Infrastructure

The GoldSeal SAARGUMMI’s manufacturing sites of Mumbai, Daman, Ahmedabad and Chennai produce the complex & innovative EPDM Rubber extruded Seals & Weather strips for quality conscious technologically focused OEM’s.

All facilities are certified for ISO 14001:2015 & IATF 14949:2016 and located strategically across the country within close proximity of major automotive hubs to service our clients needs. Our main manufacturing facility in Daman is setup with over 6000 sq.mt. of workspace with over 40 skilled and trained work force. Our 3rd State-of-the-Art facility is setup in Sanand, Gujarat and is Spread over 9000 m2 of manufacturing area. Our Industrial Engineering & Purchase team along with our global experts are able to design and source specific equipment from across the globe specialized for our needs to make world class rubber seals. Along with a state of the art compounding facility inhouse with recipe management, automatic feeding, this facility house our Design & Technology center as well. The new 4th plant setup in Sriperimbudur Near Chennai is covers 3000 sq.mt. having 90 employees and extrusion capacity for 4 Million Meters of EPDM rubber weather stripping to meet the customers requirements of Hyundai, Ford, Tafe, TVS and Other South India OEMs and tier II to a Glass Windshield manufacturer. All facilities are equipped with the latest compounding, extrusion, finishing and testing equipment as mentioned below

Compounding Equipment

  • Electronically controlled Batch Weighing System
  • Automatic Weighing and Direct Feeding System
  • Recipe Management & Barcode System for over 200 recipes
  • Inhouse Compound Straining for highest quality compounds
  • Centralized SCADA monitoring system for entire mixing facility

Extrusion Equipment

  • 8 Extrusion lines with Microwave continuous curing
  • 3K & 4K Extrusion capability with 4 different materials in the same product
  • Extrusion Lines with "Vario Section" & "Vario Proof" Innovation Technology
  • Online plasma treatment & online slip coating
  • Online Electrostatic Flocking
  • Online vent hole drilling and final cutting capability
  • Online Mastic sealant application

Finishing Equipment

  • Injection Moulding presses for solid rubber molds
  • Compression & Transfer Moulding presses for sponge rubber molds
  • Splicing Machines
  • Tape Lamination & Mold Post Coating Provision
  • Automatic drilling and clipping machines
  • Notching machines
  • Various Special Purpose Machines for all your needs

Laboratory & Testing Equipment

  • Moving Die Rheometer
  • Mooney Viscometer
  • Ageing Ovens
  • Tensile Tester
  • Muffle Furnace
  • Universal Testing Machine (UTM) (with computerized data acquisition)
  • Flock and Coating Abrasion Tester
  • Testing fixtures for installation, extraction, sliding force etc.
  • Dynamic force application testing machines
  • And other SPM's as required to meet customer's specifications.

Finished Part & Component Test carried out as per OEM requirements:

  • Compression Load Deflection
  • Weather Strip Installation / Extraction Force
  • Tear-off Force Between Seal & Carrier
  • Glass Sliding Force
  • Flock and Slip coating Abrasion testing
  • Kinking Properties
  • Resistance to Chemicals & Water Spotting
  • Resistance to Wind Shield Washer Fluid
  • Salt Spray Test on Metal Inserts
  • Fogging Test
  • Cold Flexibility / Brittleness Point
  • Ozone Resistance
  • Burn at Rate Test