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Zinc Oxide, EverZinc
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Technical Notebook: Quantifying differences among commercially used zinc oxide grades

Zinc oxide is used as the main activator along with stearic acid in the vast majority of rubber formulations today. However, some have considered zinc oxide as just another industrial chemical. This paper compares different grades of zinc oxide in critical rubber compounds.

Tensile testing devulcanized rubber
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Technical Notebook: Devulcanizing scrap OTR tire rubber for compounding, molding solid tire idlers

One of the biggest issues facing the automotive and transportation sectors is what to do with scrap tires. And while major strides were made in developing sustainable practices for recycling scrap tires, most of these do not add value, according to Ben Chouchaoui of Windsor Industrial Development Laboratory Inc.

Akron Polymer Solutions prophene graphene header
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Technical Notebook: Effects of polymer type and Prophene on vibration isolator performance

Authors from Akron Rubber Development Laboratory and Akron Polymer Solutions analyze the role of compound variables on vibration isolators. In two parts, this Technical Notebook looks at the effect of polymer type and Prohene on vibration isolators.

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Technical Notebook: Improving SSBR performance for hybrid and electric vehicles

Electric vehicles and low-emission hybrid cars are driving the transformation of mobility. This means it’s time to learn more about new materials, which can help target the rolling of high-tech tires into carbon neutrality and ultimately into a CO2 emission-free future.

Butyl rubber in hands
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Technical Notebook: Silicones vs. polyisobutylenes in medicine, with a glimpse of the future

Silicones are well known to medical device users and suppliers as they have been used for decades for medical applications, particularly for implantations. PIB rubbers are less well known, but in laboratory studies appear to have strong advantages over silicones.

Alpha Technologies RPA testing Premier
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Technical Notebook: Most effective viscoelastic properties from the rubber process analyzer for measuring factory quality of mix — Part 2

Over the last three decades, the rubber process analyzer has evolved as the processability test instrument of choice for measuring and solving many rubber factory problems. Now there are several different RPA ASTM International methods that are used routinely by the rubber industry to measure the quality-of-mix of different rubber compounds for predictions of downstream processability differences.

Alpha Technologies RPA testing Premier
Technical Notebooks
Technical Notebook: Most effective viscoelastic properties from the rubber process analyzer for measuring factory quality of mix — Part 1

The rubber process analyzer has evolved as the processability test instrument of choice for measuring and solving many rubber factory problems. Now there are several different RPA ASTM International methods that are used routinely by the rubber industry to measure the quality-of-mix of different rubber compounds for predictions of downstream processability differences.

Semi-circular repair and retread presses
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Technical Notebook: The story of retreading – Making sustainability sustainable

While passenger tire retreading has fallen out of economic favor since World War II, commercial vehicles still use retreads in large percentages. Craig Norton of Bridgestone's Bandag talks about how retreading is the perfect example of making sustainability sustainable.

Evonik silica and silane – global rubber processing chemicals market growing
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Technical Notebook: Processing additives for silica—a historical perspective

Precipitated silicas have been used as a reinforcing filler in rubber formulations for more than 80 years. And it's use has only increased. Ken Bates of the Polymer Solutions Group tells us all about it.

DMYO-V
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Technical Notebook: Properties of elastomers measured and computed by DMYO-V

Being a rugged instrument, the DMYO-V can be used on the shop floor to ascertain that rubber compounds meet mechanical specifications, including crosslink density, tan delta, storage, and loss modulus and dynamic modulus, among others.

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