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: (800) 265-9542 Fax: (800) 465-9674 Instrumentation: Heat transfer technology Adamel Lhomargy SAS (1) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world's largest privately held software companies. See SAS System. Pierre Bobin, sales office manager Z.A. de l'Habitat, Batiment 6 Route d'Ozoir 77680 Roissy en Brie France Phone: (33) 1-64409210 Fax: (33) 1-64409211 Website: www.testingmachines.com Email: adamellhomargy@testingmachines.com Instrumentation: Physical testers Services offered: Technical service, training Aeroglide Corp. Andy Britt britt n. Variant of brit. Noun 1. britt - the young of a herring or sprat or similar fish brit young fish - a fish that is young 2. Box 29505 Raleigh, NC 27626-0505 Phone: (919) 851-2000 Fax: (919) 851-6029 Website: www.aeroglide.com Email: sales@aeroglide.com Instrumentation: Processability testing Akron Standard, an ITW ITW In The Wild (informatics, antivirus research) ITW Information Theory Workshop (IEEE) ITW Into Thy Word (religion) ITW Into the Woods Company L.A. Stang, GM, spec. machinery 1624 Englewood Ave. Akron, OH 44305 Phone: (330) 784-1251 Instrumentation: Tire uniformity Tire Uniformity refers to the dynamic mechanical properties of pneumatic tires as strictly defined by a set of measurement standards and test conditions accepted by global tire and car makers. equipment, non-contact runout run·out n. 1. The act or an instance of fleeing so as to evade undesirable consequences. 2. The area where one curved surface merges with another: a snowy runout at the bottom of the ski slope. and bulge/ depression measuring devices This is an incomplete list of measuring devices. word Measures accelerometer acceleration actinometer heating power of sunlight alcoholometer alcoholic strength of liquids altimeter altitude ammeter electric current, amperage , tire endurance testing endurance test n → prueba de resistencia endurance test n → test m d'endurance endurance test endurance n , wheel uniformity machines Services offered: Technical service, training Alpha Technologies Tom Mlinar 2689 Wingate Ave. Akron, OH 44314 Phone: (330) 745-1641 Phone: (800) 356-9886 Fax: (330) 848-7326 Website: www.alpha-technologies.com Email: sales@alpha-technologies.com Instrumentation: Complete line of single sample, semi-automated and automated variable frequency processability instruments (RPA RPA Remote Patron Authentication RPA Rural Payments Agency (UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) RPA Replication Protein A RPA RNAse Protection Assay RPA Regional Plan Association RPA Random-Phase Approximation , PPA PPA 1. Palpation, Percussion & Ausculation 2. Pittsburgh pneumonia agent 3. Postpartum amenorrhea 4. Price per accession 5. Pure pulmonary atresia , APA (All Points Addressable) Refers to an array (bitmapped screen, matrix, etc.) in which all bits or cells can be individually manipulated. APA - Application Portability Architecture ) and curemeters (MDR MDR, n See multidrug resistance. MDR, n the abbreviation for minimum daily requirement, specifically the Minimum Daily Requirements for Specific Nutrients compiled by the United States Food and Drug Administration. 2000, production MDR, MiniTester), Mooney viscometers (MV2000 and variable speed MV2000), and universal testers (T2000, T10K), data acquisition Eclipse laboratory information management system software (Eclipse Standard 32 and Eclipse Aurora) Services offered: A2LA A2LA American Association for Laboratory Accreditation installation, training, calibration and preventive maintenance The routine checking of hardware that is performed by a field engineer on a regularly scheduled basis. See remedial maintenance. preventive maintenance - (PM) To bring down a machine for inspection or test purposes. See provocative maintenance, scratch monkey. programs (CPMP CPMP Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products CPMP Core-Plus Mathematics Project CPMP Crew Procedures Management Plan (NASA) CPMP Canadian Project Management Professional CPMP Corporate Planning and Management Practices ) for a wide range of instruments and equipment, AlphaCare verification services, TeleSupport, applications, production and materials engineering support (APM (Advanced Power Management) A programming interface (API) from Intel and Microsoft for battery-powered computers that lets programs communicate power requirements to slow down and speed up components. See ACPI. APM - Advanced Power Management ) on-site, six sigma Not to be confused with Sigma 6. Six Sigma is a set of practices originally developed by Motorola to systematically improve processes by eliminating defects.[1] A defect is defined as nonconformity of a product or service to its specifications. project support, materials engineering seminars (see ad on page 43) Altman Manufacturing Co. Paul Altman 1990 Ohio St. Lisle lisle n. 1. A fine, smooth, tightly twisted thread spun from long-stapled cotton. 2. Fabric knitted of this thread, used especially for hosiery and underwear. , IL 60532 Phone: (630) 963-0031 Fax: (630) 963-0089 Website: www.altmanmfg.com Email: altman@xnet.com Services offered: Testing molded parts for cracking, missing rubber, pressure testing, metal insert detection, size and air flow B.C. Ames Inc. 78 Stone Place Melrose, MA 02176 Phone: (800) 438-4249 Phone: (781) 893-0095 Fax: (781) 647-3356 Website: www.bcames.com Email: info@bcames.com 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 read·out or read-out n. Computer Science Presentation of data, usually in digital form, from calculations or storage. Noun 1. available Services offered: Application engineering Ametek PMT See photomultiplier tube. , U.S. Gauge Div. Jim Snyder For the professional baseball player, see Jim Snyder (baseball). Jim Snyder was head coach of the Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team for 26 years (1949-1974). , sales manager sales manager n → gerente m/f de ventas sales manager n → directeur commercial sales manager sale n → 820 Penna pen·na n. pl. pen·nae A contour feather of a bird, as distinguished from a down feather or a plume. [Latin, feather; see pet- in Indo-European roots. Blvd. Feasterville, PA 19053 Phone: (215) 355-6900 Fax: (215) 355-2937 Instrumentation: Process measurement technology, pneumatic pneumatic /pneu·mat·ic/ (noo-mat´ik) 1. pertaining to air. 2. respiratory. pneu·mat·ic adj. 1. Of or relating to air or other gases. 2. controllers, electronic process transmitters, calibration equipment Services offered: Technical service, training Ametek Chatillon 8600 Somerset Dr. Largo Largo, town (1990 pop. 65,674), Pinellas co., W Fla., on the Pinellas peninsula and the Gulf Coast, across the bay from Tampa; settled 1853, inc. 1905. It is a packing, canning, and shipping center in a citrus fruit and fishing area. , FL 33773 Phone: (800) 527-9999 Fax: (813) 539-6882 Instrumentation: Tensile tensile, adj having a degree of elasticity; having the ability to be extended or stretched. testers Services offered: Technical service, training, software programs Leverett A. Anderson Co. William S William, crown prince of Germany William or Frederick William, 1882–1951, crown prince of Germany, son of William II. In World War I he commanded (1914) an army on the Western Front and was nominal commander in the German attack . Cole, president 1245 S. Cleveland-Massillon Rd. Suite #2 P.O. Box 4400 Copley, OH 44321 Phone: (330) 670-1363 Fax: (330) 670-9450 Instrumentation: Materials testing Articles on Materials testing include:
Services offered: Sales, service including calibration design and fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. of special testing equipment Anter Corporation Bob Purvis 1700 Universal Rd. Pittsburgh, PA 15235 Phone: (412) 795-6410 Fax: (412) 795-8225 Website: www.anter.com Email: sales@anter.com Instrumentation: Dilatometers for thermal expansion thermal expansion Increase in volume of a material as its temperature is increased, usually expressed as a fractional change in dimensions per unit temperature change. (CTE (Coefficient of Thermal Expansion) The difference between the way two materials expand when heat is applied. This is very critical when chips are mounted to printed circuit boards, because the silicon chip expands at a different rate than the plastic board. ) measurement, thermal conductivity thermal conductivity A measure of the ability of a material to transfer heat. Given two surfaces on either side of the material with a temperature difference between them, the thermal conductivity is the heat energy transferred per unit time and per unit meters, thermal diffusivity/specific heat capacity systems Services offered: Testing services for thermal expansion, thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity In heat transfer analysis, thermal diffusivity (symbol:  ) is the ratio of thermal conductivity to volumetric heat capacity.Applied Test Systems, Inc. 348 New Castle Rd. Butler, PA 16001-2498 Phone: (724) 283-1212 Phone: (800) 299-6408 (U.S. only) Fax: (724) 283-6570 Website: www.atspa.com Email: ats@atspa.com; dking@atspa.com Instrumentation: Creep/stress rupture rupture, in medicine: see hernia. testing machines testing machine Machine used in materials science to determine the properties of a material. Machines have been devised to measure tensile strength, strength in compression, shear, and bending (see strength of materials), ductility, hardness, impact strength ( , 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 Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. , CA 93117 Phone: (805) 685-7077 Fax: (805) 685-5007 Instrumentation: Atomic force microscope atomic force microscope (AFM), device that uses a spring-mounted probe to image individual atoms on the surface of a material. Unlike the scanning tunneling microscope, which is also a scanning probe microscope, the AFM can be used on materials that do not conduct , molecular force probe, scanning probe microscope, gold slides Atlas Material Testing Technology Jamie Chesler, mktg. services 4114 N. Ravenswood Chicago, IL 60613 Phone: (773) 327-4520 Fax: (773) 327-5787 Website: www.atlas-mts.com Email: info@atlas-mts.com Instrumentation: Complete line of environmental and materials testing instrumentation that can simulate radiant energy radiant energy n. Energy transferred by radiation, especially by an electromagnetic wave. radiant energy Noun , 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 New Haven, city (1990 pop. 130,474), New Haven co., S Conn., a port of entry where the Quinnipiac and other small rivers enter Long Island Sound; inc. 1784. Firearms and ammunition, clocks and watches, tools, rubber and paper products, and textiles are among the many , IN 46774 Phone: (260) 493-6606 Fax: (260) 749-4782 Website: www.acsmfg.com Email: sales@acsmfg.com Instrumentation: PV-F (pressure-vibration-thermal) coolant coolant (kōō´l  nt),n hose durability tester 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: (713) 869-0361 Fax: (713) 869-7332 Instrumentation: Equipment which measures and/or controls density, specific gravity specific gravity, ratio of the weight of a given volume of a substance to the weight of an equal volume of some reference substance, or, equivalently, the ratio of the masses of equal volumes of the two substances. , % solids, % concentration, viscosity and level Basler Vision Technologies Headquarters Division Sealing Inspection Kerstin Wehrend Ander Strusbek, 60-62 D-22926 Ahrensburg, Germany Phone: 49(0)4102-463-0 Fax: 49(0)4102-463-109 Email: info@baslerweb.com 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., Ste. 100 Exton, PA 19341 Phone: (610) 280 0171 Fax: (610) 280-7608 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: (916) 565-7810 Fax: (916) 929-5041 Instrumentation: Heat processing equipment, industrial ovens This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since September 2007. Services offered: Technical service, training E.H. Benz Co., Inc. Material Testing Instruments Ted Benz, president 73 Maplehurst Ave. Providence, RI 02908 Phone: (401) 331-5650 Website: www.benztesters.com Instrumentation: Rheometers, durometers, viscometers, tensile testers, test dies, test molds, laboratory ovens Laboratory ovens are ovens for high-forced volume thermal convection applications. These ovens generally provide uniform temperatures throughout. Process applications for laboratory ovens can be for annealing, die-bond curing, drying, Polyimide baking, sterilizing, and other , hardness, flexing, fatigue, aging, abrasion abrasion /abra·sion/ (ah-bra´zhun) 1. a rubbing or scraping off through unusual or abnormal action; see also planing. 2. a rubbed or scraped area on skin or mucous membrane. , impact, lab presses, cutting presses, brittleness testers and plastometers, TR testers, specific gravity testers, test tubes and glassware, test fixtures
Test fixture refers to the fixed state used as a baseline for running tests in software testing. and grips Services offered: Technical service, training, software programs, repair and rebuilding testing instruments, and lab information management systems Beta LaserMike Gregg Cummings 8001 Technology Blvd. Dayton, OH 45424 Phone: (937) 233-9935 Fax: (937) 233-7284 Website: www.betalasermike.com Email: sales@betalasermike.com Instrumentation: Non contact, laser-based dimensional gauging, ultrasonic ultrasonic /ul·tra·son·ic/ (-son´ik) beyond the upper limit of perception by the human ear; relating to sound waves having a frequency of more than 20,000 Hz. ul·tra·son·ic adj. 1. wall-thickness and concentricity con·cen·tric also con·cen·tri·cal adj. Having a common center. [Middle English concentrik, from Medieval Latin concentricus : Latin com-, com- + Latin measurement systems, and laser length and speed systems Bohlin Instruments, Inc. 11 Harts Lane, Suite 1 E. Brunswick, NJ 08816 Phone: (732) 254-7742 Fax: (732) 354-1577 Website: www.bohlin.com Instrumentation: Instrumentation for dynamic/thermomechanical and processability testing C.W. Brabender Instruments Kevin R. Van Allen Noun 1. Van Allen - United States physicist who discovered two belts of charged particles from the solar wind trapped by the Earth's magnetic field (born in 1914) James Alfred Van Allen 50 E. Wesley St. South Hackensack, NJ 07606 Phone: (201) 343-8425 Website: www.cwbrabender.com Email: cwbi@cwbrabender.com Instrumentation: Laboratory testing equipment for rubber testing, including processability studies, dispersion dispersion, in chemistry dispersion, in chemistry, mixture in which fine particles of one substance are scattered throughout another substance. A dispersion is classed as a suspension, colloid, or solution. , mixing, cure and density for R&D and QC Services offered: Testing laboratory Brookhaven Instruments Corp. 750 Blue Point Rd. Holtsville, NY 11742 Phone: (631) 758-3200 Fax: (631) 758-3255 Email: info@bic.com Website: www.bic.com Instrumentation: Particle size Particle size, also called grain size, refers to the diameter of individual grains of sediment, or the lithified particles in clastic rocks. The term may also be applied to other granular materials. measurement utilizing laser light scattering, disc centrifugation Centrifugation A mechanical method of separating immiscible liquids or solids from liquids by the application of centrifugal force. This force can be very great, and separations which proceed slowly by gravity can be speeded up enormously in centrifugal , laser scanner and dynamic image analysis; for zeta potential zeta potential see zeta potential. analysis by particle electrophoresis electrophoresis (ĭlĕk'trōfərē`sĭs): see colloid. electrophoresis Movement of electrically charged particles in a fluid under the influence of an electric field. 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: (31) 318-521-500 Fax: (31) 318-540-358 Website: www.testingmachines.com Email: buchel@testingmachines.com Instrumentation: Physical testers Services offered: Technical service, training Bytewise Measurement Systems Michael Harris Mike Harris or Michael Harris may refer to:
Russ Carreker, president 1150 Brookstone Centre Pkwy. Columbus, GA 31904 Phone: (706) 323-5142 Fax: (706) 323-0178 Website: www.bytewise.com Email: sales@bytewise.com 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 side·wall n. 1. A wall that forms the side of something. 2. A side surface of an automobile tire, between the edge of the tread and the wheel rim. Noun 1. bulge Bulge A slang term used to describe a rapid advance in prices within the commodities market. Notes: A bulge is similar to a rally on equity exchanges. See also: At The Market, Bear, Break, Bull, Buoyant, Congestion, Rally Bulge and dent measurement systems and several applications for tire building machine measurements Services offered: Installation and training Canrad Hanovia, Inc. Rick Macintyre, photochemical photochemical in laser treatment, the laser light is absorbed and converted into chemical energy. division 100 Chestnut St. Newark, NJ 07105 Phone: (201) 589-4300 Fax: (201) 589-4430 Instrumentation: Ultraviolet photochemical systems used in processing Services offered: Technical service, training Carver, Inc. Joel Kline 1569 Morris St. P.O. Box 544 Wabash, IN 46992-0544 Phone: (260) 563-7577 Fax: (260) 563-7625 Email: carverpress@corpemail.com Website: www.carverpress.com Instrumentation: Laboratory equipment (see ad on this page) CCS--Corporate Consulting Services, Instruments, Inc. Jack C. Warner, president 1145 Highbrook Ave. Suite 500 Akron, OH 44301 Phone: (330) 376-3600 Phone: (800) 742-8535 Fax: (330) 376-8500 Fax: (800) 227-9329 Website: www.ccsi-inc.com Website: www.orecozone.net Email: jack@ccsi-inc.com Instrumentation: Durometer hardness testers, curemeter (ODR ODR Online Dispute Resolution ODR On-Demand Routing ODR One-Definition Rule (C++) ODR Octal Data Rate (high speed memory interface transfers 8 bits of data per clock cycle) ODR Office of Dispute Resolution ), Mooney viscometer viscometer Instrument for measuring the viscosity (resistance to internal flow) of a fluid. In one type, the time taken for a given volume of fluid to flow through an opening is recorded. , Rheomaster data systems for Mooney and rheometers, new recorders for ODRs, ASTM ASTM abbr. American Society for Testing and Materials dies, molds, cutters, the XDR (1) (EXternal Data Representation) A data format developed by Sun that is part of its networking standards. It deals with integer size, byte ordering, data representation, etc. and is used as an interchange format. Mooney viscometer, XDR-MDR-moving die rheometer rhe·om·e·ter n. An instrument for measuring the flow of viscous liquids, such as blood. , XDR OSC O.S.C. n. short for Order to Show Cause. (See: Order to Show Cause) 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 (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9002 and 17025 registered (see ad on page 52) CDS Analytical, Inc. Neil Comelssen, Dir. of Sales & Mktg. 465 Limestone Rd. P.O. Box 277 Oxford, PA 19363-0277 Phone: (610) 932-3636 Phone: (800) 541-6593 Fax: (610) 932-4158 Email: cdsanalytical.com Website: www.cdsanalytical.com Instrumentation: Pyrolysis py·rol·y·sis n. Decomposition or transformation of a chemical compound caused by heat. pyrolysis (pīrol´isis), n equipment Services offered: Manufacturing Cober Electronics, Inc. Chris Varga 151 Woodward Ave. Norwalk, CT 06854 Phone: (203) 855-8755 Fax: (203) 855-7511 Instrumentation: Microwave receptivity testing, microwave curing ovens Services offered: Technical service for microwave technology Coram Instruments Inc. Loretta J. Miller, president 37 Whinstone whin·stone n. Any of various hard, dark-colored rocks, especially basalt and chert. Noun 1. whinstone - any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt) whin St. Coram, NY 11727 Phone: (516) 331-5321 Instrumentation: Testing instruments for rubber, plastics and polyurethane foam Noun 1. polyurethane foam - a foam made by adding water to polyurethane plastics polyfoam polyurethan, polyurethane - any of various polymers containing the urethane radical; a wide variety of synthetic forms are made and used as adhesives or plastics or Dauh Chau Enterprises Christine Chang 15 Fu Shing Rd. Sec. 3 Taichung, Taiwan Phone: 04-2629602 Fax: 04-2630138 Instrumentation: Instrumentation for fluid resistance, fatigue, abrasion, tear, tensile, processability and ozone resistance testing Dek-Tron Scientific Instruments Miguel Vargas, mgr. 244 East Third St. Plainfield, NJ 07060 Phone: (908) 226-1777 Fax: (908) 226-4973 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: (612) 469-5424 Instrumentation: Environmental test chambers  The of this article or section may be compromised by "weasel words".You can help Wikipedia by removing weasel words. , curing and testing ovens Services offered: Technical service, training Dewes Gumbs Die & Presses Robert Salerni or James Long-Up 38-33 24th St. L.I.C., NY 11101 Phone: (718) 784-9756 Fax: (718) 784-9755 Instrumentation: Specimen cutting dies, dies for ASTM, DIN, JAP Jap n. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person of Japanese birth or descent. Noun 1. Jap - (offensive slang) offensive term for a person of Japanese descent Nip 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: (805) 967-1400 Phone: (800) 873-9750 Instrumentation: Scanning probe, atomic force microscopes, stylus stylus: see pen. (1) A pen-shaped instrument that is used to "draw" images or select from menus. Styli (the plural of stylus, pronounced "sty-lye") come with handheld devices that have touch screens, such as PDAs and video games. profilers Dillon Quantrol Dave Cone, Business Director 1000 Armstrong Dr. Fairmont, MN 56031 Phone: (507) 238-4461 Instrumentation: Testing system, computer controlled to manual systems, force gauges, load cells, software Services offered: Sales, service and technical assistance Ektron Tek Co., Ltd. Dept. of International Sales #182, Lane 380, Ton-An Rd., Tien-chung, Chang-Hwa 520 Taiwan Phone: +886-4-8761635 Fax: +886-4-8761637 Website: www.ektrontek.com Email: ektronco@ms48.hinet.net Instrumentation: Flexing machines, ozone testers, rheometers, tensile testers, tire testers, viscometers, vibration simulator Elastocon AB Goteborgsvagen 99 SE-504 60 Boras Bo·rås A city of southwest Sweden east of Göteborg. It was founded in 1632. Population: 60,900. Sweden Phone: +4633-22 56 30 Fax: +4633-13 88 71 Website: www.elastocon.com E-mail: info@elastocon.se (see ad on page 47) Electronic Development Labs Jean Moore, sales mgr. 244 Oakland Dr. Danville, VA 24540 Phone: (800) 342-5335 Phone: (804) 799-0807 Fax: (804) 799-0847 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: (207) 774-5254 Fax: (207) 774-5302 Instrumentation: Rubber buffing buffing striking the posteromedial aspect of a front hoof with the opposite hoof of the pair. A perfect situation for applying a buffing boot. buffing boot see brush boot. machines, foam endurance tester, ASTM 1055 load deflection deflection /de·flec·tion/ (de-flek´shun) deviation or movement from a straight line or given course, such as from the baseline in electrocardiography. de·flec·tion n. 1. tester Services offered: Technical service, training Federal Products Co. Alex Tabenkin, marketing mgr. 1144 Eddy St. Providence, RI 02940 Phone: (401) 784-3100 Fax: (401) 941-5280 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. Ann Rowland 4445 Allen Rd. Stow Stow (stō), city (1990 pop. 27,702), Summit co., NE Ohio, a suburb of Akron; settled 1802, inc. as a city 1960. Chiefly residential, it has some light industry. , OH 44224-1093 Phone: (330) 920-9200 Fax: (330) 920-4200 Instrumentation: Rubber testing machines, abrasion/adhesion tester, cord tester, hysteresis hysteresis (hĭs'tərē`sĭs), phenomenon in which the response of a physical system to an external influence depends not only on the present magnitude of that influence but also on the previous history of the system. Services offered: Technical service FMC See fixed mobile convergence. Corporate Technology Center Herb Jones 1205 Coleman Ave. Santa Clara Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , CA 95052 Phone: (408) 289-3877 Fax: (408) 289-4429 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: (781) 769-9150 Fax: (781) 769-5308 Email: inforw@forte-tec.com Website: forte-tec.com Instrumentation: Electronic moisture measurement system for an entire bale bale 1. a package of wool in a wool pack weighing 150-250 lb depending largely on whether it is greasy or scoured. 2. a compressed bundle of hay, either about 100 lb tied with wire or twine, or large, round, untied bales, as big as a small hay stack and referred to as 'big bales'. of synthetic rubber synthetic rubber: see 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: (419) 334-9709 Fax: (419) 334-3426 Website: www.freeman-die.com Email: fremont@freeman-die.com Instrumentation: ASTM test specimen dies, presses, cutting surfaces, ASTM molds Services offered: Certified new tools and relevel, resharpen, certify existing tools Gabo Qualimeter Testanlagen GmbH Jurgen Wichern Schulstrasse 6 Ahlden, Lower Saxony Lower Saxony, Ger. Niedersachsen (nē`dərsäk'sən), state (1994 pop. 7,480,000), 18,295 sq mi (47,384 sq km), NW Germany. Hanover is the capital. 