Airboss Rubber Compounding.HISTORY In 1996, AirBoss of America purchased ITRM ITRM Information Technology Resource Management ITRM Institutional Training Resource Model ITRM Infostructure Technology Reference Model ITRM It Risk Management ITRM It Resource Management as part of a vertical integration strategy for their tire and molded goods businesses. AirBoss has provided a strong financial base for the growth of our mixing division which has been renamed AirBoss Rubber Compounding. Providing high quality rubber compounds at fair pricing has resulted in a dramatic sales growth from 20 million pounds in the first full year to a capacity of 200 million in 2003. The company supplies both OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and and aftermarket customers with a wide variety of natural and synthetic black and non-marking rubber compounds. Acton International of Acton Vale, Quebec Acton Vale (2006 Population 7,797) is an industrial town in south-central Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Regional County Municipality of Acton (MRC d'Acton). The town covers an area of 90.96 km². The town grew 6.4% from 2001 to 2006. was purchased by AirBoss in 1998. Acton provides molders with mixed rubber. This purchase added additional mixing capacity as well as extrusion and calendering calendering, a finishing process by which paper, plastics, rubber, or textiles are pressed into sheets and smoothed, glazed, polished, or given a moiré or embossed surface. capability for gum and fabric processing. STRENGTHS Our specialty is custom rubber mixing for the conveyor belting, pneumatic and solid tire, automotive parts, tire retreading, appliances, building products, military and other industries. Recipes are specifically developed by AirBoss or are supplied by our customers. Large scale production runs, larger batch sizes, shorter cycles and strong purchasing power combine with excellent technical expertise and comprehensive quality systems to provide our customers with lower cost, higher duality, consistent products. EQUIPMENT At our Kitchener plant, high quality and consistency are achieved through five new or updated internal mixers. A Skinner CoFlow4[R], a K-7 Shaw Intermix in·ter·mix tr. & intr.v. in·ter·mixed, in·ter·mix·ing, in·ter·mix·es To mix or become mixed together. [Back-formation from obsolete intermixt, from Latin , a Farrel[R] #11, a Skinner 268 and a new fully automated Skinner 3700S provide a total capacity of 200 million pounds annually. Our newest is the state-of-the-art Skinner CoFlow4[R] which combines intermeshing with tangential mixing technology in one mixer. This is the first such industry leading installation in the world. Recent equipment additions also include an automated powder weighing system and an automated strip piling system. AirBoss Rubber Compounding operates a fully equipped development lab where development compounds are tested to ensure that all customer needs are met. This equipment, including a Dispergrader 1000NT, an RPA RPA Remote Patron Authentication RPA Rural Payments Agency (UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) RPA Replication Protein A RPA RNAse Protection Assay RPA Regional Plan Association RPA Random-Phase Approximation 2000 and a TGA/DSC, is also used to assist customers and production management in problem solving. CAPABILITIES * Mixing Capacity 200 Million Pounds * Computer Controlled Direct Feed Weighing Systems * Engineering to Customize Compounds for Specific Needs * Largest Independent Single Mixing Facility in North America * State-of-the-art Equipment * ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001:2000 Registered * Product in Strip, Slab & Wigwag wig·wag v. wig·wagged, wig·wag·ging, wig·wags v.intr. 1. To move back and forth; wag steadily or rhythmically: watched the pendulum wigwag. 2. * Experienced Sales & Technical Staff * Fully Equipped Testing Laboratory * Consistent Batch-to-Batch Quality |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion