Raw materials in short supply? Look at Alternative Accelerator Blends
There seems to be no end in sight, at least in the immediate future for an end of the Russia-Ukraine...
Selected Processing Aids in NBR and CR compounds: How do you know your processing aid is working
Last month we brought to you Why one should use Dispergum Zinc soaps as a processing aid. As a follow on to...
Why use a processing aid like Dispergum zinc soap (Part 1)
In this two-part article, we bring to you why one should use processing aids like Dispergum zinc soaps for NBR and...
Alleviating the downside of using CaO in EPDM Rubber Profiles
The permissible standard for Calcium Oxide is 5 milligrams of CaO per cubic meter of air averaged over an eight-hour...
Accelerators to Control Blooming in EPDM (Part 2)
‘Smartly’ use pre-mixed accelerator blends to control blooming Ethylene a-olefin elastomers, particularly ethylene-propylene-diene (EPDM) rubbers, are excellent all-purpose rubbers. Environmental...
Accelerators to Control Blooming in EPDM
‘Smartly’ use pre-mixed accelerator blends to control blooming Curing in EPDM (Ethylene propylene diene) rubbers is much slower compared to...
Protection in Plastics against anti-static discharge
Static electricity has its uses, no doubt. Think laser printers, photocopiers and flash bulbs for photography. Why do we call...
Why use Insoluble Sulphur as a vulcanising agent for Rubber!!
Insoluble sulphur is an important rubber additive. The reason the focus in on the use of INSOLUBLE sulphur is because...
Effect of Particle Size in Dispersions for Latex
A few months ago we published an article ( A Link about Outsourced Dispersions ), making the case of use for readymade...