Written by:John Tranquilli
Category:Materials
Designating Rubber Polymers with ASTM D1418
ASTM D1418 is commonly used to designate the correct polymer to be used in rubber compounds.…
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Written by:John Tranquilli
Category:Materials
Understanding the Composition of a Nitrile (Buna-N) Rubber…
Acrylonitrile Butadiene Rubber (NBR) or Nitrile rubber is one of the most popular compounds for…
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Written by:John Tranquilli
Category:Quality
How to Keep it Clean: Manufacturing Rubber Parts In a Cleanroom
Cleanrooms are designed to limit product exposure to airborne particulates, contaminants and…
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Category:Materials
How to Provide Custom Solutions With Urethane Parts
Engineers and manufacturers regularly rely on a variety of urethane parts used in agriculture,…
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Category:O-rings
Video: How to overcome O-Ring installation issues
O-Rings make or break fluid-power systems. These small-but-mighty components are crucial to the…
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Category:Materials
MSDS and Manufacturing: 5 Things you Need to Know
A Safety Data Sheet (SDS) -- formerly known as MSDS -- is designed to provide both workers and…
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Category:Materials
How to Calculate Shelf Life of Elastomers
Apple Rubber receives a number of requests to determine the shelf life of a rubber part -- but…
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Category:Materials
ASTM D2000 Part II: Understanding Rubber Testing Fluids
We recently broke down ASTM D2000 -- the Standard Classification System for Rubber Products.…
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