what is the most common durometer for soft equipment features?

[coppercone2]

Has anyone measured the durometer of something like a fluke multimeter/scopemeter case or a HP bump guard (rubber bezel on the half rack instruments) or something along those lines?

[timeandfrequency]

Hi coppercone2,

Here are the hardness values I could measure :

- HP/Agilent rubber bezel : ShoreA 85
- Fluke Scopemeter (top & bottom yellow parts) : ShoreA 90

This should give you a ballpark if you expect to 3Dprint rubber protections for T&M enclosures.

[coppercone2]

oh wow that is alot higher then I thought

If I had to guess I thought it would be around 70. That seems way too soft if I know those guards are 85-90

[timeandfrequency]

I also thought it was a bit softer.
Old rubber tends to get harder over time.
However you don't want your T&M equipement to act like a super bouncing ball.
A TPU85A filament should be a good start.

[coppercone2]

nah I wanted to make molds and cast it I don't like those filament printers one bit