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What Are The Differences Between NIST 800-171 And CMMC?
Key Points
Understanding The Basics Of CMMC Level 2
Die Cut Gaskets eGuide: 5 Frequent Design Oversights & How to Address Them
If you make a mistake during the design phase, you run the risk of going over budget and not receiving your solution in time. Our latest eGuide will help you avoid these common design oversights. Get a free copy by subscribing to our blog.
Benefits of Partnering with Manufacturers Pursuing CMMC Certification
Why Choose CMMC-Compliant Manufacturing Partners Now
Gearing Up For CMMC 2.0: A Manufacturer's Roadmap to Cybersecurity Readiness
The Future of CMMC Compliance: CMMC 2.0
Defense Contractor Cybersecurity: 5 Benefits of CMMC Compliance
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Parker Chomerics Thermal Material Guide
10 Things to Expect from Your Thermal Management Partner
Modus Advanced Welcomes Chris Bourbeau, US Marine Corps Veteran, to the Team
Chomerics Gasket Material: CHOFORM 5575
Chomerics Gasket Material: CHOFORM 5526
Chomerics Gasket Material: CHOFORM 5550
Chomerics Gasket Material: CHOFORM 5538
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Chomerics Gasket Material: CHOFORM 5528
Choosing the Right Manufacturing Process for an Electrically Conductive Gasket
Chomerics Gasket Material: CHOFORM 5541
Chomerics Gasket Material: CHOFORM 5513
10 Things to Expect from Your Parker Chomerics Distributor
When to Use a Fabric-Over-Foam, or Conductive Fabric Gasket
7 EMI Gasketing Design Considerations
Key Points
5 Considerations for Selecting a Conductive Elastomer
RF Gasket Materials Guide
Conductive Gasket Materials Guide
Navigating Domestic Supply Chain Challenges
Keep it Close to Home: Importance of Domestic Manufacturing
Domestic Manufacturing for Defense Partners
Investing in Domestic Manufacturing
Key Points Lower material costs, lower labor costs, and easier access to mass production make overseas manufacturing an attractive option. There are many complications that come with doing business overseas. Investing in domestic manufacturing brings a host of benefits that are more evident after navigating the supply chain disruption due to the COVID pandemic. For decades, American manufacturing companies have shuffled their operations overseas to a variety of countries, for a myriad of ...
Metal Machining Services for Custom RF Shields
CNC Machined Parts with FIP Gaskets: Why Vertical Integration Is Best
The Future of Automation in Manufacturing: People Aren't Going Anywhere
RF Absorber Sheets vs. Dispensed RF Absorbers
Manufacturing Process Automation at Modus Advanced
How Modus is Moving Toward 100% Verification with the UR10e Robot
Precision CNC Machining Services: A Breakdown of Modus's Capabilities
Key Points
Choosing a CNC Machining Partner for the Prototype Phase
CNC Machining Services for RF Shields
How to Select a CNC Machining Services Partner
Modus vs. a Traditional CNC Machine Shop
RF Shielding Material Guide
8 RF Shielding Techniques to Know About
What is RF Shielding Effectiveness?
Key Points Radio frequency (RF) shielding effectiveness is the measure of how well an RF shield protects a device from RF interference (RFI). It’s a simple concept that can make a huge difference in the functionality of a device. RF shielding effectiveness all comes down to high-quality design and manufacturing.
RF Absorbers for Military Applications
RF Shielding Solutions: A Breakdown of Modus's Capabilities
The Best Process for Building a Custom RF Shield
5 Manufacturing Methods for Shielding RF Signals
RF Shields: Why a Vertically Integrated Partner is Best
RF Shield Design Guide
RF Blocking: RF Shields vs. RF Absorbers
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What DoD Contractors Should Expect from a Manufacturing Partner
FDA-Approved Materials for Medical Devices
Engineers Make Up More Than 10% of Our Staff. Here’s Why You Should Care.
Aerospace Material Specification Materials
Our Chosen Quality Control Software for Manufacturing
MIL SPEC AA-59588 Class 3 Silicones
Incorporating AI for Manufacturing Quality Control
On the manufacturing floor, a lot of brains are working really hard and at high speed to make sure the end product is of perfect quality. All the disparate systems and processes, all the moving parts — that takes a lot of intelligence and hard work to keep together. Would it be such a bad thing if some of the intelligence that powers all of these systems was artificial?
Our Take: What’s Missing from the 5G vs. Airlines Debate? EMI Shielding
MIL SPEC AA-59588 Class 2 Silicones
MIL SPEC AA-59588 Class 1 Silicones
Modus Advanced Adds Will Gardner as Product and Business Development Engineer
7 Considerations for Selecting an EMI Shielding Gasket Manufacturer
Quality Assurance in Manufacturing: Building a Robust Quality System
Meet Our Manufacturing Quality Engineers
Whose responsibility is quality? If you ask 10 different manufacturers, you will likely get 10 different answers. But at Modus Advanced, there’s only one answer: our manufacturing quality engineers.
