Instrumentation, test equipment suppliers.

The following directory lists suppliers of instrumentation and test equipment to the rubber industry, with address, contact person, types of instrumentation and test equipment and services offered.

Acrolab Ltd.
Paul Delaney and Peter Angermann
1423 Franklin St., Unit F143
Detroit, MI 48207
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Instrumentation: Heat transfer technology

Adamel Lhomargy SAS
Pierre Bobin, sales office manager
Z.A. de l'Habitat, Batiment 6
Route d'Ozoir
77680 Roissy en Brie
France
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.testingmachines.com
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Physical testers
Services offered: Technical service,
training

Aeroglide Corp.
Andy Britt
Box 29505
Raleigh, NC 27626-0505
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.aeroglide.com
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Processability testing

Akron Special Machinery, Inc.
Rick Delmoro
2740 Cory Ave.
Akron, OH 44314
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Akron Standard, an ITW
Company
L.A. Stang, GM, spec. machinery
1624 Englewood Ave.
Akron, OH 44305
Phone: [phone]
Instrumentation: Tire uniformity equipment,
non-contact runout and bulge/
depression measuring devices, tire
endurance testing, wheel uniformity
machines
Services offered: Technical service,
training

Alpha Technologies
Ivanez Taylor
2689 Wingate Ave.
Akron, OH 44314
Phone: [phone]
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Instrumentation: Instrumentation for
fatigue, tensile and processability testing

Altman Manufacturing Co.
Paul Altman
1990 Ohio St.
Lisle, IL 60532
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.altmanmfg.com/altman
Email: [e-mail]

B.C. Ames Inc.
78 Stone Place
Melrose, MA 02176
Phone: [phone]
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.bcames.com
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: For thickness measurement
--dial and digital bench comparators,
hand held micrometers, non-contact
AccuFlow air gaging for in-process
and bench; electronic read-out
available
Services offered: Application engineering

Ametek PMT, U.S. Gauge Div.
Jim Snyder, sales manager
820 Penna Blvd.
Feasterville, PA 19053
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Instrumentation: Process measurement
technology, pneumatic controllers,
electronic process transmitters, calibration
equipment
Services offered: Technical service,
training

Ametek Chatillon
8600 Somerset Dr.
Largo, FL 33773
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Instrumentation: Tensile testers
Services offered: Technical service,
training, software programs

Leverett A. Anderson Co.
William S. Cole, president
1245 S. Cleveland-Massillon Rd.
Suite #2
P.O. Box 4400
Copley, OH 44321
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Instrumentation: Materials testing
equipment for rubber and plastics
Services offered: Sales, service including
calibration design and fabrication
of special testing equipment

Anter Corporation
Bob Purvis
1700 Universal Rd.
Pittsburgh, PA 15235
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.anter.com
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Dilatometers for thermal
expansion (CTE) measurement,
thermal conductivity meters, thermal diffusivity/specific
heat capacity systems
Services offered: Testing services for
thermal expansion, thermal conductivity,
thermal diffusivity and specific heat
capacity

Applied Test Systems, Inc.
P.O. Box 1529
Butler, PA 16003
Phone: [phone]
Phone: [phone] (U.S. only)
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.atspa.com
Email: [e-mail];
[e-mail]
Instrumentation: Creep/stress rupture
testing machines, universal tension
testing machines, pressure test systems,
fatigue testers, furnaces and
ovens for testing and processing, elastomeric
extensometers and special test
equipment
Services offered: Technical service

Asylum Research
Terry Mehr, dir. of mktg.
341 Bollay Dr.
Santa Barbara, CA 93117
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Instrumentation: Atomic force microscope,
molecular force probe, scanning
probe microscope, gold slides

Atlas Material Testing Technology
Jamie Chesler, mktg. services
4114 N. Ravenswood
Chicago, IL 60613
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Instrumentation: Complete line of
environmental and materials testing
instrumentation that can simulate radiant
energy, temperature, salt fog, moisture
and other components of a natural
environment, full line of physical test
instruments
Services offered: Technical service,
training

Automated Control Systems, Inc.
Sean Tucker, president
627 Hartzell Rd.
New Haven, IN 46774
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.acsmfg.com
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: PVT (pressure-vibration-thermal)
coolant hose durability
stand
Services offered: Design and build test
equipment for component durability,
audit and functional tests; leak and
burst testing equipment with data acquisition
capability

Automation Products, Inc.
Applications Department
303 Max Roy St.
Houston, TX 77008-6294
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Instrumentation: Equipment which
measures and/or controls density, specific
gravity, % solids, % concentration,
viscosity and level

Basler Vision Technologies
Headquarters Division Sealing
Inspection
Kerstin Wehrend
Ander Strusbek, 60-62
D-22926 Ahrensburg, Germany
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Automatic seals and
o-ring inspection systems for surface
imperfections and dimensions

Basler Vision Technologies
USA Office Sealing Inspection
Katie Martin
740 Springdale Dr.
Exton, PA 19341
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Instrumentation: Automatic seals and
o-ring inspection systems for surface
imperfections and dimensions

Bayco Ovens
Rohn Grant, vice president
4350 Poll Dr.
Sacramento, CA 95838
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Instrumentation: Heat processing
equipment, industrial ovens
Services offered: Technical service,
training

E.H. Benz Co., Inc.
Material Testing Instruments
Ted Benz, president
73 Maplehurst Ave.
Providence, RI 02908
Phone: [phone]
Instrumentation: Rheometers, durometers,
viscometers, tensile testers, test
dies, test molds, laboratory ovens,
hardness, flexing, fatigue, aging, abrasion,
impact, lab presses, cutting presses,
brittleness testers and plastometers,
TR testers, specific gravity testers, test
tubes and glassware, test fixtures and
grips
Services offered: Technical service,
training, software programs, repair and
rebuilding testing instruments, and lab
information management systems

Beta LaserMike
Rick Kristensen
8001 Technology Blvd.
Dayton, OH 45424
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.betalasermike.com
Instrumentation: Non contact, laser-based
dimensional gauging, ultrasonic
wall-thickness and concentricity measurement
systems

Bohlin Instruments, Inc.
Suite 1, 11 Harts Lane
E. Brunswick, NJ 08816
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.bohlininstruments.com
Instrumentation: Instrumentation for
dynamic/thermomechanical and processability
testing

C.W. Brabender Instruments
Kevin R. Van Allen
50 E. Wesley St.
South Hackensack, NJ 07606
Phone: [phone]
Website: www.cwbrabender.com
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Laboratory testing
equipment for rubber testing, including
processability studies, dispersion, mixing,
cure and density for R&D and QC
Services offered: Testing laboratory
  (see ad on page 48)

Brookhaven Instruments Corp.
Bruce Weiner, sales and marketing
750 Blue Point Rd.
Holtsville, NY 11742
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Website: www.bic.com
Instrumentation: Particle size measurement
utilizing laser light scattering,
disc centrifugation, laser scanner and
dynamic image analysis; for zeta potential
analysis by particle electrophoresis
and streaming potential; applications
include pigments and carbon blacks
Services offered: Technical support

Buchel BV
Andre Jansen, director
Fokkerstraat 24, 3905 KV
Veenedaal, Netherlands
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.testingmachines.com
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Physical testers
Services offered; Technical service,
training

Bytewise Measurement Systems
Michael Harris, CEO
Russ Carreker, president
1150 Brookstone Centre Pkwy.
Columbus, GA 31904
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.bytewise.com
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Offer both in-line and
off-line, non-contact measurement solutions
for the tire and rubber seals and
gasket industries. Some examples are
Profile 360, sidewall bulge and dent
measurement systems and several
applications for tire building machine
measurements
Services offered: Installation and training
  (see ad on page 56)

Canrad Hanovia, Inc,
Rick Macintyre, photochemical division
100 Chestnut St.
Newark, NJ 07105
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Instrumentation: Ultraviolet photochemical
systems used in processing
Services offered: Technical service,
training

Carver, Inc.
Jeff Kramer
1569 Morris St.
P.O. Box 544
Wabash, IN 46992-0544
Phone: [phone], ext. 249
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Website: www.carverpress.com
Instrumentation: Laboratory equipment
  (see ad on page 50)

CCS--Corporate Consulting
Services, Instruments, Inc.
Jack C. Warner, president
1145 Highbrook Ave.
Suite 500
Akron, OH 44301
Phone: [phone]
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.ccsi-inc.com
Website: www.orecozone.net
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Durometer hardness
testers, curemeter (ODR), Mooney viscometer,
Rheomaster data systems for
Mooney and rheometers, new recorders
for ODRs, ASTM dies, molds,
cutters, the XDR Mooney viscometer,
XDR-MDR-moving die rheometer, XDR
OSC disk rheometer, Orec ozone
chambers and monitor calibration
Services offered: Certified calibration,
service and repair of durometer hardness
testers, Mooney viscometers, all
rheometers and recorders, tensile
testers, thickness gauges, A2LA certified
calibration lab and ISO 9002 registered

CDS Analytical, Inc.
Neil Cornelssen, Dir. of Sales & Mktg.
465 Limestone Rd.
P.O. Box 277
Oxford, PA 19363-0277
Phone: [phone]
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: cdsanalytical.com
Website: www.cdsanalytical.com
Instrumentation: Pyrolysis equipment
Services offered: Manufacturing

Cober Electronics, Inc.
Chris Varga
151 Woodward Ave.
Norwalk, CT 06854
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Instrumentation; Microwave receptivity
testing, microwave curing ovens
Services offered: Technical service for
microwave technology

