Modus Advanced Blog
Providing relevant information on cutting-edge manufacturing materials and processes to help our partners move from idea to ignition.
The Future of CMMC Compliance: CMMC 2.0
Key Points CMMC requirements are expected to evolve to address new cyber threats. Regularly updated controls and potentially new maturity levels will ensure its effectiveness. CMMC adoption is accelerating across DoD and the federal government. Certified contractors are likely to have a significant advantage. The principles may also inspire voluntary adoption in other sectors. Emphasis on continuous diagnostics and monitoring will be a hallmark of an evolved CMMC program. Leverage automated ...
Defense Contractor Cybersecurity: 5 Benefits of CMMC Compliance
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.
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
Key Points
Chomerics Gasket Material: CHOFORM 5550
Chomerics Gasket Material: CHOFORM 5538
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
Key Points
When to Use a Fabric-Over-Foam, or Conductive Fabric Gasket
7 EMI Gasketing Design Considerations
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
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Domestic Manufacturing for Defense Partners
Investing in Domestic Manufacturing
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
The manufacturing industry has made incredible advances in technological innovation over the last few decades. Modern-day manufacturers must keep up with these advances in order to maintain a competitive edge in the global marketplace. Manufacturers are constantly seeking ways to improve their process automation in order to reduce labor costs, lead time, and increase production quality, among other things.
How Modus is Moving Toward 100% Verification with the UR10e Robot
Precision CNC Machining Services: A Breakdown of Modus's Capabilities
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
Key Points RF shielding materials must be conductive in order to be effective. Material quality matters for both RF shielding enclosures and RF shielding gaskets. Even with high-quality materials, you need a high-quality manufacturing partner to make an effective RF shield. It’s not easy to design a radio frequency (RF) shield. You have to tailor the design to your specific application and device, and you have to make it effective. As if those two tasks weren’t enough, you then have to figure ...
8 RF Shielding Techniques to Know About
What is RF Shielding Effectiveness?
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
Key Points Vertical integration is uncommon in RF shield manufacturing, but it provides big benefits. A vertically integrated RF shield manufacturing partner can offer lower lead times and costs, as well as fewer hassles. Modus is the vertically integrated partner you’re looking for.
RF Shield Design Guide
RF Blocking: RF Shields vs. RF Absorbers
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
At Modus Advanced, quality is always on our minds. It’s the most important thing we think about because, at the end of the day, if we don’t do quality manufacturing, we’re not going to succeed. Our customers depend on us for quality that’s high enough to meet the most stringent standards, such as those set by the military.
MIL SPEC AA-59588 Class 3 Silicones
Incorporating AI for Manufacturing Quality Control
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
Here’s the thing about EMI shielding gasket manufacturers: they aren’t all the same. Each one brings a wide variety of skills, capabilities, processes and values to the table.
Quality Assurance in Manufacturing: Building a Robust Quality System
Meet 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
The roads of the world were home to roughly 17,000 electric vehicles (EVs) in 2010. By 2019, that figure was closer to 7.2 million. All signs suggest that this number is only going to continue to go up as motorists ditch gas guzzlers for EVs in the name of cost-savings, the environment and tech-mindedness.
Guidance for Designing an EMI Shielded Enclosure
5 Considerations for EMI Shielding in Aircraft Applications
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
Form-in-place (FIP) gaskets have applications across a wide variety of industries. Their uses vary greatly, but FIP gaskets have one thing in common no matter how they’re used: they are applied to their destination surface via robotic gasket dispensing.
What is EMI Shielding Effectiveness?
Nolato Form-in-Place Gasket Materials
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
Form-in-place (FIP) gaskets are a waste-free and versatile custom gasket solution for devices in a large variety of industries. From defense to consumer electronics, FIP gaskets literally fill the voids to keep all kinds of devices working as intended.
Quality Certifications for Manufacturing: AS9100 vs. ISO 9001
What is a Form-in-Place Gasket?
