{"id":4075,"date":"2021-12-15T09:29:52","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T09:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jaeger-gk.com\/gummifederelemente-in-der-agrarindustrie-ein-mahnendes-beispiel-aus-der-praxis\/"},"modified":"2024-03-21T13:10:27","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T13:10:27","slug":"rubber-spring-elements-in-the-agricultural-industry-a-cautionary-example-from-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jaeger-gk.com\/en\/blog\/rubber-spring-elements-in-the-agricultural-industry-a-cautionary-example-from-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Rubber spring elements in the agricultural industry: a cautionary example from practice"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Rubber spring elements in the agricultural industry:
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMaterial expertise and product design that meets requirements are basic prerequisites for the successful use of rubber and plastic components. In many engineering development departments, steel is the predominant material and there is a lack of experience in working with polymer materials. The lack of materials expertise repeatedly leads to problems with products. What these difficulties are based on and how companies avoid them is illustrated by the example of rubber spring elements in the agricultural industry.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Rubber spring elements are used in agricultural engineering, especially on machines for soil cultivation. In disc harrows, they form the pivot joint between the rigid machine frame and the movable disc arm on which the metal discs are pulled through the soil. Rubber spring elements ensure that the hard shocks generated by inhomogeneous soils (e.g. stones present in the field) are decoupled from the machine frame. They also increase the soil contour tracking capability of the individual discs. They are therefore of high value for the reliability and lifetime of an agricultural machine.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Case Study: Spring elements for agricultural technology<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Rubber spring elements for disc harrows are produced all over the world by specialized suppliers. J\u00e4ger Gummi und Kunststoff<\/a>, for example, has developed special rubber spring elements based on a high-performance elastomer compound together with several European OEMs of soil cultivation technology. These elements have proven themselves in the field for years and are permanently being further developed.<\/p>

Some time ago, a mechanical engineering company approached the J\u00e4ger team in this regard. It was initially a loose inquiry in which the company provided relatively little information on the functional requirements as well as the material specifications<\/strong> relevant for its rubber spring elements. In addition, it specified a low target price, which – according to the first impression – could not be realized without restrictions regarding material quality.<\/p>

The customer provided a sample of its previous component<\/strong> for testing. J\u00e4ger examined the component both in the in-house test rig for rubber spring elements and in the physical-chemical laboratory<\/strong>. The focus was on functionally relevant physical properties such as rebound, compression set and tear resistance. In a second step, J\u00e4ger tested the fully assembled components on a test rig that simulated real-life field use over several weeks.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The laboratory and test rig results were unsatisfactory.<\/strong> The actual function of the rubber spring elements, which are arranged around a square tube to form the swivel joint and are supposed to return the deflected disc arm after the application of force (e.g. by a stone in the field), was not given. The identified malfunction of the rubber spring element was due to the poor physical properties of the elastomer material. The permanent deformations of the disassembled rubber spring element suggested poor compression set. Laboratory testing substantiated this hypothesis. Among other things, the component contained a high proportion of fillers, which had a negative effect on the mechanical properties of the elastomer compound.<\/p>


Despite these test results, the mechanical engineering company continued to work with the supplier of the sample component.<\/strong> This decision, which subsequently caused major problems, was initially quite obvious from the company’s point of view. It was caused by the interplay of various factors that occur again and again in the rubber and plastics sector:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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