The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) establishes ASTM D2000 and ASTM D1056 to provide guidance when selecting materials. By using a designation method called the “line call-out,” engineers have a available classification system for elastomer compounds.
ASTM D2000 – Standard Classification System for Rubber Products in Automotive Applications.
ASTM D1056 – Standard Specification for Flexible Cellular Materials—Sponge or Expanded Rubber.
The Rubber Manufacturers Association (RMA) has developed tolerance tables with ranges to provide communication between user and provider across a wide range of industries. These are helpful when designing and producing a extruded or molded rubber part:
RMA – Standard Cross-Sectional Tolerances
RMA – Irregular and Cored Cross-Sectional Tolerances
RMA – Cut Length Tolerance Table for Unspliced Extrusion
RMA – Spliced Length Tolerance Tables
RMA – Tolerance Table for Molded Rubber Products
Hebei Shida Seal Group provides a glossary of rubber terms used in the design, development and manufacture of extruded and molded rubber products:
Glossary of Rubber Terms
National Standard: GB/T 21282-2007 – Rubber/plastic weatherstrips for automobiles (passenger car)
Industrial Standard: QC/T 639-2004 – Rubber/plastic westhersrips for automobiles (all types of vehicles)
Production Part Approval Process (PPAP)
Flammability
FMVSS 302 Flammability of Interior Materials
France Standard NF F 16-101:1988/NF F 16-102:1992
GB 8410 – 2006: Flammability of Automotive Interior Materials
German Standard DIN 5510-2:2009
NFPA 130 Standard for Fixed Guideway Transit and Passenger Rail Systems
UL94 HB Flammability Standard