Blanket POs: How to Avoid Supply Chain Disruption in 2022
Your MIL-SPEC EMI Shielding Materials Guide
4 Considerations for 5G EMI Shielding Applications
5 Considerations for EMI Shielding in Space Applications
4 Considerations for EMI Shielding in Electric Vehicles
Guidance for Designing an EMI Shielded Enclosure
5 Considerations for EMI Shielding in Aircraft Applications
You can’t use your cell phone on an airplane, and you more than likely know the reason behind that: In the early days of cell phones, there was some concern that cellular signals could create an electrical interference with avionics and cockpit implements, creating a potentially deadly hazard.
Choosing the Wrong Manufacturing Partner: Recovering from Quality Control Issues
Depth vs. Breadth of Manufacturing Expertise: Which is Best?
What is EMI/RFI Shielding?
Modus Advanced Welcomes Daryle Ostrowski as Procurement Assistant
Robotic Gasket Dispensing: 6 Applications for Form-in-Place Gaskets
What is EMI Shielding Effectiveness?
Nolato Form-in-Place Gasket Materials
Nolato is one of the world’s leading polymer developers and manufacturers. Based in Sweden, the company has a strong presence across North America, Europe and Asia. Since 1938, the company has grown immensely and today has nearly 7,000 employees. Nolato has become a go-to polymer partner across a wide variety of industries, including medicine, aerospace, consumer electronics, automotive and telecommunications.
What’s the Cost of Poor Quality?
4 Reasons We Use a Datron Form-in-Place Gasket Dispenser
6 Tips for Designing a Form-in-Place EMI Gasket
What Happens During a SigShield™ DFM: a Design for Manufacturability Review and Consultation Service?
Form-in-Place Gasket Services: What to Look for in a Manufacturing Partner
Quality Certifications for Manufacturing: AS9100 vs. ISO 9001
What is a Form-in-Place Gasket?
You probably already know what a gasket is. It’s simply a seal that fits the space between mating surfaces. As you can imagine, there are dozens of types of gaskets, and form-in-place gaskets are one of them.
Modus Advanced Welcomes Jesse Satkoski as Procurement Specialist
Modus Advanced Promotes Tanner Stephan to Procurement Manager
6 Biggest Takeaways from Our Form-in-Place Gasket Design Guide
Modus Advanced Adds Shaun Thiesen as Regional Sales Manager
Modus Advanced Promotes Mike Carson to Senior Field Applications Engineer
Parker Chomerics Form-in-Place Gasket Materials
Modus Advanced Promotes Robert Trout to Director of Sales
New promotion of Sales Director will help company bring life changing products to market faster Modus Advanced, a leading manufacturing company, is proud to announce the promotion of Robert Trout from Regional Sales Manager to Director of Sales. Robert will lead all the company's sales managers and ensure the team is always providing the best possible service. As the Director of Sales, Robert is responsible for building and developing core suppliers to bring our customers additional value. He ...
Why Modus Invests in Cybersecurity to Keep Customers Safe
Form-in-Place Gasket Material Guide
Modus Advanced Adds Hollis Morris as Regional Sales Manager
Extrusions vs. Form-in-Place Gaskets
SigShield™ vs. Traditional RF Shield Production
Strategic Sourcing: What it Means from the Supplier Side
The Story of SigShield™: So Much More than Just an RF Shield
What makes Modus™ unique is as much our process as it is our product. Not just the standard and expected process of manufacturing, but the dedication to evolution in our work for the benefit of our customers.
Design Considerations for Machined Parts: 13 Design Features That Can Reduce Your Lead Times and Costs for Machined Parts
SigShield™ Turnkey Machined RF Shields – Wait, What?
A SigShield™ Success Story
Idea to Ignition: Discontinued Gore Materials
What are Partnership Accounts at Modus Advanced?
Setting Tolerances for Elastomeric or Flexible Parts
What Happens During a Design for Manufacturability (DFM) Review?
Ever wanted to know what goes into the Design for Manufacturability (DFM) process?
Strategic Procurement vs. Reactive Procurement
EMI Shielding Materials Guide
Silicone Gasket Materials Guide
Is Waterjet Cutting the Right Fit for Your Custom Gasket?
Is Digital or CNC Cutting the Right Fit for Your Custom Gasket?
Compashield® Extrusion: Versatile EMI-shielding Gaskets
Is Die Cutting the Right Fit for Your Custom Gasket?
This article is a member of our series on different manufacturing processes for custom gaskets. It follows the same structure, and includes similar introductory text, to ensure that whether you read a single article in the series or multiple, you’ll have all the information you need.
How to Choose a Custom Gasket Company
What is EMI Shielding and Why is it Important for Your Design?
10 Things to Expect from Your Custom Gasket Manufacturing Partner
10 Questions to Ask Yourself When Choosing a Material for Your Custom Gasket
27 Materials for Custom Gaskets and Their Purposes
8 Important Design Considerations for Custom Gaskets
Replacing Gore GS2100, 5200, and 8000 EMI Products in Your Application
In November of 2019, Gore announced that they were discontinuing their EMI shielding material. Obviously, this announcement creates the potential for supply chain disruption as OEMs scramble to find replacement materials.