Coram Instruments Inc.
Loretta J. Miller, president
37 Whinstone St.
Coram, NY 11727
Phone: [phone]
Instrumentation: Testing instruments
for rubber, plastics and polyurethane
foam

Dauh Chau Enterprises
Christine Chang
15 Fu Shing Rd.
Sec. 3
Taichung, Taiwan
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Instrumentation: Instrumentation for
fluid resistance, fatigue, abrasion, tear,
tensile, processability and ozone resistance
testing

Dek-Tron Scientific Instruments
Segundo Vargas, sales mgr.
244 East Third St.
Plainfield, NJ 07060
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Instrumentation: Test equipment for
materials
Services offered: Applications assistance
for testing of materials; service
and repair of test equipment

Despatch Industries
P.O. Box 1320
Minneapolis, MN 55440
Phone: [phone]
Instrumentation: Environmental test
chambers, curing and testing ovens
Services offered: Technical service,
training

Dewes Gumbs Die & Presses
Robert Salemi or James Long-Up
38-33 24th St.
L.I.C., NY 11101
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Instrumentation: Specimen cutting
dies, dies for ASTM, DIN, JAP and
TAPPY and testing equipment
Services offered: Reconditioning and
recalibration of test dies and molds

Digital Instruments, Veeco Metrology
Group
M.G. Heaton, director of marketing
112 Robin Hill Rd.
Santa Barbara, CA 93117
Phone: [phone]
Phone: [phone]
Instrumentation: Scanning probe, atomic
force microscopes, stylus profilers

Dillon Quantrol
Dave Cone, Business Director
1000 Armstrong Dr.
Fairmont, MN 56031
Phone: [phone]
Instrumentation: Testing system, computer
controlled to manual systems,
force gauges, load cells, software
Services offered: Sales, service and
technical assistance

Electronic Development Labs
Jean Moore, sales mgr.
244 Oakland Dr.
Danville, VA 24540
Phone: [phone]
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Instrumentation: Temperature measuring
devices and thermocouple sensors
Services offered: Technical service,
standard and custom designs, tool and
die and mold repair

Emerson Apparatus, Inc.
William C. Holmes, Sr., president
170 Anderson St.
Portland, ME 04112
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Instrumentation: Rubber buffing machines,
foam endurance tester, ASTM
1055 load deflection tester
Services offered: Technical service,
training

Federal Products Co.
Alex Tabenkin, marketing mgr.
1144 Eddy St.
Providence, RI 02940
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Instrumentation: Dispersion analyzer
for determining carbon particle dispersion
in rubber products and tires, dimensional
gauging equipment, roundness
gauging equipment, surface finish
gauging equipment per ASTM D-2663
method C
Services offered: Technical service,
training, computer software programs

Ferry Industries, Inc.
Douglas Sublett
4445 Allen Rd.
Stow, OH 44224-1752
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Instrumentation: Rubber testing
machines, abrasion/adhesion tester,
cord tester, hysteresis
Services offered: Technical service

FMC Corporate Technology Center
Herb Jones
1205 Coleman Ave.
Santa Clara, CA 95052
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Instrumentation: Full chemical and
physical characterization capabilities, as
well as component testing
Services offered: Engineering consulting,
materials recommendation and selection,
testing and analysis, materials
characterization

Forte Technology, Inc.
Robert A. Mastico, VP
201 Carnegie Row
Norwood, MA 02062
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Website: forte-tec.com
Instrumentation: Electronic moisture
measurement system for an entire bale
of synthetic rubber
Services offered: Technical service,
training, software programs, synthetic
rubber testing equipment

Freeman Company
Chad Root, director of sales
911 Graham Dr.
Fremont, OH 43420
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.freeman-die.com
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: ASTM test specimen
dies, presses, cutting surfaces, ASTM
molds
Services offered: Certified new tools
and relevel, resharpen, certify existing
tools

Gearhart Machine Company, Inc.
Gregory Gearhart, president
1145 Highbrook Ave.
Akron, OH 44301
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Instrumentation: Lab-ASTM molds,
custom rubber molds
Services offered: Jigs and fixtures,
dies and rotors, machining consultants,
research and development, custom
machinery, built and designed cutting
dies, machining and duplicating of
obsolete gears and parts

Goettfert
Tim Haake, general mgr.
488 Lakeshore Parkway
Rock Hill, SC 29730
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Instrumentation: Elastograph vario
curemeter, Rheovulkameter processability
tester, capillary rheometer
Rheotester 1000, Rheograph 6000

Gomaplast Machinery, Inc.
Marcelo S. Hildebrandt
500 East Henry St.
Wooster, OH 44691
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Instrumentation: Tensile testers,
rheometers and lab ovens

Grecon, Inc.
Bob Barnum, vice pres., sales
7747 S.W. Cirrus Dr.
Beaverton, OR 97008-5968
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.grecon-us.com
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Spark detection/
extinguishment system, thickness measurement
system, delamination detection
system, cyclone plug-up detection
system

Gruenberg Oven Co.
Arthur V. Campbell
P.O. Box 3246
2121 Reach Rd.
Williamsport, PA 17701
Phone: [phone]
Instrumentation: Industrial ovens, test
chambers, calorimeters
Services offered: Technical service,
training, engineering

Hampden Test Equipment Ltd.
Ian Richardson
Kingsthorpe Business Centre
Northampton NN2 6EB, U.K.
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.hampden-test.com
Email:
[e-mail]
Instrumentation: Ozone test chambers,
abrasion tester, resilience tester,
IFD and CFD foam hardness testers,
porosity and rise apparatus
Services offered: Sales and service

Harris Instrument Corp.
Gary J. Thompson, director, sales
155 Johnson Dr.
Delaware, OH 43015
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.harris-instrument.com
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Non-contact measurement
sensors and control systems;
digital process control systems
Services offered: Monitor and control
of extruded dimension for size control
and measurement of shrinkage, inspection
for holes

Hotpack Corp.
10940 Dutton Rd.
Philadelphia, PA 19154
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.hotpack.com
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Ovens, environmental
test chambers, incubators
Services offered: Technical service,
training, manufacturing

Hydramotion Ltd.
Danny Morbey
1A York Rd., Business Park
York, England, YO17 6YA
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.processviscometer.com
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Process viscometers,
viscosity instrumentation

Imass, Inc.
R.A. Heinrich, president
James M. Driscoll, marketing director
P.O. Box 134
Accord, MA 02018-0134
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Website: www.imass.com
Instrumentation: Materials testing
instruments

IMC Instruments Inc.
Elizabeth Frias, marketing assistant
N60W14434 Kaul Ave.
Meno. Falls, WI 53051
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.instruments.com
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Temperature
instrumentation (alarms, monitors, controllers,
etc.)
Services offered: Repairing company
equipment

Impakt
Bruce Freeman
5721 Dragon Way
Cincinnati, OH 45227
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.impaktusa.com
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Laboratory specimen
cutters, laboratory cutting presses,
sample molds
Services offered: Sharpening and certification
of laboratory specimen cutters

Indusco
Tony Hoffman, president
3611 Keystone Ave.
Nashville, TN 37211-3350
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.induscousa.com
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Fatigue, tear and tensile
testing; instrumentation for testing
of raw materials and vulcanized and
unvulcanized rubber testing

Instron Corporation
Jessica Carroll
100 Royall St.
Canton, MA 02021
Phone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Universal tension
and compression testing machines, servohydraulic
machines for determining
the dynamic properties of elastomers,
grips, extensometers and environmental
chambers
Services offered: Technical service,
training, software programs, load and
extensometer verification traceable to
NIST

J&L Tool & Machine, Inc.
Joe E. Landwerwerlen, president
P.O. Box 367
1441 Miller Ave.
Shelbyville, IN 46176
Phone: [phone]
Instrumentation: JL 5000 SPL flow
comparator

Karder Rubber Machinery &
Engineering
Daniel Abraham, exec. vice president
258 Kenmore Blvd.
Akron, OH 44301
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Instrumentation: Tensile testing

Kernco Instrument Co.
John Kelly, general mgr.
420 Kenazo Ave.
El Paso, TX 79927
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.kemcoinstr.com
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Contact angle meter,
surface tension analyzer, hardness
testers for rubber-type materials, infrared
thermometers, microwave moisture
analyzers to measure bone dry to
full saturation (0 to 100% moisture),
spectrophotometers-ultraviolet and
visible
Services offered: Technical service

LMI Technologies (USA), Inc.
Dan Howe and Mike Snow, sales mgrs.
21666 Melrose Ave.
Southfield, MI 48075
Phone: [phone];
Phone: [phone] (Sweden)
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.lmint.com
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Over 44 non-contact
laser-based measurement sensors
for a variety of on-and-off line
applications; these include radial
runout at full production speed; profiling
green and high silicone content
rubber; tire sidewall and inspection;
thickness control of calendered rubber;
splice width detection; treadwear
analysis; extrusion profiling and profiling
sidewall bulge and dent and many
others
Services offered: Installation, training
and support services; OEM capability
  (see ad on page 51)

Lasor/Systronics, Inc.
Maureen Macken, Mktg. Mgr.
4357 Park Dr., Suite J
Norcross, GA 30093
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.lasorsystronics.com
Instrumentation: Quality control systems;
inspection and measurement,
including tread length monitoring system,
tread profiling measurement system,
web inspection system, Fischer
cutter, sidewall inspection system
Services offered: Turnkey systems
including training, installation, maintenance
and support

Leco Corporation
3000 Lakeview Ave.
St. Joseph, MI 49085-2396
Phone: [phone]
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.leco.com
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Instruments for the
determination of carbon, hydrogen,
nitrogen, sulfur and oxygen, complete
line of spectrometers, a thermogravimetric
analyzer, a variety of microscopes
and accessories

Leica Microsystems Inc.
111 Deer Lake Rd.
Deerfield, IL 60015
Phone: [phone]
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email:[e-mail]
Website: www.leica-microsystems.com
Instrumentation: Microscopes, measuring
equipment, microphotographic
equipment, microtomes
Services offered: Technical service,
training

C.A. Litzler Co., Inc.
James H. Rogers, VP, sales
4800 W. 160th St.
Cleveland, OH 44135
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.calitzer.com
Email: [e-mail]
instrumentation: Computreater 2000
single end cord treating lab machine
Services offered: Field service

Manufacturers Supplies Co.
Robert D. Goellner
4200 Rider Trail North
Earth City, MO 63045
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Instrumentation: Equipment for lab
testing; clickers for dumbbell cutting;
skiving equipment for ply splitting; bandknife
splitters
Services offered: Service and installation
of above

Mast/Keystone
Thomas Hall, v.p. sales
340 Western Rd.
Ste. #1
Reno, NV 89506
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Instrumentation: Ozone test chambers
and monitors

Meeco Inc,
Thomas Mallon
250 Titus Ave.
Warrington, PA 18976
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.meeco.com
Email: [e-mail]
instrumentation: Electrolytic moisture
analyzers, electronic measuring instruments
to detect trace moisture in gases
and solids
Services offered: Technical service

Messmer Instruments Ltd.
Michael O'Shea, general sales mgr.
Unit F1 Imperial Business Estate
West Mill, Gravesend
Kent, U.K. DA11 0DL
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.testingmachines.com
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Physical testers
Services offered: Technical service,
training

Micro-Vu Corp.
Marc Deutsch, marketing/sales mgr.
7909 Conde Ln.
Windsor, CA 95492
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.microvu.com
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Automated video coordinate
measuring machine provides
automatic dimensional measuring of o-rings,
gaskets, etc.

MKB Industries Inc.
M.V. Blyth
63-8 North Brandford Rd.
Brandford, CT 06406
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Instrumentation: Raw materials, vulcanized
and unvulcanized rubber testing

MTI Instruments, Inc.
Paul Slazas, product sales mgr.
325 Washington Ave. Ext.
Albany, NY 12205
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Quality control inspection
products, sensors and amplitiers
using fiber optic, capacitance and
laser technologies, for displacement
vibration, runout, thickness and surface
condition

MTS Systems Corp.
Pat Irwin, mgr., vehicle dynamics div.,
elastomer test systems
14000 Technology Dr.
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
Phone: [phone]
Instrumentation: Test systems to
measure the dynamic properties of
elastomeric materials and components
Services offered: Technical consulting
service, training, software programs

NDC Infrared Engineering
Lloyd W. Edelberg, Mktg. Comm. Mgr.
5314 North Irwindale Ave.
Irwindale, CA 91706
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.ndcinfrared.com
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: On-line thickness
gauging and control systems for the
rubber and calendered products industry;
systems range from simple single-point
measurements to complete scanning
systems

NewAge Testing Instruments, Inc.
James Blair
147 James Way
Southampton, PA 18966
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Instrumentation: Hardness testers for
IRHD and durometer scales in both regular
and micro, built in SPC, RS232 output
and fully automated for reduced
operator influence

New Era Die Co.
Steve Smeltzer, general mgr.
601 Maple St.
Red Lion, PA 17356
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Fatigue, tear and tensile
testing

Nikon Inc., instrument Group
Stephen Page, mgr., industrial dept.
1300 Walt Whitman Rd.
Melville, NY 11747
Phone: [phone]
Instrumentation: Profile projectors,
video measuring systems, microscopes
Services offered: Technical service,
training, software programs

Ocean Industries Inc.
Acu-Gage Systems Division
John A. Kane, president
P.O. Box 6178
Manchester, NH 03108
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
instrumentation: Acu-Gage I single
axis linear measuring machine in sizes
ranging from 12" to 120"; Acu-Gage II,
two axis coordinate measuring machine
with base sizes of 12" x 12" to 48" x 96",
Z-axis also available

OCM Test Labs
Bruce Sauer, Lab Director
3883 E. Eagle Dr.
Anaheim, CA 92807
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: DSC, DTA, TMA,
DMA, FTIR, GCMS, GC, HPLC, GPC,
brittleness, torsional stiffness, instrumented
impact, temperature retraction
vacuum outgassing, tensile properties
at elevated and subambient temperatures,
fatigue
Services: Mechanical, physical, chemical,
thermal, environmental exposure,
qualification programs and material
identifications

Ontario Die Company
119 Roger St.
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2J 3Z6
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Instrumentation: Laboratory specimen
cutters, laboratory cutting presses,
sample molds
Services offered: Sharpening and certification
of laboratory specimen cutters

Optical Associates Inc.
Charles D. Turk
1425 McCandleless Dr.
Milpitas, CA 95035
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
instrumentation: UV radiometers,
curemeters

Optigrade Inc.
Leif Nilsson, Area Manager
P.O. Box 5413
Akron, OH 44334
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.optigrade.com
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Equipment for testing
of dispersion and presence of agglomerates

Orec Ozone Chambers and Monitors
1145 Highbrook Ave., Suite 500
Akron, OH 44301
Phone: [phone]
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.ccsi-inc.com
Website: www.orecozone.net
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Ozone test chambers
providing continuous ozone measurement
control and strip chart recording

Oxford instruments, Measurement
Systems
Robert Wopperer, V.P. of product sales
945 Busse Rd.
Elk Grove Village, IL 60007
Phone: [phone] ext. 322
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.oxford-instruments.com
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: EDXRF, WDXRF,
MDXRF and NMR spectrometers

PLV Systems Inc.
Sam Melamed
116 Viceroy Rd., Bldg. D, Unit 6
Concord, Ontario, Canada L4K 2M4
Phone [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.plv.com
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Power profiler--family
of profile extrusion measurement
instruments for on-line and off-line
dimensional characteristics

PTC Instruments/PTC Metrology
Linda A. Wolfe, Gen. Mgr.
2301 Federal Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Instrumentation: Durometers to measure
the hardness of rubber, plastic,
ASTM, A, B, C, D, DO, O, OO, OOO
and test stands
Services offered: Technical service,
durometer calibration and certification
with standards traceable to NIST design
custom durometers, A2LA accredited
laboratory for durometer calibration

Panametrics, Inc.
Meindert Anderson
221 Crescent St.
Waltham, MA 02453
Phone: [phone]
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Internet: www.panametrics.com
Instrumentation: Thickness gauges,
flaw detectors, transducers, automated
systems, instrumentation
Services offered: Applications lab,
training

Perkin Elmer Instruments
761 Main Ave.
Norwalk, CT 06859
Phone: [phone]
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.perkinelmer.com
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Analytical instruments
used in laboratory analysis
Services offered: Technical service,
training, software programs

Piedmont Polymer Equipment
Robert Myers
1220 Olde Oaks Dr.
Grays, TN 37615
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Instrumentation: Fatigue, tensile,
processability and ozone resistance
testing

Prince Instruments, Inc.
Francis Mashintonio
1020 Industrial Blvd.
Southhampton, PA 18966-4095
Phone: [phone]
Website: www.princoinstruments.com
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Level controls and
level transmitters
Services offered: Technical service

Pulnix America, Inc.
1330 Orleans Dr.
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
Phone: [phone]
Website: www.pulnix.com
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Light positioning projectors,
laser projectors, linear array
cameras, matrix array cameras end
photoelectric sensors
Services offered: Technical service

The Pyrometer Instrument Co., Inc.
209 industrial Pkwy.
Northvale, NJ 07647
Phone: [phone]
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.pyrometer.com
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Temperature measuring
devices, thermal line scanners,
temperature controllers, recorders and
transmitters, NLW-laser pyrometer to
measure emissivity
Services offered: Technical service,
training, calibration

Quest Integrated, Inc.
7098 SE 12th Circle
Ocala, FL 34480
Phone: [phone]
Instrumentation: Lotis QC-20 hose
measurement system

Q-Panel Company
Russell Raymond, technical service
26200 First St.
Cleveland, OH 44145
Phone: [phone]
Instrumentation: QUV accelerated
weathering testers, MTG multi-test
gravelometer, cyclic salt fog chamber
Services offered: Contract testing lab

Frank E. Randall Co., Inc.
Henry Gardner, general mgr.
248 Ash St.
Waltham, MA 02453
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Instrumentation: Dial thickness
gauges

Rex Gauge Co., Inc.
AI Blum, vice president
1250 Busch Parkway
Buffalo Grove, IL 60089
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.rexgauge.com
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Durometer hardness
gauges (for checking the hardness of
non-metallic surfaces) and accessories
Services offered: Repair and calibration
(durometer sales)
  (see ad on page 54)

Rheometric Scientific
1 Possumtown Rd.
Piscataway, NJ 08854
Phone: [phone]
Instrumentation: Thermal analysis and
laboratory rheometers, one of which
measures flow properties of rubber
products as they are being extruded
Services offered: Technical service,
training, software programs for measuring
the dynamic mechanical rheological
properties of uncured and cured elastomers