29693 Germany Phone: +49-5164-8019-0 Fax: +49-5164-8019-30 Website: www.gabo.com Email: info@gabo.com Instrumentation: Dynamic mechanic thermal materials testing systems (DMS/DMTS/DMTA) and flexometer 'Gabometer' (according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Goodrich flexometer) services offered: Contract service Gearhart Machine Company, Inc. Gregory Gearhart, president 1145 Highbrook Ave. Akron, OH 44301 Phone: (330) 253-1880 Fax: (330) 253-1886 Instrumentation: Lab-ASTM molds, custom rubber molds Services offered: Jigs and fixtures jigs and fixtures Components of machine-tool installations, specially designed in each case to position the workpiece, hold it firmly in place, and guide the motion of the power tool (e.g., a punch press). , 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: (803) 324-3883 Fax: (803) 324-3993 Instrumentation: Elastograph vario curemeter, Rheovulkameter processability tester, capillary capillary (kăp`əlĕr'ē), microscopic blood vessel, smallest unit of the circulatory system. Capillaries form a network of tiny tubes throughout the body, connecting arterioles (smallest arteries) and venules (smallest veins). rheometer RCR RCR Richard Childress Racing RCR responsible conduct of research RCR Royal College of Radiologists (UK; also seen as RCOR) RCR Royal Canadian Regiment RCR Rockcliff Resources Inc (Sudbury, ON, Canada) with or without automated cleaning Gomaplast Machinery, Inc. Marcelo S Marcelo is a given name, which may refer to:
500 East Henry St. Wooster, OH 44691 Phone: (330) 263-7845 Fax: (330) 263-7846 Email: sales@gomaplast.com Instrumentation: Tensile testers, rheometers and lab ovens Grecon, Inc. Bob Barnum, vice pres., sales 7747 S.W. Cirrus Dr. Beaverton, OR 97008-5968 Phone: (503) 641-7731 Fax: (503) 641-7508 Website: www.grecon-us.com Email: sales@grecon-us.com Instrumentation: Spark detection/ extinguishment The destruction or cancellation of a right, a power, a contract, or an estate. Extinguishment is sometimes confused with merger, though there is a clear distinction between them. system, thickness measurement system, delamination delamination /de·lam·i·na·tion/ (de-lam?i-na´shun) separation into layers, as of the blastoderm. de·lam·i·na·tion n. 1. A splitting or separation into layers. 2. detection system, cyclone cyclone, atmospheric pressure distribution in which there is a low central pressure relative to the surrounding pressure. The resulting pressure gradient, combined with the Coriolis effect, causes air to circulate about the core of lowest pressure in a plug-up detection system Gruenberg Oven Co. Arthur V. Campbell P.O. Box 3246 2121 Reach Rd. Williamsport, PA 17701 Phone: (717) 326-1755 Instrumentation: Industrial ovens, test chambers, calorimeters Services offered: Technical service, training, engineering Hampden Test Equipment Ltd. Ian Richardson Ian William Richardson CBE (7 April 1934 – 9 February 2007) was a Scottish actor best known for playing the machiavellian conservative politician Francis Urquhart in the House of Cards trilogy for the BBC. Satra House, Rockingham Rd. Kettering Northamptonshire NN16 9JH, U.K. Phone: +44 1536-518563 Fax: +44 1536-519256 Website: www.hampden-test.com Email: hampden-test@satra.co.uk Instrumentation: Ozone test cabinets, abrasion testers, resilience testers, IFD IFD Image File Directory IFD Ideas From the Deep (gaming software) IFD Israeli Folk Dance IFD Interface Device IFD Impôt Fédéral Direct (French: Direct Federal Tax; Switzerland) and CFD CFD - Computational Fluid Dynamics foam hardness testers, porosity porosity /po·ros·i·ty/ (por-os´it-e) the condition of being porous; a pore. po·ros·i·ty n. 1. The state or property of being porous. 2. and rise apparatus Services offered: Service and calibration Harris Instrument Corp. Gary J. Thompson, director, sales 155 Johnson Dr. Delaware, OH 43015 Phone: (740) 369-3580 Fax: (740) 369-2653 Website: www.harris-instrument.com Email: info@harris-instrument.com 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 Shrinkage The amount by which inventory on hand is shorter than the amount of inventory recorded. Notes: The missing inventory could be due to theft, damage, or book keeping errors. , inspection for holes Hotpack Corp. 10940 Dutton Rd. Philadelphia, PA 19154 Phone: (215) 824-1700 Fax: (215) 637-0519 Website: www.hotpack.com Email: hotpack@hotpack.com 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: (44) 1653-600294 Fax: (44) 1653-692446 Website: www.processviscometer.com Email: rubber@hydramotion.com 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: (781) 834-3063 Fax: (781) 834-3064 Email: imass@worldnet.att.net Website: www.imass.com Instrumentation: Materials testing instruments IMC (Internet Mail Consortium, Santa Cruz, CA, www.imc.org) An industry trade association founded in 1996 by Paul Hoffman and Dave Crocker that promotes Internet e-mail standards and features. Instruments Inc. Elizabeth Frias, marketing assistant N60W14434 Kaul Ave. Meno. Falls, WI 53051 Phone: (262) 252-4620 Fax: (262) 252-4623 Website: www.instruments.com Email: IMC262@aol.com Instrumentation: Temperature instrumentation (alarms, monitors, controllers, etc.) Services offered: Repairing company equipment Impakt Bruce Freeman 5721 Dragon Way Cincinnati, OH 45227 Phone: (513) 271-9191 Fax: (513) 271-5120 Website: www.impaktusa.com Email: impakt@worldnet.att.net Instrumentation: Laboratory specimen A laboratory specimen is a sample of a species which is preserved and made available to Zoology students in educational institutions. The purpose is to educate the student about the structure, general appearance, various organs, and details related to the specimen's body. cutters, laboratory cutting presses, sample molds Services offered: Sharpening and certification of laboratory specimen cutters Indusco Tony Hoffman, president 3611 Keystone key·stone n. 1. Architecture The central wedge-shaped stone of an arch that locks its parts together. Also called headstone. 2. The central supporting element of a whole. Ave. Nashville, TN 37211-3350 Phone: (615) 833-0666 Fax: (615) 834-8722 Website: www.induscousa.com Email: thoffman@induscousa.com Instrumentation: Fatigue, tear and tensile testing; instrumentation for testing of raw materials and vulcanized vul·ca·nize tr.v. vul·ca·nized, vul·ca·niz·ing, vul·ca·niz·es To improve the strength, resiliency, and freedom from stickiness and odor of (rubber, for example) by combining with sulfur or other additives in the presence of heat and unvulcanized rubber testing Instron Corporation Jessica Carroll 100 Royall St. Canton, MA 02021 Phone: (781) 575-5851 Email: marcom@instron.com 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 ex·ten·som·e·ter n. An instrument used to measure minute deformations in a test specimen of a material. [extens(ion) + -meter. verification traceable to NIST (National Institute of Standards & Technology, Washington, DC, www.nist.gov) The standards-defining agency of the U.S. government, formerly the National Bureau of Standards. It is one of three agencies that fall under the Technology Administration (www.technology. J&L Tool & Machine, Inc. Joe E. Landwerwerlen, president P.O. Box 367 1441 Miller Ave. Shelbyville, IN 46176 Phone: (317) 398-6281 Instrumentation: JL 5000 SPL (1) (Systems Programming Language) The assembly language for the HP 3000 series. See assembly language for an SPL program example. (2) (Structured Programming Language) See structured programming. 1. flow comparator comparator Instrument for comparing something with a similar thing or with a standard measure, in particular to measure small displacements in mechanical devices. In astronomy, the blink comparator is used to examine photographic plates for signs of moving bodies. Karder Rubber Machinery & Engineering Daniel Abraham Daniel Abraham is the name of:
258 Kenmore Blvd. Akron, OH 44301 Phone: (330) 253-3377 Fax: (330) 253-4733 Instrumentation: Tensile testing Kernco Instrument Co. John Kelly John Kelly or Jack Kelly is the name of: People
