RAVENNA, Ohio—Ace Laboratories, a comprehensive rubber, silicone and polymer testing and product design firm, will invest $1 million in a state-of-the-art dynamic testing lab at its Northeast Ohio ...

Rubber-like materials can exhibit both spring-like and flow-like behaviors simultaneously, which contributes to their exceptional damping abilities. To understand the dynamic viscoelasticity of these ...

Rubber-like materials have outstanding damping properties because they can concurrently display flow-like and spring-like characteristics. Recently, Japanese researchers have created a novel technique ...

HUDSON, Ohio—One of Alpha Technologies' latest developments extends the Premier-brand Rubber Process Analyzer's compound testing to include sub-ambient temperatures, arming tire manufacturers with ...

Gabo Qualimeter Testanlagen GmbH, located in Ahlden, Germany, is a manufacturer of high-force dynamic mechanical thermal analyzers (DMA/DMTA). Their instruments are the industry standard in the field ...

MR&P's new automated process analyzer automatically tests and characterizes polymers and compounds to ensure mix quality. Minnesota Rubber and Plastics (MR&P; Minneapolis) has opened a new compound ...

The properties of rubber and plastics are very diverse. ASTM standards provide a crucial role in confirming the validity of the information used to make decisions about materials in industries that ...

Rubber-like materials, commonly used in dampeners, possess a unique property known as dynamic viscoelasticity, enabling them to convert mechanical energy from vibrations into heat while exhibiting ...