Rubber Molding Technology Inc.
Maurizio Coscia
36036 Lakeland Blvd.
Eastlake, OH 44095
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Instrumentation: Processability testing

Satec Systems, Inc.
Amy Sowers, mktg. services
900 Liberty St.
Grove City, PA 16127-9005
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Instrumentation: Materials test equipment
including tensile, stress-relaxation,
tear, creep and fatigue
Services offered: Materials test equipment
verification, repair, installation, calibration
and training

Scanco USA, Inc.
Rasesh Kapadia
10 Lantern Lane
Wayne, PA 19087
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.microCT.com
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: X-ray micro-computed
tomagraphy systems
Services offered: Non-destructive
scanning/microscopy

ScanTech Corp.
Sam Taliferro
1136 Manitou Ave.
Manitou Springs, CO 80829
Phone: [phone]
Instrumentation: Sensor systems to
verify steel cord spacing in tires during
the assembly process
Services offered: Full system integration
and automation capabilities

Schenck Pegasus Corp.
David Sallberg, vice president, sales
2890 John R Rd.
Troy, MI 48083
Phone: [phone]
Instrumentation: Test machines for
dynamic spring rate, damping and durability
Services offered: Contract testing services
for dynamic spring rate, damping
and durability

Signature Control Systems
Luann Johnson, inside sales mgr.
10180 W. Hampden Ave.
Denver, CO 80227
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.signaturecontrol.com
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Intelligent process
control system featuring SmartTrac
expert system software to monitor and
control process in real-time

Spectro Products
Emily Stephens, mktg. mgr.
385 State St.
North Haven, CT 06473-3173
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Instrumentation: Rheomate, Duromate
and Gravimate computer systems
Services offered: Software for instrument
automation and process control,
SPC and LIMS

TA Instruments, Inc.
Terry Kelly, worldwide marketing mgr.
109 Lukens Dr.
New Castle, DE 19720
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.tainst.com
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Thermal analysis
instruments, dynamic mechanical
analysis, dielectric analysis, rheometers
for evaluating fluids and soft
solids
Services offered: Technical service

Taber Industries
Alan Jaenecke, Product Mktg. Mgr.
455 Bryant St.
North Tonawanda, NY 14120
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Instrumentation: Destructive tests-abrasion

Tarlin Scientific, Inc.
Harris I. Tarlin
P.O. Box 368
Worcester, MA 01602
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Brittleness testers,
compression testers, melt index apparatus,
ASTM testers for flammability,
rheometers

Tavdi Co., Inc.
Ismail Saltuk, president
P.O. Box 298, 300 County Rd.
Barrington, RI 02806
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail];
[e-mail]
Instrumentation: Computerized
Yerzley oscillograph (CYO-III) for testing
physical properties of rubber specimens
as per ASTM D 945
Services offered: Equipment sales,
maintenance and repair services, consulting
and testing

Tech Pro, Inc.
John B. Putman, president
Douglas Ruch, sales mgr.
P.O. Box 1239
121 E. Ascot Lane
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44224
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.techpro-usa.com
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Oscillating disk
rheometer, moving die rheometer,
rheometer and Mooney data acquisition
and SPC analysis system, automatic
density tester, tensile tester,
shearing disk viscometer, laboratory
data management software and dispersion
analyzer, flexometer, cut and
chip tester
Services offered: Field, shop service,
and complete rebuilding for rheometers,
viscometers and tensile testers,
calibration services
  (see ad on page 51)

Tenney Environmental
Erin Hall, Mktg. Coord.
2121 Reach Rd.
Williamsport, PA 17701
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.tenney.com
Instrumentation: Environmental test
chambers
Services offered: Replacement
parts, service of environmental test
chambers and sale or rental of reconditioned
environmental chambers

Tensitron, Inc.
Stan Saxl
1668 Valtec Lane
Boulder, CO 80301
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.tensitron.com
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Cord tension
testers, fiber testers, tape and web
tension transducers, sheet-tension,
rubber thread testers, strain testers,
tension meters

Testing Machines, Inc.
2 Fleetwood Court
Ronkonkoma, NY 11779
Phone: [phone]
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.testingmachines.com
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Physical testers
Services offered: Technical service,
training

Testo, Inc.
Marko Bruinsma, president
35 Ironia Rd.
Flandors, NJ 07836
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Instrumentation: Temperature-based
instrumentation
Services offered: Technical service

ThermoHaake
53 W. Century Rd.
Paramus, NJ 07652
Phone: [phone]
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.thermohaake.com
Instrumentation: Torque rheometer
for polymer flow measurements using
miniaturized production equipment; all
units microprocessor controlled; viscometers;
and Seiko Instruments thermal
analysis; circulator products, melt
flow testers, capillary rheometers,
DSC, TGA, DMA, TMA, and DCR
Services offered: Technical service,
training, software programs

Thermovation
William Litzler, Mktg. Mgr.
4800 W. 160th St.
Cleveland, OH 44135
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.thermovation.com
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Dipping machines,
testing ovens

Thwing-Albert Instrument Co.
Dave Muchorski, director
10960 Dutton Rd.
Philadelphia, PA 19154
Phone: [phone]
Website: www.thwingalbert.com
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Universal testing
machines, tear testers and sample
cutter
Services offered: Technical service,
training, software programs for company
equipment

Tidland Corporation
Bill Leistritz, sales mgr.
P.O. Box 1008
Camas, WA 98607
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Internet: www.tidland.com
Instrumentation: Shafts, chucks, slitting
equipment for unwind, intermediate
and rewind applications
Services offered: Technical service,
training, maintenance contracts

Tinius Olsen Testing Machine
Wayne Hayward, Mktg. Mgr.
P.O. Box 1009
1065 Easton Rd.
Horsham, PA 19044-8009
Phone: [phone]
Instrumentation: Tension and compression
testing machines
Services offered: Technical service,
software programs

TMI Canada
Lisa Ivanowskoff
6 Ronald Dr.
Montreal, Quebec, Canada H4X 1M8
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.testingmachines.com
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Physical testers
Services offered: Technical service,
training

Tritech Laboratories
John Semonin, V.P.
1480 Englewood Ave.
Akron, OH 44305
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Services offered: Rubber testing and
consultation on results; compound
development services; industry training
courses

TSI Incorporated
Brian Osmondson, mktg. mgr.
P.O. Box 64394
St. Paul, MN 55164
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.tsi.com
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Dimensional measurement
products designed to
improve manufacturing productivity
and enhance product quality; products
include gauges for measuring diameter,
speed and length, flaw detection,
profile and 100% length inspection
systems
Services offered: Technical service

Ueshima Seisakusho Co., Ltd.
c/o Nishiyama
Jack Montes Leston
Suite 216, 111 Great Neck Rd.
Great Neck, NY 11021
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www2.csr-net.or.jp/hps/ueshima/
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Lab testing equipment
to measure dynamic properties
of rubber and plastic for use in
research and development and/or production
Services offered: Installation, training
and support services.

Ultrasonic Arrays
Charles Comstock, mktg. mgr.
18538 142nd Ave., N.E.
Woodinville, WA 98072
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Instrumentation: Ultrasonic non-contact
thickness and distance measuring
systems, optional SPC software packaging,
computer systems
Services offered: Technical services,
installation service

Union Process, Inc.
Vicki Bailey, Sales Coord.
1925 Akron-Peninsula Rd.
Akron, OH 44313
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.unionprocess.com
Email:
[e-mail]
Instrumentation: Attrition mills, fine
grinding and dispersing equipment

United Calibration Corporation
Jere H. Watson, president
5802 Engineer Dr.
Huntington Beach, CA 92649
Phone: [phone]
Instrumentation: Materials testing
systems
Services offered: Calibration of test
systems and assorted force equipment

United Testing Systems, Inc.
Robert Erskine
5171 Exchange Dr.
Flint, MI 48507
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.tensiletest.com
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Materials testing
systems for hardness, tensile and
compression
Services offered: Calibration and
certification of hardness and various
force testing systems

VTEC Laboratories Inc.
Paul Kaplan
212 Manida St.
Bronx, NY 10474
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Flammability test
equipment

Wabash MPI
1569 Morris St.
P.O. Box 298
Wabash, IN 46992-0298
Phone: [phone], ext. 249
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.wabashmpi.com
Email: [e-mail]

H.W. Wallace Inc.
William Cole, general manager
1245 S. Cleveland-Massillon Rd.,
Suite #2
P.O. Box 4400
Copley, OH 44321
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.hwwallace.com
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Hardness testers
H14 (IRHD); H17A (Shore), micro
hardness testers H12 (IRHD), H17
(Shore); pocket durometers (Shore
and IRHD); densimeters X21; rapid
plastimeter P14; moving die rheometer
D18, compression stress relaxometer
C11; aging chambers O7E
and O14; thickness gauges; testers
for abrasion, compression set, low
temperature, plasticity and resilience;
specimen preparation equipment
Services offered: Calibration, service
and repair of all Wallace instruments,
regional agents located throughout the
U.S.
  (see ad on page 63)

