Category: Technology

KraussMaffei introduces EcoLine for rubber profiles

KRAUSMAFFEI Berstorff has introduced EcoLine for the production of rubber profiles. According to the company, the microwave channel of the new EcoLine reduces energy costs and environmental impact in rubber profile production Hannorve This microwave channel sets new standards in…

Fraunhofer, Continental build pilot system for dandelion rubber

RESEARCHERS from the Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME are jointly working with Continental in building the first-ever pilot facility in Munster (Germany) to extract large quantities of dandelion rubber for tyre production. The joint project officially…

Elmet unveils new LSR processing technique

AUSTRIA-based Elmet debuts its new production approach for the processing of liquid silicone rubber (LSR), which cures under UV-light from a LED source, at the K 2013 held in Düsseldorf, Germany. According to Elmet, this method eliminates the high curing…

New Pallmann technology recycles waste rubber to fine powder

PALLMANN, one of the world’s largest developers, producers and providers of innovative size-reduction technology, launches a new grinding system that enables energy-efficient recycling of vulcanised rubber waste back into fine powder for direct reuse in rubber processing. Karakal, the new…

Social media app to sell tyres, score followers

US=based TCS Technologies, a Microsoft Certified Partner, and software and internet marketing provider in the tyre and auto service industry, has developed an application (app) called “Like Us and Save” to help tyre dealers gain more followers and bring in…

Ansell delivers new addition to TNT gloves line

ANSELL launches its new gloves offering in the Touch N Tuff (TNT) product line – the Touch N Tuff 73-500 sterile sensitive polychloroprene gloves and Touch N Tuff 73-300 clean sensitive polychloroprene gloves for the life sciences industry, and the…

Green tyres made easier with Lanxess’s new rubbers

LOW ROLLING resistance tyres make for lesser carbon emissions on the roads. Lanxess, Germany’s synthetic rubber producer and world’s largest manufacturer of NdPBR (neodymium polybutadiene), has made the processing of such energy-efficient tyres even easier with its newly launched NdPBR…

Finite Fiber yields new fibre blend technology

US firm Finite Fiber, a provider of natural and synthetic cut fibres, pulps and flocks for the plastics and rubber industries, has recently introduced a patent-pending product that allows their customers to specialise and personalise unique rubber compound properties with…