420 Kenazo Ave. El Paso El Paso (ĕl pă`sō), city (1990 pop. 515,342), seat of El Paso co., extreme W Tex., on the Rio Grande opposite Juárez, Mex.; inc. 1873. , TX 79927 Phone: (915) 852-3375 Fax: (915) 852-4084 Fax: (800) 325-3875 Website: www.kerncoinstr.com Email: info@kerncoinstr.com Instrumentation: Contact angle meter an instrument for measuring angles, esp. for ascertaining the dip of strata. See also: Angle , surface tension analyzer, hardness testers for rubber-type materials, infrared thermometers Infrared thermometers measure temperature using blackbody radiation (generally infrared) emitted from objects. They are sometimes called laser thermometers if a laser is used to help aim the thermometer, or non-contact thermometers , microwave moisture analyzers to measure bone dry to full saturation (0 to 100% moisture) Services offered: Technical service Lasor/Systronics, Inc. Maureen Macken, Mktg. Mgr. 4357 Park Dr., Suite J Norcross, GA 30093 Phone: (770) 449-7776 Fax: (770) 449-0399 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 A complete system of hardware and software delivered to the customer ready-to-run. In other words, just "turn the key" and go.  A Turnkey Video System including training, installation, maintenance and support Leco Corporation LECO Corporation, founded in 1936 by Carl Schultz and George Krasl, is an analytical instrumentation developer and manufacturer located in St. Joseph, Michigan. It is a major manufacturer of elemental measurement and time-of-flight mass spectroscopy instrumentation. 3000 Lakeview Ave. St. Joseph, MI 49085-2396 Phone: (616) 985-5496 Phone: (800) 292-6141 Fax: (616) 982-8977 Website: www.leco.com Email: info@leco.com 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 There are several places named Deer Lake in Canada and the United States: Canada
Deerfield, IL 60015 Phone: (847) 405-0123 Phone: (800) 248-0123 Fax: (847) 405-0147 Email: info@leica-microsystems.com 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: (216) 267-8020 Fax: (216) 267-9856 Website: www.calitzer.com Email: sales@calitzler.com Instrumentation: Computreater 2000 single end cord treating lab machine Services offered: Field service LMI LMI Labor Market Information LMI Local Management Interface LMI Logistics Management Institute LMI Linear Matrix Inequality LMI Legemiddelindustriforeningen (Norway) LMI Low to Moderate Income LMI Lender's Mortgage Insurance Technologies (USA), Inc. Dan Howe and Mike Snow, sales mgrs. 21666 Melrose Ave. Southfield, MI 48075 Phone: (248) 359-2409; Phone: 46-31-336-25-13 (Sweden) Fax: (248) 355-3283 Website: www.lmint.com Email: sales.rubber@lmint.com 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 cal·en·der n. A machine in which paper or cloth is made smooth and glossy by being pressed through rollers. tr.v. cal·en·dered, cal·en·der·ing, cal·en·ders rubber; splice width detection; treadwear analysis; extrusion profiling and profiling sidewall bulge and dent and many others Services offered: Installation, training and support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services ; OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and capability (see ad on this page) Manufacturers Supplies Co. Robert D. Goellner 4200 Rider Trail North Earth City, MO 63045 Phone: (314) 770-0880 Fax: (314) 770-0990 Instrumentation: Equipment for lab testing; clickers for dumbbell Dumbbell An investment strategy, used mainly for bonds, where holdings are heavily concentrated in both very short and long term maturities. Notes: This is also known as a barbell, charting on a timeline gives the appearance of a barbell or dumbbell. cutting; skiving skive tr.v. skived, skiv·ing, skives To cut thin layers off (leather or rubber, for example); pare. [Of Scandinavian origin; see skei- in Indo-European roots.] equipment for ply (mathematics, data) ply - 1. Of a node in a tree, the number of branches between that node and the root. 2. Of a tree, the maximum ply of any of its nodes. splitting; band-knife splitters Services offered: Service and installation of above Mast/Keystone Thomas Hall Thomas Hall may refer to:
340 Western Rd. Ste. #1 Reno, NV 89506 Phone: (702) 324-2799 Fax: (702) 324-5375 Instrumentation: Ozone test chambers and monitors Meeco Inc. Thomas Mallon Thomas Mallon (born November 2, 1951) is a novelist and critic. He was born in Glen Cove, New York. He attended Brown University as an undergraduate and earned a Master of Arts and a Ph.D. from Harvard. 250 Titus Ave. Warrington, PA 18976 Phone: (215) 343-6600 Fax: (215) 343-4194 Website: www.meeco.com Email: meecosales@meeco.com Instrumentation: Electrolytic e·lec·tro·lyt·ic adj. 1. Of or relating to electrolysis. 2. Produced by electrolysis. 3. Of or relating to electrolytes. e·lec moisture analyzers, electronic measuring instruments to detect trace moisture in gases and solids Services offered: Technical service Messmer Instruments Ltd. Unit F1 Imperial Business Estate West Mill, Gravesend Kent, U.K. DA11 0DL Phone: (44) 1474-566-488 Fax: (44) 1474-560-310 Website: www.testingmachines.com Email: messmer@testingmachines.com Instrumentation: Physical testers Services offered: Technical service, training Mettler-Toledo, Inc. 1900 Polaris Parkway Columbus, OH 43240 Phone: (614) 438-4511 Website: www.mt.com Micro-Vu Corp. Greg Chatfield, marketing/sales mgr. 7909 Conde Lane Windsor, CA 95492 Phone: (707) 838-6272 Fax: (707) 838-3985 Website: www.microvu.com Email: sales@microvu.com Instrumentation: Automated video coordinate measuring machines providing automatic dimensional measurement of o-rings, gaskets, etc. MKB MKB Midden En Klein Bedrijf (Dutch: Small and Medium Enterprise) MKB Media Key Block MKb Maschinenkarabiner (German: Machine Carbine) MKB Monkey King Bar (gaming, Warcraft III weapon) Industries Inc. M.V. Blyth 63-8 North Brandford Rd. Brandford, CT 06405 Phone: (203) 481-1900 Fax: (203) 481-1943 Instrumentation: Raw materials, vulcanized and unvulcanized rubber testing MTI MTI Ministry of Trade and Industry (Singapore) MTI Metal Treating Institute MTI Moving Target Indicator (radar) MTI Magyar Távirati Iroda (news agency in Budapest, Hungary) Instruments, Inc. Paul Slazas, product sales mgr. 325 Washington Ave. Ext. Albany, NY 12205 Phone: (518) 218-2550 Fax: (518) 218-2506 Email: pslazas@mtiinstruments.com Instrumentation: Quality control inspection products, sensors and amplifiers using fiber optic, capacitance capacitance, in electricity, capability of a body, system, circuit, or device for storing electric charge. Capacitance is expressed as the ratio of stored charge in coulombs to the impressed potential difference in volts. and laser technologies, for displacement vibration, runout, thickness and surface condition MTS (1) See Microsoft Transaction Server. (2) (Modular TV System) The stereo channel added to the NTSC standard, which includes the SAP audio channel for special use. 1. MTS - Message Transport System. 2. Systems Corp. Pat Irwin, mgr., vehicle dynamics Vehicle dynamics refers to the dynamics of vehicles, here assumed to be ground vehicles. For two-wheeled vehicles see Bicycle and motorcycle dynamics. For the dynamics of air vehicles see Aerodynamics. div., elastomer elastomer (ĭlăs`təmər), substance having to some extent the elastic properties of natural rubber. The term is sometimes used technically to distinguish synthetic rubbers and rubberlike plastics from natural rubber. test systems 14000 Technology Dr. Eden Prairie Eden Prairie A city of eastern Minnesota, a residential suburb of Minneapolis. Population: 57,300. , MN 55344 Phone: (612) 937-4000 Instrumentation: Test systems to measure the dynamic properties of elastomeric materials and components Services offered: Technical consulting service Noun 1. consulting service - service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.) service - work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services" , training, software programs NDC NDC National Drug Code NDC NATO Defense College NDC National Documentation Centre (National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece) NDC National Dairy Council NDC National Democratic Congress Infrared Engineering Lloyd W. Edelberg, mktg. comm. mgr. 5314 North Irwindale Ave. Irwindale, CA 91706 Phone: (626) 960-3300 Fax: (626) 939-3870 Website: www.ndcinfrared.com Email: info@ndcinfrared.com 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 James Blair may also refer to:
147 James Way Southampton, PA 18966 Phone: (215) 526-2200 Fax: (215) 526-2192 Instrumentation: Hardness testers for IRHD IRHD International Rubber Hardness Degree and durometer scales in both regular and micro, built in SPC 1. (business) SPC - Statistical Process Control. Something to do with quality management. 2. (body) SPC - Software Productivity Centre. 3. (company) SPC - Software Publishing Corporation. 4. , RS232 output and fully automated for reduced operator influence New Era Die Co. Steve Smeltzer, general mgr. 601 Maple St. Red Lion Red Lion may refer to:
Phone: (717) 244-4586 Fax: (717) 244-2445 Email: nedies@neweradie.com Instrumentation: Fatigue, tear and tensile testing Nikon Inc., Instrument Group Stephen Page Stephen Page (born 1965 in Brisbane, Australia) is an Indigenous Australian descended from the Nunukul people and the Munaldjali clan of the Yugambeh tribe from southeast Queensland. He is the Artistic Director of Bangarra Dance Theatre. , mgr., industrial dept. 1300 Walt Whitman Rd. Melville, NY 11747 Phone: (516) 547-8500 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: (603) 622-2481 Fax: (603) 626-1277 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 OCM Oracle Certified Master (database administrator certification) OCM Organization for Competitive Markets OCM Onondaga Cortland Madison (counties in New York) OCM Olympic Council of Malaysia Test Labs Bruce Sauer, Lab Director 3883 E. Eagle Dr. Anaheim, CA 92807 Phone: (714) 630-3003 Fax: (714) 630-4443 Email: sauer@ocmtestlabs.com Instrumentation: DSC (1) (Digital Signal Controller) A microcontroller and DSP combined on the same chip. It adds the interrupt-driven capabilities normally associated with a microcontroller to a DSP, which typically functions as a continuous process. See microcontroller and DSP. , DTA DTA Drive Through Appraisal DTA Data (File Name Extension) DTA Differential Thermal Analysis DTA Department of Transitional Assistance (Massachusetts) DTA Development Trusts Association , TMA TMA Turnaround Management Association TMA Texas Medical Association TMA Transportation Management Association TMA Training and Management Assistance (a component of OHRD, which is a component of OWR) TMA Tooling & Manufacturing Association , DMA (1) (Digital Media Adapter) See digital media hub. (2) (Document Management Alliance) A specification that provides a common interface for accessing and searching document databases. , FTIR FTIR Fourier Transform Infrared (spectroscopy) FTIR Frustrated Total Internal Reflection FTIR Fourier Transfer Ir , GCMS GCMS Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer GCMS Government Contractor Monitoring Station GCMS Global Communication Management System (Sajan, Inc.) GCMS Gas Chromatography Coupled Mass Spectroscopy , GC, HPLC HPLC high-performance liquid chromatography. HPLC high performance liquid chromatography. HPLC High-performance liquid chromatography Lab instrumentation A highly sensitive analytic method in which analytes are placed , GPC (1) A PC that uses the Linux-based gOS operating system. See gOS. (2) (GPC Group) Originally the Graphics Performance Characterization committee of the NCGA, the GPC Group is now part of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC) and oversees the following , brittleness, torsional tor·sion n. 1. a. The act of twisting or turning. b. The condition of being twisted or turned. 2. stiffness, instrumented impact, temperature retraction In the law of Defamation, a formal recanting of the libelous or slanderous material. Retraction is not a defense to defamation, but under certain circumstances, it is admissible in Mitigation of Damages. Cross-references Libel and Slander. , vacuum outgassing Outgassing (sometimes called "Offgassing," particularly when in reference to indoor air quality) is the slow release of a gas that was trapped, frozen, absorbed or adsorbed in some material. , 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 Coordinates: Waterloo is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is the smallest of the three cities in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, and is adjacent to the larger city of Kitchener. , Canada N2J 3Z6 Phone: (519) 576-8950 Fax: (519) 576-3670 Instrumentation: Laboratory specimen cutters, laboratory cutting presses, sample molds Services offered: Sharpening and certification of laboratory specimen cutters OAI (Open Application Interface) A computer to telephone interface that lets a computer control and customize PBX and ACD operations. (Optical Associates Inc.) Charles D. Turk 685 River Oaks Parkway San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , CA 95134 Website: www.oainet.com Email: sales@oainet.com Phone: (408) 232-0600 Fax: (408) 433-9904 Instrumentation: UV radiometers, curemeters Optigrade Inc. Leif Nilsson, Area Manager P.O. Box 5413 Akron, OH 44334 Phone: (330) 864-2238 Fax: (330) 864-41 34 Website: www.optigrade.com Email: leifnilsson@optigrade.com Instrumentation: Equipment for testing of dispersion and presence of agglomerates Orec Ozone Chambers and Monitors 1145 Highbrook Ave., Suite 500 Akron, OH 44301 Phone: (330) 376-3600 Phone: (800) 376-8500 Fax: (330) 376-8500 Fax: (800) 227-9329 Website: www.ccsi-inc.com Website: www.orecozone.net Email: jack@ccsi-inc.com Instrumentation: Ozone test chambers providing continuous ozone measurement control and strip chart recording; A2LA-17025 calibrations NIST primary monitor standards Oxxford Instruments, Measurement Systems Chris Horvath, V.P. of sales, XRF XRF X-Ray Fluorescence XRF X-Ray Flash XRF Cross Reference XRF Extended Recovery Facility (IBM) XRF Extended Reliability Feature XRF Cross Reference File XRF External Reference products 945 Busse Rd. Elk Grove Village Elk Grove Village, village (1990 pop. 33,429), Cook and Du Page counties, NE Ill., a suburb of Chicago; inc. 1956. With a population of c.100 at the time of its establishment on open farmland, the village has grown dramatically and steadily, largely because of its , IL 60007 Phone: (800) 678-1117 ext. 322 Phone: (847) 439-4404 ext. 322 Fax: (847) 439-4425 Website: www.oxford-instruments.com Email: sales@msys.oxinst.com Instrumentation: EDXRF EDXRF Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence , WDXRF WDXRF Wavelength Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence , MDXRF and NMR NMR: see magnetic resonance. spectrometers PLV PLV Plaatsvervangend PLV Publicité sur le Lieu de Vente (POS advertising, promotions) PLV Production Level Video PLV Payload Launch Vehicle PLV Posterior Left Ventricle PLV Pulsed Light Velocimetry PLV Platoon Leader Vehicle Systems Inc. Sam Melamed 116 Viceroy Rd., Bldg. D, Unit 6 Concord, Ontario
Phone (905) 761-7234 Fax: (905) 760-1473 Website: www.plv.com Email: sam@plv.com Instrumentation: Power profiler--family of profile extrusion measurement instruments for on-line and off-line dimensional characteristics PTC (PTC, Needham, MA, www.ptc.com) Long a world leader in mechanical computer-aided design, manufacturing and engineering software, PTC, through acquisitions and reorganization, has transformed itself into a leading provider of Internet-based B2B solutions for discrete manufacturers. Instruments/PTC Metrology Linda A. Wolfe, Gen. Mgr. 2301 Federal Ave. Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , CA 90064 Phone: (310) 478-1134 Fax: (310) 312-0826 Instrumentation: Durometers to measure the hardness of rubber, plastic, ASTM, A, B, C, D, E, DO, O, OO, OOO (1) (Optical in Optical processing Optical out) Refers to network devices that maintain the photonic transmission signal without converting back to electrical signals. Contrast with OEO. See optical switch. (2) (OOo) See OpenOffice.org. and test stands Services offered: Technical service, repair, durometer calibration and certification with standards traceable to NIST design custom durometers, A2LA accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. laboratory for durometer calibration (1896.01) Panametrics-NDT Meindert Anderson 221 Crescent St. Waltham, MA 02453 Phone: (800) 225-8330 Phone: (781) 899-2719 Fax: (781) 899-1552 Email: info@panametrics-ndt.com Internet: www.panametrics.com Instrumentation: Thickness gauges, flaw detectors, transducers, automated systems, instrumentation Services offered: Applications lab, training Perkin Elmer Instruments 710 Bridgeport Ave. Shelton, CT 06484 Phone: (800) 762-4000 Phone: (203) 925-4600 Fax: (203) 925-4654 Website: www.perkinelmer.com Email: info@perkinelmer.com Instrumentation: Analytical instruments used in laboratory analysis Services offered: Technical service, training, software programs Piedmont Piedmont, region, Italy Piedmont (pēd`mŏnt), Ital. Piemonte, region (1991 pop. 4,302,565), 9,807 sq mi (25,400 sq km), NW Italy, bordering on France in the west and on Switzerland in the north. Polymer Equipment Robert Myers Robert Myers is a theoretical physicist. Myers is a professor of physics at the University of Waterloo and at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. His research concerns string theory and quantum gravity. 