Wallace Instruments
Jerry Jackson, director
Dave Reynolds, sales/mktg. mgr.
Unit 4, St. Georges Ind. Est.,
Richmond Rd.
Kingston, England KT2 5BQ
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.hwwallace.co.uk
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Hardness testers
H14 (IRHD), H17 (Shore); micro hardness
testers H12(IRHD), H17 (Shore);
pocket durometers (Shore and IRHD);
densimeters X21 ; rapid plastimeter
P14; moving die rheometer D15; compression
stress relaxometer C11 ;
aging chambers O7E and O14; DeMattia
flex testing machine F15/16;
Mooney viscometer v3; thickness
gauges; testers for abrasion, compression
set, low temperature; plasticity
and resilience; specimen preparation
equipment
Services offered: Calibration, service
and repair of all Wallace instruments,
worldwide representation

Webber Manufacturing Co.
Peggy Lovett
8498 Brookville Rd.
P.O. Box 19449
Indianapolis, IN 46219
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Instrumentation: Ovens, environmental
chambers

Weed Instrument Co., Inc.
Bill Bayer
707 Jeffrey Way
P.O. Box 300
Round Rock, TX 78680
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Instrumentation: Resistance temperature
detector

Williamson Corp.
W.R. Barron, Mktg. Mgr.
70 Domino Dr.
P.O, Box 1270
Concord, MA 01742-1270
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Instrumentation: Radiation pyrometers

Wilson Shore Instruments,
Div. of Instron Corp.
Ed Tobolski, vice president, sales
100 Royal St.
Canton, MA 02021
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Instrumentation: Hardness testers,
testing machines for tensile strength
testing
Services offered: Technical service,
training

Willrich Precision Inst. Co., Inc.
R.G. Chitos
80 Broadway
Cresskill, NJ 07626
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Analytical and torsion
balances, cord testers, coating
testers, compression testers, durometers,
elasticity testers; dimensional
gauges, other laboratory and testing
equipment

WSF Industries, Inc.
John L. Hettrick, Jr.
P.O. Box 400
Kenmore Branch
Buffalo, NY 14217
Phone: [phone]
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.wsf-inc.com
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Autoclaves, process
simulators

Yxlon International
Rita Pontefract, Mktg. Specialist
3400 Gilchrist Rd.
Akron, OH 44260-1221
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.yxlon.com
Instrumentation: Image analysis
equipment, tire x-ray inspection systems
Services offered: Technical service,
training and software programs

Carl Zeiss, Inc., Microscope Div.
1 Zeiss Dr.
Thornwood, NY 10594
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Instrumentation: Microscopes to
examine surface characteristics;
image analysis equipment
Services offered: Technical service,
training, software programs

Zumbach Electronics Corp.
Ernest Henzi
140 Kisco Ave.
Mount Kisco, NY 10549-1412
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.zumbach.com
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Non-contact diameter
gauges, ultrasonic and eddy current
based wall thickness monitoring/
control systems for hose, cable jackets,
tubes and pipes; bench top diameter
measuring instruments for QC;
non-contact sheet thickness gauges;
OD/ID/wall monitoring and control systems
with color display, optical
lump/neckdown detector, spark
testers for cables, inductive wire preheaters;
SQC/SPC data acquisition
reporting and logging systems, plus
PC link networking software

Zwick USA
Bob Donohue, Mktg. Dir.
1620 Cobb International Blvd.
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.zwick.com
Email: [e-mail]
Instrumentation: Materials testing
instruments and equipment for measuring
tensile, shear, compression,
hardness, rebound, abrasion and rheological
properties

The following grid lists the types of
instrumentation and test equipment
offered by suppliers. Equipment for
testing rubber vulcanizates has been
broken down into stress/strain tests;
time-dependent tests; destructive
tests; durability and electrical properties.
Instruments and test equipment
for the chemical analysis of raw
materials, vulcanized and unvulcanized
rubber included spectroscopy;
chromatography; thermal analysis;
and microscopy.

                                                              Akron
                                                              Special
                                       Acrolab   Aeroglide   Machinery,
                                        Ltd.       Corp.        Inc.

Instrumentation/equipment
for the testing of rubber
vulcanizates

Durability       Permeability                                    *
                 Fluid resistance
                 Heat resistance
                   (static)

Destructive      Heat build-up
tests            Fatigue                                         *
                 Abrasion
                 Crack & cut growth

Time-dependent   Dynamic/
tests              thermomechanical
                 Rebound &
                   resilience
                 Creep & stress
                   relaxation
                 Set

Stress/strain    Adhesion
tests            Hardness
                 Tear
                 Tensile

Physical testing of rubber

Microscopes
Dimensions
Raw materials, vulcanized &
  unvulcanized rubber testing                        *
Processability testing                    *          *

Electrical       Dissipation factor
properties       Dielectric strength
                 Dielectric constant

Durability       Brittleness
                 Weathering
                   resistance
                 Ozone resistance

                                         Akron
                                       Standard,    Alpha      Altman
                                        an ITW     Techno-    Manufac-
                                        Company    logies    turing Co.

Instrumentation/equipment
for the testing of rubber
vulcanizates

Durability       Permeability
                 Fluid resistance
                 Heat resistance
                   (static)

Destructive      Heat build-up
tests            Fatigue                   *          *
                 Abrasion
                 Crack & cut growth

Time-dependent   Dynamic/
tests              thermomechanical
                 Rebound &
                   resilience
                 Creep & stress
                   relaxation
                 Set

Stress/strain    Adhesion
tests            Hardness
                 Tear                                            *
                 Tensile                              *          *

Physical testing of rubber

Microscopes                                                      *
Dimensions
Raw materials, vulcanized &
  unvulcanized rubber testing
Processability testing                                *          *

Electrical       Dissipation factor
properties       Dielectric strength
                 Dielectric constant

Durability       Brittleness
                 Weathering
                   resistance
                 Ozone resistance

                                                   Ameteck
                                                  PMT, U.S.
                                         B.C.       Gauge      Ametek
                                       Ames Co.     Div.      Chatillon

Instrumentation/equipment
for the testing of rubber
vulcanizates

Durability       Permeability
                 Fluid resistance
                 Heat resistance
                   (static)

Destructive      Heat build-up
tests            Fatigue
                 Abrasion
                 Crack & cut growth

Time-dependent   Dynamic/
tests              thermomechanical
                 Rebound &
                   resilience
                 Creep & stress
                   relaxation
                 Set

Stress/strain    Adhesion
tests            Hardness
                 Tear
                 Tensile                                          *

Physical testing of rubber

Microscopes
Dimensions                                *
Raw materials, vulcanized &
  unvulcanized rubber testing
Processability testing                                *

Electrical       Dissipation factor
properties       Dielectric strength
                 Dielectric constant

Durability       Brittleness
                 Weathering
                   resistance
                 Ozone resistance

                                       Leverett   Applied
                                          A.        Test
                                       Anderson   Systems,    Asylum
                                         Co.        Inc.     Research

Instrumentation/equipment
for the testing of rubber
vulcanizates

Durability       Permeability
                 Fluid resistance
                 Heat resistance
                   (static)                          *

Destructive      Heat build-up
tests            Fatigue                  *          *
                 Abrasion
                 Crack & cut growth       *

Time-dependent   Dynamic/
tests              thermomechanical
                 Rebound &
                   resilience             *
                 Creep & stress
                   relaxation             *          *
                 Set                      *

Stress/strain    Adhesion                            *
tests            Hardness                 *
                 Tear
                 Tensile                             *

Physical testing of rubber

Microscopes                                                     *
Dimensions
Raw materials, vulcanized &
  unvulcanized rubber testing
Processability testing

Electrical       Dissipation factor
properties       Dielectric strength
                 Dielectric constant

Durability       Brittleness                         *
                 Weathering
                   resistance
                 Ozone resistance         *

                                         Atlas
                                        Material     Auto-
                                        Testing      mated     Automa-
                                       Technology   Control     tion
                                          LLC       Systems   Products

Instrumentation/equipment
for the testing of rubber
vulcanizates

Durability       Permeability
                 Fluid resistance
                 Heat resistance
                   (static)

Destructive      Heat build-up
tests            Fatigue                               *
                 Abrasion
                 Crack & cut growth

Time-dependent   Dynamic/
tests              thermomechanical                    *
                 Rebound &
                   resilience
                 Creep & stress
                   relaxation
                 Set

Stress/strain    Adhesion
tests            Hardness
                 Tear
                 Tensile

Physical testing of rubber

Microscopes
Dimensions
Raw materials, vulcanized &
  unvulcanized rubber testing                                    *
Processability testing                                           *

Electrical       Dissipation factor
properties       Dielectric strength
                 Dielectric constant

Durability       Brittleness
                 Weathering
                   resistance              *           *
                 Ozone resistance

                                          Basler
                                          Vision      Bayco   E.H. Benz
                                       Technologies   Ovens   Co., Inc.

Instrumentation/equipment
for the testing of rubber
vulcanizates

Durability       Permeability                                     *
                 Fluid resistance                                 *
                 Heat resistance
                   (static)                             *         *

Destructive      Heat build-up                          *         *
tests            Fatigue                                          *
                 Abrasion                                         *
                 Crack & cut growth         *                     *

Time-dependent   Dynamic/
tests              thermomechanical                               *
                 Rebound &
                   resilience                                     *
                 Creep & stress
                   relaxation                                     *
                 Set                                              *

Stress/strain    Adhesion                                         *
tests            Hardness                                         *
                 Tear                       *                     *
                 Tensile                                          *

Physical testing of rubber

Microscopes
Dimensions
Raw materials, vulcanized &
  unvulcanized rubber testing                                     *
Processability testing                      *                     *

Electrical       Dissipation factor
properties       Dielectric strength
                 Dielectric constant

Durability       Brittleness                            *         *
                 Weathering
                   resistance                                     *
                 Ozone resistance                                 *

                                                   Bohlin
                                         Beta      Instru-     C.W.
                                       LaserMike    ments    Brabender

Instrumentation/equipment
for the testing of rubber
vulcanizates

Durability       Permeability
                 Fluid resistance
                 Heat resistance
                   (static)

Destructive      Heat build-up
tests            Fatigue
                 Abrasion
                 Crack & cut growth

Time-dependent   Dynamic/
tests              thermomechanical                   *
                 Rebound &
                   resilience
                 Creep & stress
                   relaxation
                 Set

Stress/strain    Adhesion
tests            Hardness
                 Tear
                 Tensile

Physical testing of rubber

Microscopes
Dimensions                                 *
Raw materials, vulcanized &
  unvulcanized rubber testing
Processability testing                                *          *

Electrical       Dissipation factor
properties       Dielectric strength
                 Dielectric constant

Durability       Brittleness
                 Weathering
                   resistance
                 Ozone resistance

                                       Bytewise               CCS -
                                       Measure-             Corporate
                                         ment     Carver,   Consulting
                                       Systems     Inc.      Services

Instrumentation/equipment
for the testing of rubber
vulcanizates

Durability       Permeability
                 Fluid resistance
                 Heat resistance
                   (static)                                     *

Destructive      Heat build-up
tests            Fatigue                                        *
                 Abrasion                                       *
                 Crack & cut growth                             *

Time-dependent   Dynamic/
tests              thermomechanical                             *
                 Rebound &
                   resilience                                   *
                 Creep & stress
                   relaxation                                   *
                 Set

Stress/strain    Adhesion                                       *
tests            Hardness                                       *
                 Tear                                           *
                 Tensile                                        *

Physical testing of rubber

Microscopes
Dimensions                                *
Raw materials, vulcanized &
  unvulcanized rubber testing                                   *
Processability testing                               *          *

Electrical       Dissipation factor
properties       Dielectric strength
                 Dielectric constant

Durability       Brittleness                                    *
                 Weathering
                   resistance                                   *
                 Ozone resistance                               *

                                           CDS        Cober      Coram
                                       Analytical,   Electro-   Instru-
                                          Inc.         nics      ments

Instrumentation/equipment
for the testing of rubber
vulcanizates

Durability       Permeability
                 Fluid resistance
                 Heat resistance
                   (static)

Destructive      Heat build-up
tests            Fatigue
                 Abrasion                                          *
                 Crack & cut growth

Time-dependent   Dynamic/
tests              thermomechanical
                 Rebound &
                   resilience                                      *
                 Creep & stress
                   relaxation
                 Set

Stress/strain    Adhesion
tests            Hardness                                          *
                 Tear
                 Tensile

Physical testing of rubber

Microscopes
Dimensions
Raw materials, vulcanized &
  unvulcanized rubber testing               *           *
Processability testing                                  *

Electrical       Dissipation factor
properties       Dielectric strength
                 Dielectric constant

Durability       Brittleness
                 Weathering
                   resistance
                 Ozone resistance                       *          *

                                                   Dek-Tron     Dewes
                                       Dau Chau   Scientific    Gumbs
                                        Enter-     Instru-      Die &
                                        prises      ments      Presses

Instrumentation/equipment
for the testing of rubber
vulcanizates

Durability       Permeability                         *
                 Fluid resistance         *
                 Heat resistance
                   (static)

Destructive      Heat build-up
tests            Fatigue                  *                       *
                 Abrasion                 *           *           *
                 Crack & cut growth                   *           *

Time-dependent   Dynamic/
tests              thermomechanical
                 Rebound &
                   resilience                         *
                 Creep & stress
                   relaxation                         *
                 Set                                  *

Stress/strain    Adhesion                             *
tests            Hardness
                 Tear                     *                       *
                 Tensile                  *           *           *

Physical testing of rubber

Microscopes
Dimensions
Raw materials, vulcanized &
  unvulcanized rubber testing
Processability testing                    *

Electrical       Dissipation factor
properties       Dielectric strength
                 Dielectric constant

Durability       Brittleness              *
                 Weathering
                   resistance
                 Ozone resistance

                                       Digital              Electronic
                                       Instru-    Dillon    Development
                                        ments    Quantrol      Labs

Instrumentation/equipment
for the testing of rubber
vulcanizates

Durability       Permeability                       *
                 Fluid resistance
                 Heat resistance
                   (static)

Destructive      Heat build-up
tests            Fatigue                            *
                 Abrasion
                 Crack & cut growth

Time-dependent   Dynamic/
tests              thermomechanical
                 Rebound &
                   resilience
                 Creep & stress
                   relaxation                       *
                 Set

Stress/strain    Adhesion                           *
tests            Hardness
                 Tear                               *
                 Tensile                            *

Physical testing of rubber

Microscopes                               *
Dimensions
Raw materials, vulcanized &
  unvulcanized rubber testing
Processability testing                                           *

Electrical       Dissipation factor
properties       Dielectric strength
                 Dielectric constant

Durability       Brittleness                        *
                 Weathering
                   resistance
                 Ozone resistance

                                                    Ferry       FMC
                                        Emerson     Indus-   Corporate
                                       Apparatus,   tries    Technology
                                          Inc.       Inc.      Center

Instrumentation/equipment
for the testing of rubber
vulcanizates

Durability       Permeability
                 Fluid resistance
                 Heat resistance
                   (static)

Destructive      Heat build-up
tests            Fatigue                   *          *
                 Abrasion                             *
                 Crack & cut growth

Time-dependent   Dynamic/
tests              thermomechanical
                 Rebound &
                   resilience
                 Creep & stress
                   relaxation
                 Set

Stress/strain    Adhesion
tests            Hardness
                 Tear
                 Tensile

Physical testing of rubber

Microscopes
Dimensions
Raw materials, vulcanized &
  unvulcanized rubber testing                                    *
Processability testing

Electrical       Dissipation factor
properties       Dielectric strength
                 Dielectric constant

Durability       Brittleness
                 Weathering
                   resistance
                 Ozone resistance

                                          Forte                Gearhart
                                       Technology,   Freeman   Machine
                                          Inc.       Company   Company

Instrumentation/equipment
for the testing of rubber
vulcanizates

Durability       Permeability
                 Fluid resistance
                 Heat resistance
                   (static)

Destructive      Heat build-up
tests            Fatigue
                 Abrasion
                 Crack & cut growth

Time-dependent   Dynamic/
tests              thermomechanical
                 Rebound &
                   resilience
                 Creep & stress
                   relaxation
                 Set

Stress/strain    Adhesion
tests            Hardness
                 Tear                       *           *        *
                 Tensile                    *                    *

Physical testing of rubber

Microscopes
Dimensions
Raw materials, vulcanized &
  unvulcanized rubber testing
Processability testing                      *

Electrical       Dissipation factor
properties       Dielectric strength
                 Dielectric constant

Durability       Brittleness
                 Weathering
                   resistance
                 Ozone resistance

                                                   Grecon,   Gruenberg
                                       Goettlert    Inc.     Oven Co.

Instrumentation/equipment
for the testing of rubber
vulcanizates

Durability       Permeability
                 Fluid resistance
                 Heat resistance
                   (static)

Destructive      Heat build-up
tests            Fatigue
                 Abrasion
                 Crack & cut growth

Time-dependent   Dynamic/
tests              thermomechanical
                 Rebound &
                   resilience
                 Creep & stress
                   relaxation
                 Set

Stress/strain    Adhesion
tests            Hardness
                 Tear                                 *          *
                 Tensile                              *          *

Physical testing of rubber

Microscopes
Dimensions
Raw materials, vulcanized &
  unvulcanized rubber testing              *
Processability testing                     *

Electrical       Dissipation factor
properties       Dielectric strength
                 Dielectric constant

Durability       Brittleness
                 Weathering
                   resistance
                 Ozone resistance

                                        Hampden
                                         Test        Harris
                                       Equipment   Instrument   Hotpack
                                         Ltd.        Corp.       Corp.

