Written by:Apple Rubber
Category:Materials
Video: How to Pick the Best Ozone-Fighting Materials
While extreme environments have the capability to pose serious threats for seals and O-Rings,…
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Written by:John Tranquilli
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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Written by:John Tranquilli
Category:Materials
The Effects of Methanol on Rubber Elastomers
Methanol is an important building block in producing numerous other chemicals, but poses…
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Written by:John Tranquilli
Category:Materials
Investigating Tolerances for Non-Standard O-Rings
When our O-Ring customers make custom material specification requests, a common question arises:…
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Written by:Dave Meehan
Category:Case Studies
Investigating the compression set of rubber compounds
Rubber compounds permanently deform under strain. This permanent deformation is of particular…
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Written by:Joe Divissich
Category:O-rings
How an O-Ring Works
The O-ring is one of the simplest, most common types of seal for a wide range of static and…
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Written by:Dale Cielinski
Category:Molding
Measuring Shrinkage: Shrink-Rate calculations
There are many rubber compounds -- from general purpose or commercial-grade examples to highly…
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Written by:John Tranquilli
Category:Materials
UL Listed Compounds
Apple Rubber listed its first UL compound back in July of 1986. After 27 years, we have…
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