Brian Sprinkman became the CEO of Molded Dimensions this past August. Here are his thoughts on the past several months and what lies ahead for both the company and our valued customers in 2021:
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Announcing New CEO Brian Sprinkman
August 18, 2020Molded Dimensions, LLC announced that its Board of Directors unanimously appointed Brian Sprinkman as the next Chief Executive Officer. Sprinkman succeeds Al Mejia, who left the company in April of this year.
Brian brings a wealth of leadership experience, having served as President & CEO of W.M. Sprinkman LLC for the past 8 years. W.M Sprinkman was a third-generation, family business located just outside Milwaukee in Waukesha, WI with a second production facility in Elroy, WI. The company has a total of 120 employees and specializes in the design and manufacturing of sanitary processing systems for the dairy, food, beverage, and brewing industries.
Molded Dimensions Announces New Rep Firm
August 17, 2020Molded Dimensions is pleased to announce the addition of Advanced Tech Industries to our team of manufacturer representatives.
Announcing the 2020 Linda and Mike Katz Scholarship Recipient
June 19, 2020The Molded Dimensions’ staff is excited to be able to provide a continuing education scholarship to Wyatt Gundrum, a local Port Washington High School graduating senior. Molded Dimensions established the Linda and Mike Katz Scholarship to help a deserving student follow their passion in a technical education program after graduation from high school.
Molded Dimensions Announces New Rep Firm Partnership
November 20, 2019Molded Dimensions is pleased to announce the addition of MC Sales Solutions to our team of manufacturer representatives.
MC Sales Solutions bring over 45 combined years of experience selling highly engineered products and components to OEM’s, processors, fabricators and industrial distributors within the South Central and Gulf Coast regions of the US. They have the engineering knowledge and resources to assist our customers from part conception through production launch. MC Sales Solutions will cover the states of Oklahoma and Texas, with offices in Tulsa and Houston.
Molded Dimensions: Where Great People Choose to Work
January 21, 2019Originally appeared in Inside Rubber Magazine, January 2019
Molded Dimensions LLC has been in business since 1954. The company moved to Port Washington, Wisconsin, in 1973, where it has grown into a 100+-employee, three- shift facility with four separate divisions: rubber, cast urethane, moldmaking and strategic sourcing. President Mike and CEO Linda Katz purchased the business in 2001, and its project base focuses on low- to medium-volume custom manufacturing. This niche serves Molded Dimensions well, keeping its customer portfolio diversified and ensuring a continuous stream of interesting technical projects.
Pedals – MDI Products in Action
April 13, 2018
To the left is an example of a custom molded foot pedal used in large excavation equipment. The chemically-bonded urethane pad exhibits wear resistance, making it look better and last longer despite highly abrasive environments.
- Material Compound: Most pedals are made with 80 Durometer Shore “D” Black Pentathane®. Hardness, as applied to elastomers, is defined as the relative resistance of a surface to indention by an indenter of specified dimension under a specified load. The most commonly used measuring instrument is a durometer. Numerical hardness values are derived from the depth of penetration. The harder the sample, the further it will push back the indenter point and the higher the readings. On the durometer A scale, 0 is very soft, and 100 is very hard. Values are usually read immediately after firm contact has been established. The hardness range of elastomers is so broad that a single durometer cannot indicate practical measurable differences of hardness. For this reason durometers are available in more than one scale model, (eg., A and D scale durometers). The A scale durometer is widely used throughout the rubber industry. The durometer D model, which has a stiffer spring and a more pointed indenter, is used to measure the hardness of hard rubbers.
- Special characteristics: abrasion and cracking resistance helps keep the pedal looking brand new for years to come.
Gaskets: MDI Products in Action
March 12, 2018A gasket is a mechanical seal that fills the space between two or more mating surfaces, generally to prevent leakage from or into the joined objects while under compression. Continue reading
Grommets: MDI Products in Action
February 21, 2018A grommet is a ring or edge strip inserted into a hole through thin material, typically a sheet of textile fabric, sheet metal or composite of carbon fiber, wood or honeycomb. Continue reading