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DuPont: Advanced plastics and elastomers for engine systems
Added: 17 Sep 2019
DuPont has published a new white paper to explain how replacing metals with high-performance polyme…
Laser technology dedicated to mould cleaning
Added: 17 Sep 2019
For years, the use of laser technology has been growing in all industrial sectors. At the request o…
Vesta: Silicone rubber materials and fabrication
Added: 17 Sep 2019
Selecting a high-quality elastomer for critical applications, particularly medical devices, can be …
Trelleborg: Noise and vibration isolation in buildings:
Added: 17 Sep 2019
All buildings and structures are subjected to ground vibration, or forcing frequencies, which can n…
How To Improve Process Quality, Productivity & Performance
Added: 17 Sep 2019
Continuous Improvement has been around for decades. Building blocks of the concept began in the 193…
Tandem process is revolutionising the tire industry
Added: 17 Sep 2019
The tandem process has already improved the mixing process considerably. In the future, the machine…
TANIQ advances rubber plant of the future
Added: 17 Sep 2019
Using a robotic arm, in combination with a digital design environment, can overcome the shortcoming…
Zeon: Improving long-term performance of HNBR compounds
Added: 17 Sep 2019
Zeon Corp. is seeking to enhance the long-term properties of hydrogenated nitrile rubber (HNBR) to …
Compound optimisation: From formulation to application
Added: 17 Sep 2019
By Izaak Watson BSc (Hons) Rubber Technologist at Clwyd Compounders Ltd
Fundamental aspects of co…
Tires under the microscope
Added: 17 Sep 2019
Prof James Busfield and Lewis Tunnicliffe of the soft matter group at Queen Mary University of Lond…
Kiwa guiding TPE seals into drinking-water applications
Added: 17 Sep 2019
Thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) are an established alternative to vulcanised rubbers in sealing app…
Chemical plant projects present increasing challenges for engineers
Added: 17 Sep 2019
The chemical industry is a booming sector for industrial plant manufacturers. Among other things, t…
Kumho Polychem advances semi-single site catalysts for production of new EPDMs
Added: 17 Sep 2019
Technical paper from Korean petrochemicals group shows how system can deliver high levels of cataly…
Plastics and rubber machinery – Best practice in resource efficiency
Added: 17 Sep 2019
For NPE 2015, VDMA has issued a brochure shows a number of case studies of what resource efficiency…
Where Industry 4.0 is an issue - and where it is not
Added: 17 Sep 2019
84 percent of German manufacturers and users believe that Industry 4.0 will provide a new frame wor…
TPEs to meet automotive trends around sustainability and innovation
Added: 17 Sep 2019
At DKT 2019, Thomas Koeppl of Hexpol TPE GmbH presented a paper highlighting how the company is dev…
Air peroxide system for crosslinking EPDM
Added: 17 Sep 2019
In a recent paper, Alfredo Defrancisci of Arkema France presented details of a new organic peroxide…
Varying fuel composition worldwide: What are the effects on seals?
Added: 17 Sep 2019
The global landscape of fuel compositions is undergoing drastic change with new fuel types like oxy…
Newly designed easy processing SSBR for optimum performance in rubber compounding
Added: 17 Sep 2019
A new family of easy processing sSBR provides “good hints” for developing rubber compounding strate…
Kuraray elastomers based on PMMA hard-blocks and an acrylic-based soft-block
Added: 17 Sep 2019
Highly controlled copolymerisation process is said to yield “exceptionally clean” products with min…