Modus Advanced, Inc. Waterjet Cutting Tolerances
Modus Advanced, Inc. Digital Cutting Tolerances
Idea to Ignition™ Ep. 5: Partnership Accounts
Modus Advanced, Inc.: Proudly Manufacturing in the USA
Idea to Ignition™ Ep. 4: Revolutionizing RF Shield Production with SigShield™
RF Shield Lead Times With Modus Advanced Inc.
Idea to Ignition™ Ep. 3: More About Modus Advanced, Inc.
Idea to Ignition™ Ep. 2: New or Improved Noise & Thermal Solutions for Rail/Mass Transit
Idea to Ignition Ep. 1: The Importance of Supply-Chain Resilience
Engineering Software Tools Help Solve Vibration Isolation Challenges
Parker LORD Vibration Isolators: Performance Based on Science
Of Course There’s Value Working With LORD!
The Incredible Value of Core Suppliers
LORD Vibration Isolators and Shock Mounts - Engineering the Product and Process
How does our 25-year history of collaboration with LORD Corporation benefit our Partnership Accounts? Put another way, why would you simply order direct without bringing in the 25-years of cooperation and know-how developed during this long-standing relationship? Are you really saving time and money? Let’s check out this assumption and see if it passes the fallacy or fact test!
The Idea to Ignition™ Methodology Provides the Framework for EMI Shielding Design Success
Idea to Ignition™ - A Manufacturing Methodology
Trishield 2.0: Sometimes 2 is Better Than 1
Are You a Candidate For SigShield™?
Lessons Learned from Machining
RF Shields: How Should You Measure for Accuracy?
Top Tips for Avoiding Re-tightened Fasteners on RF Shields
Silicone form-in-place (FIP) electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding gaskets have a job to do. The electrically conductive FIP gasket bridges the gap between machined aluminum shields and PC boards create a faraday cage. When designed correctly, machined aluminum shields with conductive material provide effective EMI shielding protection for sensitive electronics. What does “designed correctly” mean? There are obviously many factors that affect shielding performance. They’re all fun and ...
How Additive Manufacturing Could Transform the Rubber Industry
3D Printing vs. Compression Molding: What’s the Right Choice?
Engine Vibration Analysis Reduces Development Cost and Time
Key Benefits to Working with a Nolato EMC Production Partner for EMI Shielding Solutions
How to Avoid Quality Control Issues with Component Manufacturers
Solving the Problem of an Aggressive Timeline: QUICK-TURN RF SHIELDING COMPONENTS WITH FIP GASKETS!
Best Gaskets for Complex Designs and Tight Spaces: Form In Place Gasket
Is your design complicated and you're looking for a cost effective but reliable sealing solution?
Sourcing FIP Gaskets: Vertically-Integrated Manufacturer vs. Multi-Source Supply Chain
The High Cost of Using Renewable Resources to Manufacture Custom Rubber Products
The Best Manufacturing Method To Prototype Custom Molded Rubber Parts
Best Die Cut Gaskets for Water Sealing – Poron® or Bisco® Silicone Foam?
EMI Shielding Gasket: The Best Application for Compression Molding
3 Reasons to Use Nickel-Graphite Silicones for EMI Shielding Gaskets
How is Rubber Bonded to Metal?
From time to time, while working as an Applications Engineer at LORD Corporation, I would get a call from a customer who was concerned the bond would fail on the vibration isolator mounts they were considering using. After all, a vibration mount is a rubber-to-metal bonded product in which an adhesive bonding process is used to manufacture it. I could easily see how this would be a concern, especially if someone doesn't often deal with metal adhesive or is not familiar with rubber bonding to ...
3 Reasons to Choose Die Cut Gaskets
The Top 4 EMI Shielding Gasket Manufacturing Processes
4 Keys to Successful Form-in-Place Gasket Design
Why Consider a "Safetied" Vibration Isolation Mount Solution?
How Waterjet Technology Helped Build a Hyperloop Pod
Planning to Prevent Manufacturing Disruption
What Could Happen when Vibration Isolation Isn’t Considered in the Design Stage
If you had called 877-ASK-LORD within the last several years, chances are you probably talked with me! Through my 34 years with LORD Corporation, I’ve had the opportunity to work as a Tool Engineer, designing all types of tooling used to manufacture LORD products; as a Product Engineer, providing design support to many of the LORD Industrial customers such as Caterpillar and John Deere; and most recently as an Application Engineer, providing technical support to LORD Industrial Distributors and ...
Don't Miss Out.... On-Site Thermal Interface Materials Lunch-and-Learn
What's My Solution: Thermal Pads or Thermal Form-In-Place?
3 Ways President Trump Could Transform U.S. Manufacturing
Thermal Management Solutions: 5 Keys to Thermal Dissipation Using Thermal Interface Material
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