ASTM runs training course on rubber testing

ERJ staff report (DS)

West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania -- A new technical and professional training course sponsored by ASTM International Rubber Testing focuses on the most common rubber test methods that are used in the rubber industry today. The course, titled, Selecting, Performing, and Interpreting ASTM Rubber Test Methods, discusses the nature of the tests, why the tests are performed, interpretation of test results and how this information can be used to improve rubber fabrication.

ASTM said the class is designed for rubber technologists and rubber chemists; compounders; process engineers, laboratory managers, supervisors and technicians; quality assurance managers and engineers, shop foremen, technical sales people, rubber producers and users; or anyone with a need to understand these commonly used ASTM test methods.

This course will be offered April 16-17, 2009, and Sept. 10-11, 2009, at the University of Akron Polymer Training Center in Akron, Ohio. The class attendance fee is $795 and includes a copy of ASTM Manual 39-Basic Rubber Testing: Selecting Methods for a Rubber Test Program, continental breakfast and afternoon refreshment breaks.

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Press release from ASTM International