evolving engineering techniques, and adapting to meet our customers’ needs for lathe cut gaskets, pail gaskets, and belts for many market segments, including oil filters, transformer, agriculture, plumbing and many more. (This is a long read, but we promise it’s worth it!) 

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Topics: Lathe Cut Gaskets, employee ownership, COVID-19, Work at Grand River Rubber, On-Site Health Clinic

Choosing or Specifying the Right Component for Your Application

Posted by Alan Blankenship on Sep 2, 2020 3:09:20 PM

Should we specify an O-ring or gasket?

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Topics: Lathe Cut Gaskets, o-rings, orings, die cut gaskets, materials

GRAND RIVER RUBBER & PLASTICS ANNOUNCES ROBERT “BOBBY” NELSON AS LATHE CUT PRODUCTION MANAGER

Posted by Alan Blankenship on Aug 10, 2020 1:53:56 PM

   

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Topics: Lathe Cut Gaskets, employee ownership

What Are the Best Materials for Your Lathe Cut Gasket Application?

Posted by Alan Blankenship on Jul 29, 2020 10:57:45 AM

Using the right material for a quality seal to avoid problems later


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Topics: Lathe Cut Gaskets, materials, static applications, dynamic applications, oil and gas, food grade applications