Boston-based Cabot Corportation introduces a new fumed silica, the Cab-O-Sil Duramold 2150 which features high temperature vulcanising (HTV) silicone elastomer application.
Category: Technology
Lanxess unveils mobility innovation in South Africa
German speciality chemicals company Lanxess helds its Mobility Day in South Africa for the first time.
GM and National Tyre Research Centre to develop new tyre technology
General Motors Co. (GM) and National Tyre Research Centre (NTRC) work together to develop a new tyre technology that can improve fuel-efficiency of tyres.
New rubber roller system to improve ginning
Scientists at the Ginning Training Centre (GTC) has unveiled a new technology that utilises rubber in the roller machine for ginning cotton.
“No surface buffing” technology for RFID tyres
Patch, a unit of Akron-based Myers Industries Inc., developed a new way to retread tyres without the need to buffer the surface.
Polymers lens almost similar to the human eye
SCIENTISTS at Case Western Reserve University, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, the US Naval Research Laboratory and PolymerPlus have discovered a new approach to manufacturing synthetic polymers lenses. With the use of a multi-layer-film co-extrusion technology, the scientists amassed thousands of…
Wetsuit made from guayule
Patagonia and guayule renewable rubber maker Yulex introduces a wetsuit made from 60% guayule that is an alternative for the traditional fossil-based neoprene.
Tyre regrind paves the way for road construction
The National Centre for Asphalt Technology released a study saying that adding rubber powder to asphalt mixture improves the performance of asphalt road.
Funds for Nano Technology in UK
Specialists in waste tyre and UPVC recycling Gradena has received a funding from Iona Capital for its plan to produce homogenous wood replacement goods using nano technology.
Quality Plastics From Rubber Residues
Researchers at the UMSICHT in Oberhausen, Germany has found a new way to recycle rubber and turning it into useful high-quality plastic products.