German technology firm Continental AG plans to sell some of its automotive operations, including parts of powertrain arm Vitesco Technologies and rubber unit Contitech, CEO Elmar Degenhart told German daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Degenhart was quoted as saying Continental’s management was…
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Monolith perfects sustainable production of carbon black
Carbon black manufacturing company Monolith Materials (Monolith) claims to have perfected its technology to now produce the rubber additive from natural gas rather than petroleum or crude oil. Monolith plans to incorporate the more sustainable method this fall at a…
UPDATE: Prototype device traps tyre dust, stands to reduce air and water pollution
Each time a vehicle brakes, accelerates or turns a corner, its tyres send tiny rubber particles airborne which adds up to half a million tonnes of tyre dust annually in Europe alone, according to the International Journal of Environmental Research…
World’s largest optical telescope to be sealed with Trelleborg solutions
Swedish engineered polymer firm Trelleborg’s marine and infrastructure operation has been specified by contractor, Cimolai S.p.A, to supply bespoke inflatable and compression seals to the largest optical/near-infrared telescope in the world. The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), located on top of…
Tokai Kogyo, SaarGummi conclude technical agreement for automotive seals
Japanese sealing systems supplier Tokai Kogyo Co. Ltd. (Tokai Kogyo) have concluded a “wide-reaching” technical cooperation agreement with SaarGummi Technologies S.a.r.l. (SaarGummi) related to the automotive business. The joint product-portfolio of Tokai Kogyo and SaarGummi includes complex door seals, trunk…
BKT to develop specially-designed EV tyres for agricultural vehicles
Tyre manufacturer Balkrishna Industries Ltd. (BKT) is planning to develop special tyres for the earthmoving and heavy machinery used in agricultural sectors. BKT will construct high-performance tyres which have high-strength bead and carcass to withstand the stress and extreme conditions…
3D-printed latex rubber now allows nondestructive use of many new materials, complex
Scientists from the Macromolecules Innovation Institute (MII), the College of Science, and the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech have overcome some long-standing limitations of 3D printing by developing a new custom 3D printer with an embedded computer vision system. The…
Continental and Aft set up jv for automotive solutions for hybrids/EVs
German technology company Continental and system supplier aft automotive are setting up a 50:50 joint venture to manufacture couplings made of high-performance plastics for the for the future of mobility. The two companies have already been jointly developing special couplings…
Toyo Tires develops new tyre monitoring system for commercial, transport vehicles
Tyre manufacturer Toyo Tire & Rubber Company (Toyo) has developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) tyre monitoring system which detects multiple aspects of the tyre condition in real time. The system can also track various other data such as weather,…
Researchers report success in 3D printed latex rubber
Virginia Tech researchers, in a joint collaboration with Michelin North America via a National Science Foundation award, have discovered a novel process to 3D print latex rubber. This opens up the printing of a variety of elastic materials with complex…