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
New promotion of Senior Applications Engineer will help company bring life changing products to market faster Modus Advanced, a leading manufacturing company, is proud to announce the promotion of Mike Carson to his new role as Senior Applications Engineer. Mike will directly support customers with new and existing applications. As the Senior Applications Engineer, it is Mike's responsibility to directly support customers with new and existing applications as well as provide support to the ...
Parker Chomerics Form-in-Place Gasket Materials
Modus Advanced Promotes Robert Trout to Director of Sales
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
We are often asked to explain what makes our SigShield™ process different than traditional RF shield production. It can be hard to compare the two head to head when just looking at a quote because the process we’ve built is so unique that most people don’t even know something like it exists.
Strategic Sourcing: What it Means from the Supplier Side
The Story of SigShield™: So Much More than Just an RF Shield
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?
Internally at Modus we talk a lot about Partnership Accounts. Our dedication to building and serving our Partnership Accounts is what drives us every single day.
Setting Tolerances for Elastomeric or Flexible Parts
What Happens During a Design for Manufacturability (DFM) Review?
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?
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.
Compashield® Extrusion: Versatile EMI-shielding Gaskets
Is Die Cutting the Right Fit for Your Custom Gasket?
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
There are thousands of materials to choose from when building your custom gasket, each with different properties and tolerances to choose from.
8 Important Design Considerations for Custom Gaskets
Replacing Gore GS2100, 5200, and 8000 EMI Products in Your Application
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 LORD Channel Partner Model Hi, I’m a LORD Channel Partner! You’re a what? I know, it’s a weird way to start a conversation with an engineer trying to solve a critical vibration isolation issue. The introduction always happens with a smile and then is usually followed by a discovery conversation. Modus Advanced, Inc. has been a trusted LORD Channel Partner for over 25 years. Over the years the program has been optimized into a finely tuned system designed to bring LORD’s engineering and ...
The Incredible Value of Core Suppliers
LORD Vibration Isolators and Shock Mounts - Engineering the Product and Process
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
Historically a rubber seal and gasket company, Modus Advanced, Inc. recently ventured into the machining business due to increased demand for quick turn RF shields. We now produce complete radio frequency (RF) shields from start to finish, beginning with the machining of the aluminum to the dispensing of a form-in-place (FIP) gasket.
RF Shields: How Should You Measure for Accuracy?
Top Tips for Avoiding Re-tightened Fasteners on RF Shields
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
Component manufacturers with poor quality control can jeopardize your engineering projects. Form-in-Place (FIP) gaskets, die cut gaskets, and custom molded rubber products with part defects may not perform as required. Custom-fabricated components that fail to arrive on-time may cause delays in product development, production, and assembly. These are just a couple of reasons engineers need to be aware of how quality-focused their custom parts supplier is.
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
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
EMI gaskets can be fabricated through a variety of methods. The most common techniques tend to be die cutting and compression molding. Some excellent shielding gaskets, such as EMI O-rings, can be cut by hand and then cold-spliced or vulcanized. Water jet cutting and digital or die-less cutting are also used in EMI gasket fabrication. These methods are good choices for prototyping and lower-volume production because there’s no custom tooling.
3 Reasons to Use Nickel-Graphite Silicones for EMI Shielding Gaskets
How is Rubber Bonded to Metal?
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
We all know that necessity drives invention and paves the path to progression, so when Elon Musk found himself in traffic during his commute between SpaceX and Tesla, the idea of faster and less congested travel became imminent...Enter the Hyperloop. In 2013, with the help of volunteer engineers from SpaceX, Elon’s idea evolved into a white paper called “Hyperloop Alpha”, aka: The Alpha Paper. The Alpha Paper outlines every aspect of this new technology engineers could conceive; from design of ...
Planning to Prevent Manufacturing Disruption
What Could Happen when Vibration Isolation Isn’t Considered in the Design Stage
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
We Are Modus!
WE ARE MODUS! The day came and went. Last month we said goodbye to the name Western Rubber & Supply. For 40 years, our name signified comprehensive capabilities, innovative materials, and an unparalleled commitment to our partners' satisfaction.