Instrumentation/equipment
for the testing of rubber
vulcanizates

Durability       Permeability                                      *
                 Fluid resistance
                 Heat resistance
                   (static)

Destructive      Heat build-up
tests            Fatigue
                 Abrasion                  *
                 Crack & cut growth

Time-dependent   Dynamic/
tests              thermomechanical
                 Rebound &
                   resilience              *
                 Creep & stress
                   relaxation
                 Set

Stress/strain    Adhesion
tests            Hardness                  *
                 Tear
                 Tensile

Physical testing of rubber

Microscopes
Dimensions                                             *
Raw materials, vulcanized &
  unvulcanized rubber testing              *
Processability testing                                             *

Electrical       Dissipation factor
properties       Dielectric strength
                 Dielectric constant

Durability       Brittleness
                 Weathering
                   resistance                                      *
                 Ozone resistance          *

                                       Imass, Inc.   Impakt   Indusco

Instrumentation/equipment
for the testing of rubber
vulcanizates

Durability       Permeability
                 Fluid resistance
                 Heat resistance
                   (static)

Destructive      Heat build-up
tests            Fatigue                               *
                 Abrasion                              *
                 Crack & cut growth

Time-dependent   Dynamic/
tests              thermomechanical         *
                 Rebound &
                   resilience
                 Creep & stress
                   relaxation
                 Set

Stress/strain    Adhesion                   *          *
tests            Hardness                              *
                 Tear                                  *
                 Tensile                               *

Physical testing of rubber

Microscopes
Dimensions                                             *
Raw materials, vulcanized &
  unvulcanized rubber testing                                    *
Processability testing                                 *

Electrical       Dissipation factor         *
properties       Dielectric strength        *
                 Dielectric constant        *

Durability       Brittleness
                 Weathering
                   resistance
                 Ozone resistance

                                                       J&L
                                                      Tool &
                                         Instron     Machine,   Karder
                                       Corporation     Inc.     Rubber

Instrumentation/equipment
for the testing of rubber
vulcanizates

Durability       Permeability
                 Fluid resistance
                 Heat resistance
                   (static)

Destructive      Heat build-up
tests            Fatigue                    *
                 Abrasion
                 Crack & cut growth         *

Time-dependent   Dynamic/
tests              thermomechanical         *           *
                 Rebound &
                   resilience
                 Creep & stress
                   relaxation               *
                 Set                        *

Stress/strain    Adhesion                   *
tests            Hardness                   *           *
                 Tear                       *
                 Tensile                    *                     *

Physical testing of rubber

Microscopes
Dimensions                                              *
Raw materials, vulcanized &
  unvulcanized rubber testing               *
Processability testing

Electrical       Dissipation factor
properties       Dielectric strength
                 Dielectric constant

Durability       Brittleness
                 Weathering
                   resistance
                 Ozone resistance

                                        Kemco
                                       Instru-       Leco        LMI
                                       ment Co.   Corporation   Selcom

Instrumentation/equipment
for the testing of rubber
vulcanizates

Durability       Permeability
                 Fluid resistance
                 Heat resistance
                   (static)

Destructive      Heat build-up
tests            Fatigue
                 Abrasion
                 Crack & cut growth

Time-dependent   Dynamic/
tests              thermomechanical
                 Rebound &
                   resilience
                 Creep & stress
                   relaxation
                 Set

Stress/strain    Adhesion                 *
tests            Hardness                 *
                 Tear
                 Tensile

Physical testing of rubber

Microscopes                                            *
Dimensions                                                        *
Raw materials, vulcanized &
  unvulcanized rubber testing                                     *
Processability testing

Electrical       Dissipation factor
properties       Dielectric strength
                 Dielectric constant

Durability       Brittleness
                 Weathering
                   resistance
                 Ozone resistance

                                       Manufac-
                                        turers     Mast/
                                       Supplies   Keystone   Micro-Vu
                                         Co.
Instrumentation/equipment
for the testing of rubber
vulcanizates

Durability       Permeability
                 Fluid resistance
                 Heat resistance
                   (static)

Destructive      Heat build-up
tests            Fatigue                  *
                 Abrasion                 *
                 Crack & cut growth

Time-dependent   Dynamic/
tests              thermomechanical
                 Rebound &
                   resilience
                 Creep & stress
                   relaxation
                 Set

Stress/strain    Adhesion
tests            Hardness
                 Tear
                 Tensile                  *

Physical testing of rubber

Microscopes                                                     *
Dimensions                                                      *
Raw materials, vulcanized &
  unvulcanized rubber testing             *
Processability testing

Electrical       Dissipation factor
properties       Dielectric strength
                 Dielectric constant

Durability       Brittleness
                 Weathering
                   resistance
                 Ozone resistance                    *

                                                      MTI       MTS
                                          MKB       Instru-   Systems
                                       Industries    ments     Corp.

Instrumentation/equipment
for the testing of rubber
vulcanizates

Durability       Permeability
                 Fluid resistance                                *
                 Heat resistance
                   (static)                                      *

Destructive      Heat build-up                                   *
tests            Fatigue                                         *
                 Abrasion                                        *
                 Crack & cut growth                              *

Time-dependent   Dynamic/
tests              thermomechanical                    *         *
                 Rebound &
                   resilience                                    *
                 Creep & stress
                   relaxation                          *         *
                 Set                                             *

Stress/strain    Adhesion                                        *
tests            Hardness                                        *
                 Tear                                            *
                 Tensile                               *         *

Physical testing of rubber

Microscopes
Dimensions
Raw materials, vulcanized &
  unvulcanized rubber testing              *           *
Processability testing                                 *

Electrical       Dissipation factor
properties       Dielectric strength
                 Dielectric constant

Durability       Brittleness
                 Weathering
                   resistance
                 Ozone resistance

                                                    NewAge
                                         NDC        Testing     New Era
                                       Infrared   Instruments   Die Co.

Instrumentation/equipment
for the testing of rubber
vulcanizates

Durability       Permeability
                 Fluid resistance
                 Heat resistance
                   (static)

Destructive      Heat build-up
tests            Fatigue                                           *
                 Abrasion
                 Crack & cut growth

Time-dependent   Dynamic/
tests              thermomechanical
                 Rebound &
                   resilience
                 Creep & stress
                   relaxation
                 Set

Stress/strain    Adhesion
tests            Hardness                              *
                 Tear                                              *
                 Tensile                                           *

Physical testing of rubber

Microscopes
Dimensions
Raw materials, vulcanized &
  unvulcanized rubber testing
Processability testing                    *

Electrical       Dissipation factor
properties       Dielectric strength
                 Dielectric constant

Durability       Brittleness
                 Weathering
                   resistance
                 Ozone resistance

                                                                Orec
                                                                Ozone
                                       Nikon Inc.,   Ontario   Chambers
                                       Instrument      Die       and
                                          Group      Company   Monitors

Instrumentation/equipment
for the testing of rubber
vulcanizates

Durability       Permeability
                 Fluid resistance
                 Heat resistance
                   (static)

Destructive      Heat build-up
tests            Fatigue
                 Abrasion
                 Crack & cut growth

Time-dependent   Dynamic/
tests              thermomechanical
                 Rebound &
                   resilience
                 Creep & stress
                   relaxation
                 Set

Stress/strain    Adhesion
tests            Hardness
                 Tear                                   *
                 Tensile                                *         *

Physical testing of rubber

Microscopes
Dimensions
Raw materials, vulcanized &
  unvulcanized rubber testing               *                     *
Processability testing

Electrical       Dissipation factor
properties       Dielectric strength
                 Dielectric constant

Durability       Brittleness
                 Weathering
                   resistance
                 Ozone resistance                                 *

                                       Oxford     Pacific
                                       Instru-   Transducer   Perkin-
                                        ments      Corp.       Elmer

Instrumentation/equipment
for the testing of rubber
vulcanizates

Durability       Permeability
                 Fluid resistance
                 Heat resistance
                   (static)

Destructive      Heat build-up
tests            Fatigue
                 Abrasion
                 Crack & cut growth

Time-dependent   Dynamic/
tests              thermomechanical
                 Rebound &
                   resilience
                 Creep & stress
                   relaxation
                 Set

Stress/strain    Adhesion
tests            Hardness                            *
                 Tear
                 Tensile

Physical testing of rubber

Microscopes
Dimensions
Raw materials, vulcanized &
  unvulcanized rubber testing             *                      *
Processability testing

Electrical       Dissipation factor
properties       Dielectric strength
                 Dielectric constant

Durability       Brittleness
                 Weathering
                   resistance
                 Ozone resistance

                                       Piedmont      PLV
                                        Polymer    Systems   Q-Panel
                                       Equipment    Inc.       Co.

Instrumentation/equipment
for the testing of rubber
vulcanizates

Durability       Permeability
                 Fluid resistance
                 Heat resistance
                   (static)

Destructive      Heat build-up
tests            Fatigue                   *
                 Abrasion
                 Crack & cut growth

Time-dependent   Dynamic/
tests              thermomechanical
                 Rebound &
                   resilience
                 Creep & stress
                   relaxation
                 Set

Stress/strain    Adhesion
tests            Hardness
                 Tear
                 Tensile                   *

Physical testing of rubber

Microscopes                                           *
Dimensions                                            *
Raw materials, vulcanized &
  unvulcanized rubber testing
Processability testing                     *

Electrical       Dissipation factor
properties       Dielectric strength
                 Dielectric constant

Durability       Brittleness
                 Weathering
                   resistance                                   *
                 Ozone resistance          *

                                                 Frank        Rex
                                                Randall      Gauge
                                       Quest   Co., Inc.   Co., Inc.

Instrumentation/equipment
for the testing of rubber
vulcanizates

Durability       Permeability
                 Fluid resistance
                 Heat resistance
                   (static)

Destructive      Heat build-up
tests            Fatigue
                 Abrasion
                 Crack & cut growth

Time-dependent   Dynamic/
tests              thermomechanical
                 Rebound &
                   resilience
                 Creep & stress
                   relaxation
                 Set

Stress/strain    Adhesion
tests            Hardness                                      *
                 Tear
                 Tensile

Physical testing of rubber

Microscopes
Dimensions                               *         *
Raw materials, vulcanized &
  unvulcanized rubber testing
Processability testing

Electrical       Dissipation factor
properties       Dielectric strength
                 Dielectric constant

Durability       Brittleness
                 Weathering
                   resistance
                 Ozone resistance

                                       Rheome-
                                        tric       Rubber      Satec
                                       Scien-     Molding     Systems,
                                        tific    Technology     Inc.

