Energy
MPC manufactures custom-engineered urethane parts for energy industry applications — custom mud pump pistons & valves, downhole & high-pressure sealing elements, weather-resistant seals, bushings & cable protection, boltless & bolted VBRs, marine bumpers and covers that outperform rubber and metal.
— Recurring Problems in the Energy Industry
Outdoor exposure
UV, moisture, saltwater, and extreme temperatures damage parts.
Corrosion
Metal corrodes and requires costly coatings, and rubber degrades under outdoor conditions.
No custom fit
Catalog parts can’t be tailored to complex system geometries or large subsea parts.
Downhole environment
Heat, pressure, sour gas, and corrosive environments damage standard parts.
Abrasive mud
Drilling mud wears catalog urethane and rubber fast in the fluid path.
Every failure is downtime
Wear parts sit in the fluid path; when they go, operations stop.
— The Differentiator
Where standard parts fall short
Engineers reach for standard metal, rubber, or catalog parts — and each falls short in UV, high-pressure, abrasive, and corrosive environments:
- Metal corrodes in moisture and saltwater, is heavy, needs cathodic protection or coating, and is costly to machine
- Rubbers tear and degrade under UV, weather, saltwater, abrasion, chemicals, and pressure
- Catalog-grade urethane wears quickly under pressure, abrasion, heat, and harsh chemicals
- None can be customized to geometry, durometer, and chemistry for the environmental demands each system needs, and catalog shops offer no engineering support
The Result – Damaged product, unplanned downtime, and costly maintenance cycles.
— Applications
Where custom urethane is already at work
These are the energy applications MPC works in most often. Because every part is custom formulated for the application rather than selected from a range, the list is a starting point rather than a limit — if a component on your equipment keeps failing, we can explore if MPC’s engineered polyurethanes can be a solution.
UV exposure, moisture, and saltwater degrade standard parts outdoors. Custom-engineered polyurethane components prevail.
High pressures, abrasive mud, and downhole heat tear standard parts. Custom-engineered polyurethane components prevail.
Seawater, cyclic bending, and abrasion destroy standard subsea parts. Custom-engineered polyurethane components prevail.
Talk it through with a polyurethane expert who’ll tell you what’s achievable and what is not.
— HOW TO WORK WITH US
From concept to scaled production
Connect With Us
Share your application, performance needs, or a part you want to improve.
Collaborate on Design
Our engineers will help optimize materials and geometry for manufacturability.
Prototype & Refine
We produce samples using our proprietary polyurethane formulations for testing.
Move to Production
Once approved, we move to scalable molding with full quality assurance.
— Case Studies
Proven in production
Customers come to MPC with a component that keeps failing, or a new part that has to be designed from scratch. These are the results — less downtime, lower cost, and products that reached the market on schedule.
Static control
A warehouse automation OEM was losing uptime to static discharge and roller wear in its AMRs. This case study shows how MPC engineered a conductive roller that reduced ESD faults by roughly 70% and delivered 2.5× the roller life.
Contamination control
A semiconductor automation manufacturer needed rollers that were cleanroom-compliant, long-wearing, and static-controlled all at once. This case study shows how MPC’s custom conductive formulation passed ISO cleanroom testing and ran roughly 4× longer than the plastic rollers it replaced, with zero contamination events.
Load and continuous duty
A continuous-duty robotics manufacturer kept losing rollers to flat-spotting under constant load and start-stop motion. This case study shows how MPC’s custom roller eliminated the flat spots and delivered about 2× the service life, cutting the unplanned maintenance that was slowing the line.
— Solutions
Common problems we solve
These are the problems custom urethane technology is most often specified to solve, across every kind of industrial equipment.
Paper, film, board and packaging have to be gripped, moved and released without slipping or marking. Urethane contact surfaces are formulated with the coefficient of friction tuned to the media, and hold it consistently unit to unit.
Wheels, rollers and drive elements carry load and transmit motion every shift. Cast urethane holds its profile and runs quietly where rubber goes out of round and plastic wears through.
Hard stops and rigid components pass shock straight into the machine. Urethane and urethane foam absorb impact through controlled compression, without slowing the system.
Seals and gaskets have to hold under pressure, chemical exposure and repeated cycles. Custom urethane is formulated to the fluid, the pressure and the temperature the seal will actually experience in operation.
Insulating parts build static charges around sensitive electronics. MPC’s patented metal salt conductive urethane technology dissipates it uniformly through the whole part, and keeps doing it as the part wears.
That’s exactly the conversation we like to have – get a polyurethane expert on a quick call to pressure-test your idea before you commit.
— FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
What material outlasts metal and rubber when exposed to UV, moisture, and saltwater for decades?
Cast thermoset polyurethane. It doesn’t degrade under UV and weather the way rubber does. It resists corrosion from moisture and saltwater without cathodic protection or coating needed for metal. MPC formulates it to meet your system’s exact requirements.
What material holds up in hot, pressurized, and corrosive environments?
A cast polyurethane. MPC’s polyurethanes are formulated to withstand demanding environmental conditions without corroding like metal or degrading like rubber.
What material can be customized to specific geometry, hardness, and performance requirements, even for large, complex parts?
Cast polyurethane. Parts are customized to each system’s geometry, durometer, and operating environment, with engineering support that catalog suppliers can’t provide.