The key to exceptional quality control is to drive out variation from your process. But if you cannot measure the problem, how can you reduce the variation.

Many processors and compounders are using Mooney Viscometers and Moving Die Rheometers (MDR) as the primary methods for raw material and compound quality control. These workhorse technologies measure viscosity and cure profiles well, but they often lack the sensitivity to diagnose your most perplexing processing problems.

Alpha Technologies Engineers, John Dick and Richard Hanzlik, will discuss the application of RPA test methods to help process improvement teams to identify root causes of common processing and compounding problems.