Instrumentation/equipment
for the testing of rubber
vulcanizates

Durability       Permeability
                 Fluid resistance
                 Heat resistance
                   (static)

Destructive      Heat build-up
tests            Fatigue                                         *
                 Abrasion
                 Crack & cut growth

Time-dependent   Dynamic/
tests              thermomechanical       *
                 Rebound &
                   resilience
                 Creep & stress
                   relaxation             *                      *
                 Set

Stress/strain    Adhesion
tests            Hardness
                 Tear                                            *
                 Tensile                  *                      *

Physical testing of rubber

Microscopes
Dimensions
Raw materials, vulcanized &
  unvulcanized rubber testing             *
Processability testing                               *

Electrical       Dissipation factor
properties       Dielectric strength
                 Dielectric constant      *

Durability       Brittleness
                 Weathering
                   resistance
                 Ozone resistance

                                                              Schenck
                                        Scanco     ScanTech   Pegasus
                                       USA, Inc.    Corp.      Corp.

Instrumentation/equipment
for the testing of rubber
vulcanizates

Durability       Permeability
                 Fluid resistance
                 Heat resistance
                   (static)

Destructive      Heat build-up
tests            Fatigue                   *
                 Abrasion
                 Crack & cut growth

Time-dependent   Dynamic/
tests              thermomechanical
                 Rebound &
                   resilience                                    *
                 Creep & stress
                   relaxation
                 Set

Stress/strain    Adhesion
tests            Hardness
                 Tear
                 Tensile

Physical testing of rubber

Microscopes                                *
Dimensions
Raw materials, vulcanized &
  unvulcanized rubber testing
Processability testing

Electrical       Dissipation factor
properties       Dielectric strength
                 Dielectric constant

Durability       Brittleness
                 Weathering
                   resistance                         *
                 Ozone resistance

                                       Signature   Systro-     TA
                                        Control     nics,    Instru-
                                        Systems     Inc.      ments

Instrumentation/equipment
for the testing of rubber
vulcanizates

Durability       Permeability
                 Fluid resistance
                 Heat resistance
                   (static)

Destructive      Heat build-up                                  *
tests            Fatigue
                 Abrasion
                 Crack & cut growth

Time-dependent   Dynamic/
tests              thermomechanical                             *
                 Rebound &
                   resilience                                   *
                 Creep & stress
                   relaxation                                   *
                 Set

Stress/strain    Adhesion                                       *
tests            Hardness
                 Tear
                 Tensile                                        *

Physical testing of rubber

Microscopes
Dimensions                                                      *
Raw materials, vulcanized &
  unvulcanized rubber testing                                   *
Processability testing                     *          *         *

Electrical       Dissipation factor        *                    *
properties       Dielectric strength       *
                 Dielectric constant       *                    *

Durability       Brittleness
                 Weathering
                   resistance
                 Ozone resistance

                                       Tavdi
                                       Co.,       Tech        Tenney
                                       Inc.     Pro, Inc.   Engineering

Instrumentation/equipment
for the testing of rubber
vulcanizates

Durability       Permeability
                 Fluid resistance
                 Heat resistance
                   (static)                                      *

Destructive      Heat build-up                      *
tests            Fatigue
                 Abrasion
                 Crack & cut growth                 *

Time-dependent   Dynamic/
tests              thermomechanical      *
                 Rebound &
                   resilience            *
                 Creep & stress
                   relaxation            *
                 Set                     *

Stress/strain    Adhesion                           *
tests            Hardness                           *
                 Tear                               *
                 Tensile                            *

Physical testing of rubber

Microscopes                                         *
Dimensions
Raw materials, vulcanized &
  unvulcanized rubber testing                       *
Processability testing                              *

Electrical       Dissipation factor
properties       Dielectric strength
                 Dielectric constant

Durability       Brittleness
                 Weathering
                   resistance                                    *
                 Ozone resistance

                                       Testing    Thermo-   TSI Incor-
                                       Machines    Haake     porated

Instrumentation/equipment
for the testing of rubber
vulcanizates

Durability       Permeability             *
                 Fluid resistance
                 Heat resistance
                   (static)

Destructive      Heat build-up
tests            Fatigue                  *
                 Abrasion                 *
                 Crack & cut growth       *

Time-dependent   Dynamic/
tests              thermomechanical                  *
                 Rebound &
                   resilience
                 Creep & stress
                   relaxation                        *
                 Set

Stress/strain    Adhesion                 *
tests            Hardness
                 Tear                     *
                 Tensile                  *

Physical testing of rubber

Microscopes
Dimensions                                *
Raw materials, vulcanized &               *
  unvulcanized rubber testing                        *
Processability testing                               *

Electrical       Dissipation factor
properties       Dielectric strength
                 Dielectric constant

Durability       Brittleness              *
                 Weathering
                   resistance
                 Ozone resistance

                                        Thwing-      Tinius
                                         Albert      Olsen     Ultra-
                                       Instrument   Testing    sonic
                                          Co.       Machines   Arrays

Instrumentation/equipment
for the testing of rubber
vulcanizates

Durability       Permeability              *
                 Fluid resistance
                 Heat resistance
                   (static)

Destructive      Heat build-up
tests            Fatigue
                 Abrasion
                 Crack & cut growth

Time-dependent   Dynamic/
tests              thermomechanical
                 Rebound &
                   resilience              *
                 Creep & stress
                   relaxation              *           *
                 Set                                   *

Stress/strain    Adhesion                  *           *
tests            Hardness
                 Tear                      *           *         *
                 Tensile                   *           *         *

Physical testing of rubber

Microscopes
Dimensions
Raw materials, vulcanized &
  unvulcanized rubber testing
Processability testing

Electrical       Dissipation factor
properties       Dielectric strength
                 Dielectric constant

Durability       Brittleness                           *
                 Weathering
                   resistance
                 Ozone resistance

                                        United     United
                                       Calibra-   Testing
                                         tion     Systems,     VMI
                                        Corp.       Inc.     Americas

Instrumentation/equipment
for the testing of rubber
vulcanizates

Durability       Permeability
                 Fluid resistance
                 Heat resistance
                   (static)

Destructive      Heat build-up
tests            Fatigue                  *          *
                 Abrasion                                       *
                 Crack & cut growth

Time-dependent   Dynamic/
tests              thermomechanical
                 Rebound &
                   resilience
                 Creep & stress
                   relaxation
                 Set

Stress/strain    Adhesion                 *
tests            Hardness
                 Tear                     *          *
                 Tensile                  *          *

Physical testing of rubber

Microscopes
Dimensions
Raw materials, vulcanized &
  unvulcanized rubber testing
Processability testing

Electrical       Dissipation factor
properties       Dielectric strength
                 Dielectric constant

Durability       Brittleness
                 Weathering
                   resistance
                 Ozone resistance

                                       Wabash    H.W.     Williamson
                                        MPI     Wallace     Corp.

Instrumentation/equipment
for the testing of rubber
vulcanizates

Durability       Permeability
                 Fluid resistance
                 Heat resistance
                   (static)

Destructive      Heat build-up
tests            Fatigue                           *
                 Abrasion                          *
                 Crack & cut growth                *

Time-dependent   Dynamic/
tests              thermomechanical
                 Rebound &
                   resilience                      *
                 Creep & stress
                   relaxation                      *
                 Set                               *

Stress/strain    Adhesion
tests            Hardness                          *
                 Tear
                 Tensile

Physical testing of rubber

Microscopes
Dimensions
Raw materials, vulcanized &
  unvulcanized rubber testing
Processability testing                   *         *          *

Electrical       Dissipation factor
properties       Dielectric strength
                 Dielectric constant

Durability       Brittleness
                 Weathering
                   resistance
                 Ozone resistance

                                       Willrich      Wilson       Carl
                                       Precision      Shore      Zeiss,
                                       Inst. Co.   Instruments    Inc.

Instrumentation/equipment
for the testing of rubber
vulcanizates

Durability       Permeability
                 Fluid resistance
                 Heat resistance
                   (static)

Destructive      Heat build-up
tests            Fatigue                   *
                 Abrasion                  *
                 Crack & cut growth

Time-dependent   Dynamic/
tests              thermomechanical
                 Rebound &
                   resilience                           *
                 Creep & stress
                   relaxation              *
                 Set

Stress/strain    Adhesion                  *
tests            Hardness                  *            *
                 Tear                      *
                 Tensile                   *

Physical testing of rubber

Microscopes                                *                       *
Dimensions                                 *
Raw materials, vulcanized &
  unvulcanized rubber testing
Processability testing

Electrical       Dissipation factor
properties       Dielectric strength
                 Dielectric constant

Durability       Brittleness
                 Weathering
                   resistance
                 Ozone resistance

                                       Zwick USA   Zumbach

Instrumentation/equipment
for the testing of rubber
vulcanizates

Durability       Permeability
                 Fluid resistance
                 Heat resistance
                   (static)

Destructive      Heat build-up
tests            Fatigue
                 Abrasion                  *
                 Crack & cut growth

Time-dependent   Dynamic/
tests              thermomechanical
                 Rebound &
                   resilience
                 Creep & stress
                   relaxation
                 Set

Stress/strain    Adhesion
tests            Hardness                  *
                 Tear
                 Tensile                   *

Physical testing of rubber

Microscopes
Dimensions
Raw materials, vulcanized &
  unvulcanized rubber testing                         *
Processability testing                                *

Electrical       Dissipation factor
properties       Dielectric strength
                 Dielectric constant

Durability       Brittleness
                 Weathering
                   resistance
                 Ozone resistance