Rubberised Track Pads

If you are developing, or have developed, a Track Pad, drop us a line. Even if we cannot help you, we will be able to point you in the right direction.

From Product Design through to materials selection, testing, and manufacturing; whether you need all of it, or just some of it, AVMR make your product lifecycle easier.

Not only that, AVMR have industry leading Delivery Performance with OTIF (on time & in full) typically averaging 90%*.

For example, AVMR worked with a customer to develop a track pad product, and more information have a look at our Track Pad blog.

* OTIF data includes R&D Projects and 3rd Party issues.

There are a few questions to consider when designing track pads, such as:

• Application: What will the pads be doing and interfacing with (e.g. road, cables etc).  If not a vehicle, do you have any understanding of the loads which the item being pushed / pulled by the machine can tolerate?
• Environment: What will the environment be like where the pads are used e.g. Temperature, presence of abrasive materials or foreign objects, interaction with other fluids and gases incl. solvents, oils & chemicals.
• Loading: what pull / push loads are anticipated and what clamping loads have been planned for?  How important is an even distribution of load across the interface?  Cables and pipes can be damaged if clamping forces exceed thresholds, or if the elastomer does not offer sufficient load distribution.
  
• Resistance to both wear and tear:  High abrasion and tear resistance can be easily achieved but often at the expense of friction.  At first sight, this may seem like a balancing act, however other tools and options are available to help us achieve both.  

Then there are the basic design questions such as the pad-machine interface, but AVMR prefer to understand the bulleted points first, as the basic design questions are often influenced by them.  Note that in the pads on the above image there are no visible mounting holes.  This was due to some key aspects of the design, which required a consistent rubber-pipe interface.