1220 Olde Oaks Dr. Grays, TN 37615 Phone: (423) 753-7811 Fax: (423) 753-7911 Instrumentation: Fatigue, tensile, processability and ozone resistance testing Prescott Instruments Ltd. Phil Prescott Unit F, Northway Trading Estate trading estate Noun Chiefly Brit a large area in which a number of commercial or industrial firms are situated trading estate n (BRIT) → polígono industrial Tewkesbury, GL20 8JU, U.K. Phone: 44 (0) 1684 274300 Fax: 44 (0)1684 293223 Website: www.prescott-instruments.com Email: enquiries@prescott-instruments.com Instrumentation: Physical testing raw materials, vulcanized and unvulcanized; processability testing Services offered: Service and calibration of rubber testing Princo Instruments, Inc. Francis Mashintonio 1020 Industrial Blvd. Southhampton, PA 18966-4095 Phone: (215) 355-1500 Website: www.princoinstruments.com Email: fran@princoinstruments.com Instrumentation: Level controls and level transmitters Services offered: Technical service Pulnix America, Inc. 1330 Orleans Dr. Sunnyvale, CA 94089 Phone: (408) 747-0300 Website: www.pulnix.com Email: pulnix@pulnix.com Instrumentation: Light positioning projectors, laser projectors, linear array cameras, matrix array cameras and photoelectric sensors A photoelectric sensor, or photoeye, is a device used to detect the presence of an object by using a light transmitter, often infrared, and a photoelectric receiver. There are three functional types. Services offered: Technical service The Pyrometer Instrument Co., Inc. 209 Industrial Pkwy. Northvale, NJ 07647 Phone: (201) 768-2000 Phone: (800) 468-7976 Fax: (201) 768-2570 Website: www.pyremeter.com Email: pyroinfo@pyrometer.com Instrumentation: Temperature measuring devices, thermal line scanners, temperature controllers, recorders and transmitters, NLW-laser pyrometer to measure emissivity Emissivity The ratio of the radiation intensity of a nonblack body to the radiation intensity of a blackbody. This ratio, which is usually designated by the Greek letter ε, is always less than or just equal to one. Services offered: Technical service, training, calibration Qualitest USA LC A. Bezadi 3706 N. Ocean Blvd., #200 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33308 Phone: (877) 884-8378 Fax: (954) 697-8211 Website: www.worldoftest.com Email: info@qualitest-inc.com Instrumentation: Testing technologies for rubber, including durometers/IRHD hardness testers, Goodrich flexometers, DIN abraders, rebound resilience testers, tensile testers and more (see ad on page 48) Quest Integrated, Inc. 7098 SE 12th Circle Ocala, FL 34480 Phone: (352) 861-1022 Instrumentation: Lotis QC-20 hose measurement system Q-Panel Lab Products Russell Raymond, technical service 800 Canterbury Rd. Cleveland, OH 44145 Phone: (440) 835-8700 Fax: (440) 835-8738 Website: www.q-panel.com Instrumentation: QUV QUV Relative Magnetic Bearing (radiotelegraphy) accelerated weathering tester, Q-Sun Xenon xenon (zē`nŏn) [Gr.,=strange], gaseous chemical element; symbol Xe; at. no. 54; at. wt. 131.29; m.p. −111.9°C;; b.p. −107.1°C;; density 5.86 grams per liter at STP; valence usually 0. arc test chamber, MTG MTG Meeting MTG Mortgage MTG Magic: The Gathering MTG Mounting MTG Mind the Gap (London underground announcement) MTG Methanol To Gasoline MTG Manual Tank Gauging MTG Master Timing Generator MTG Micro Turbine Generator multi-test gravelometer, Q-fog cyclic cyclic /cyc·lic/ (sik´lik) pertaining to or occurring in a cycle or cycles; applied to chemical compounds containing a ring of atoms in the nucleus. cy·clic or cy·cli·cal adj. 1. corrosion test chamber Services offered: Contract testing services Frank E. Randall Co., Inc. Henry Gardner Henry Joseph Gardner (June 14, 1819 – July 21, 1892) was the Governor of Massachusetts from 1855–1858. Gardner was the candidate of the Know-Nothing movement, and was elected governor as part of the sweeping victory of Know-Nothing candidates in the Massachusetts , general mgr. 248 Ash St. Waltham, MA 02453 Phone: (781) 894-2030 Fax: (781) 642-9378 Instrumentation: Dial thickness gauges Rex Gauge Co., Inc. Al Blum, vice president 1250 Busch Parkway Buffalo Grove Buffalo Grove A village of northeast Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Population: 43,300. , IL 60089 Phone: (847) 465-9009 Fax: (847) 465-9229 Website: www.rexgauge.com Email: info@durometer.com Instrumentation: Durometer hardness gauges (for checking the hardness of non-metallic surfaces) and accessories Services offered: Repair and calibration (durometer sales) (see ad on this page) Rheometric Scientific 1 Possumtown Rd Piscataway, NJ 08854 Phone: (908) 560-8550 Instrumentation: Thermal analysis Thermal analysis is a branch of materials science where the properties of materials are studied as they change with temperature. Techniques include:
Services offered: Technical service, training, software programs for measuring the dynamic mechanical rheological rhe·ol·o·gy n. The study of the deformation and flow of matter. rhe  o·log properties of uncured
and cured elastomersRubber Molding Technology Inc. Maurizio Coscia 36036 Lakeland Blvd. Eastlake, OH 44095 Phone: (216) 951-8625 Fax: (216) 951-8003 Instrumentation: Processability testing Satec Systems, Inc. Amy Sowers, mktg. services 900 Liberty St. Grove City Grove City, village (1990 pop. 19,661), Franklin co., central Ohio. It has some manufacturing. A Thoroughbred track is there. , PA 16127-9005 Phone: (724) 458-9610 Fax: (724) 458-9614 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 lantern held by Judas, leading officers to Christ. [N.T.: John 18:3] See : Passion of Christ Lane Wayne, PA 19087 Phone: (610) 296-2056 Fax: (610) 296-2056 Website: www.microCT.com Email: rkapadia@scanco.ch Instrumentation: X-ray micro-computed tomagraphy systems Services offered: Non-destructive scanning/microscopy ScanTech Corp. Sam Taliferro 1136 Manitou Manitou supreme deity of Algonquin and neighboring tribes. [Am. Indian Religion: Collier’s, X, 91] See : God Ave. Manitou Springs, CO 80829 Phone: (719) 685-9432 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. 2890 John R Rd. Troy, MI 48083 Phone: (810) 689-9000 Instrumentation: Test machines for dynamic spring rate, damping damping In physics, the restraint of vibratory motion, such as mechanical oscillations, noise, and alternating electric currents, by dissipating energy. Unless a child keeps pumping a swing, the back-and-forth motion decreases; damping by the air's friction opposes the 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: (303) 783-0500 Fax: (303) 783-0800 Website: www.signaturecontrol.com Email: info@signaturecontrol.com 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 North Haven, town (1990 pop. 22,249), New Haven co., S Conn., on the Quinnipiac River; settled c.1650, set off from New Haven 1786. Chiefly residential, it has some manufactures, such as aircraft parts, tools, chemicals, and machinery. , CT 06473-3173 Phone: (203) 281-0122 Fax: (203) 248-8887 Instrumentation: Rheomate, Duromate and Gravimate computer systems Services offered: Software for instrument automation and process control, SPC and LIMS LIMS Laboratory Information Management System LIMS Library Information Management System LIMS Limb Infrared Monitor of the Stratosphere LIMS Land Information Management System (Canada) LIMS Logistics Information Management System TA Instruments, Inc. Terry Kelly, worldwide marketing mgr. 109 Lukens Dr. New Castle, DE 19720 Phone: (302) 427-4000 Fax: (302) 427-4001 Website: www.tainst.com Email: info@tainst.com Instrumentation: Thermal analysis instruments, dynamic mechanical analysis, dielectric dielectric (dī'ĭlĕk`trĭk), material that does not conduct electricity readily, i.e., an insulator (see insulation). A good dielectric should also have other properties: It must resist breakdown under high voltages; it should not analysis, rheometers for evaluating fluids and soft solids Services offered: Technical service Taber Industries Alan Jaenecke, Product Mktg. Mgr. 455 Bryant St. North Tonawanda North Tonawanda (tŏnəwŏn`də), industrial and commercial city (1990 pop. 34,989), Niagara co., W N.Y., on the Niagara River at the terminus of the the Erie Canal; settled c.1802, inc. as a city 1897. , NY 14120 Phone: (716) 694-4000 Fax: (716) 694-1450 Instrumentation: Destructive tests-abrasion Tarlin Scientific, Inc. Harris I. Tarlin P.O. Box 368 Worcester, MA 01602 Phone: (508) 799-0909 Fax: (508) 757-9907 Email: tarlinscientific@aol.com Instrumentation: Brittleness testers, compression testers, melt index apparatus, ASTM testers for flammability flam·ma·ble adj. Easily ignited and capable of burning rapidly; inflammable. [From Latin flamm , rheometers Tavdi Co., Inc. Ismail Saltuk, president P.O. Box 298, 300 County Rd. Barrington, RI 02806 Phone: (401) 245-2932 Fax: (401) 245-0737 Email: isaltuk@aol.com; isaltuk@tavdi.com Instrumentation: Computerized Yerzley oscillograph os·cil·lo·graph n. An instrument that records oscillations, as of an electric current and voltage. os·cil (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 Ascot (ăs`kət), town, Windsor and Maidenhead, S central England. The famous horse races instituted by Queen Anne in 1711 are held annually in June on Ascot Heath. Ascot remains an important social and fashion event, attended by the royal family. Lane Cuyahoga Falls Cuyahoga Falls, city (1990 pop. 48,950), Summit co., NE Ohio, on the Cuyahoga River; inc. 1836. On its course through the city the river drops 220 ft (67 m) through a series of falls and rapids. , OH 44224 Phone: (330) 923-3546 Fax: (330) 923-6335 Website: www.techpro-usa.com Email: techpro@techpro-usa.com Instrumentation: Oscillating os·cil·late intr.v. os·cil·lat·ed, os·cil·lat·ing, os·cil·lates 1. To swing back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm. 2. 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 Tenney Environmental Erin Hall, Mktg. Coord. 2121 Reach Rd. Williamsport, PA 17701 Phone: (570) 326-1770 Fax: (570) 326-7304 Website: www.tenney.com Instrumentation: Environmental test chambers Services offered: Replacement parts, service of environmental test chambers and sale or rental of reconditioned re·con·di·tion tr.v. re·con·di·tioned, re·con·di·tion·ing, re·con·di·tions To restore to good condition, especially by repairing, renovating, or rebuilding. environmental chambers Tensitron, Inc. Stan Saxl 1668 Valtec Lane Boulder, CO 80301 Phone: (303) 444-5383 Fax: (303) 444-0204 Website: www.tensitron.com Email: tensionmeters@tensitron.com 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: (800) 678-3221 Phone: (631) 439-5400 Fax: (631) 439-5420 Website: www.testingmachines.com Email: info@testingmachines.com Instrumentation: Physical testers Services offered: Technical service, training Testo, Inc. Marko Bruinsma, president 35 Ironia Rd. Flandors, NJ 07836 Phone: (973) 252-1720 Fax: (973) 252-1729 Instrumentation: Temperature-based instrumentation Services offered: Technical service ThermoHaake 53 W. Century Rd. Paramus, NJ 07652 Phone: (201) 265-7865 Phone: (800) 631-1369 Fax: (201) 265-1977 Website: www.thermohaake.com Instrumentation: Torque rheometer for polymer flow measurements using miniaturized production equipment; all units microprocessor controlled; viscometers; and Seiko Instruments Seiko Instruments Inc. (セイコーインスツル株式会社 thermal analysis; circulator products, melt flow testers, capillary rheometers, DSC, TGA See TARGA. TGA - Targa Graphics Adaptor , DMA, TMA and DCR DCR Department of Conservation and Recreation DCR Decrease DCR Digital Cable Ready (television) DCR Dark Crisis (Yu-Gi-Oh! cards) DCR Debt Coverage Ratio DCR Dacryocystorhinostomy Services offered: Technical service, training, software programs Thermovation William Litzler, Mktg. Mgr. 4800 W. 160th St. Cleveland, OH 44135 Phone: (216) 267-8020 Fax: (216) 267-9856 Website: www.thermovation.com Email: solutions@thermovation.com Instrumentation: Dipping machines, testing ovens Thwing-Albert Instrument Co. Dave Muchorski, dir., sales & marketing 10960 Dutton Rd. Philadelphia, PA 19154 Phone: (215) 637-0100 Website: www.thwingalbert.com Email: sales@thwingalbert.com Instrumentation: Universal testing machines A Universal Testing Machine is used to test the tensile and compressive properties of materials. Such machines generally have two columns but single column types are also available. , tear testers and sample cutter Services offered: Technical service, training, software programs for company equipment Tidland Corporation Bill Leistritz, sales mgr. 2305 S.E. 8th Ave. Camas, WA 98607 Phone: (360) 834-2345 Fax: (360) 834-5865 Email: tidland@tidland.com Internet: www.tidland.com Instrumentation: Shafts, chucks, slitting slit n. A long, straight, narrow cut or opening. tr.v. slit, slit·ting, slits 1. To make a slit or slits in. 2. To cut lengthwise into strips; split. equipment for unwind Unwind 1. The closure of an investment position. 2. The reconciliation of an error previously unseen by a brokerage house. Notes: 1. Sometimes referred to as closing out a position. , intermediate and rewind re·wind tr.v. re·wound , re·wind·ing, re·winds 1. To wind again or anew. 2. To reverse the winding of (recording tape or camera film). n. 1. The act or process of rewinding. 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: (215) 675-7100 Instrumentation: Tension and compression testing machines Services offered: Technical service, software programs TMI TMI Too Much Information TMI Three Mile Island TMI TRMM Microwave Imager TMI Transactions on Medical Imaging TMI Texas Military Institute TMI Teen Missions International TMI Tauber Manufacturing Institute Canada Lisa Ivanowskoff 6 Ronald Dr. Montreal, Quebec, Canada H4X H4X Hacks (gaming) 1M8 Phone: (514) 489-8491 Fax: (514) 488-6044 Website: www.testingmachines.com Email: canada@testingmachines.com Instrumentation: Physical testers Services offered: Technical service, training Tritech Laboratories John Semonin, V.P. 1480 Englewood Ave. Akron, OH 44305 Phone: (330) 798-9300 Fax: (330) 798-9328 Services offered: Rubber testing and consultation on results; compound development services; industry training courses TSI TSI Total Solar Irradiance (sum solar light in energy per unit of time) TSI Trading Standards Institute (UK) TSI Transportation Safety Institute (US DOT) Incorporated Brian Osmondson, mktg. mgr. P.O. Box 64394 St. Paul St. Paul as a missionary he fearlessly confronts the “perils of waters, of robbers, in the city, in the wilderness.” [N.T.: II Cor. 11:26] See : Bravery , MN 55164 Phone: (651) 490-0900 Fax: (651) 490-2748 Website: www.tsi.com Email: info@tsi.com 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 Corporation of America Suite 216, 111 Great Neck Rd. Great Neck, NY 11021 Phone: (516) 466-7570 Fax: (516) 466-7572 Website: www2.csr-net.or.jp/hps/ueshima/ Email: info@nishiyama-usa.com 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: (206) 481-6611 Fax: (206) 481-4455 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: (330) 929-3333 Fax: (330) 929-3034 Website: www.unionprocess.com Email: unionprocess@unionprocess.com Instrumentation: Attrition Attrition The reduction in staff and employees in a company through normal means, such as retirement and resignation. This is natural in any business and industry. Notes: mills, fine grinding and dispersing equipment United Calibration Corporation Jere H. Watson, president 5802 Engineer Dr. Huntington Beach Huntington Beach, city (1990 pop. 181,519), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast, across from Santa Catalina Island, in an oil-producing area; inc. 1909. It manufactures aerospace vehicles, aircraft parts, optical instruments, and heat transfer equipment. , CA 92649 Phone: (714) 638-2322 Instrumentation: Materials testing systems Services offered: Calibration of test systems and assorted force equipment United Testing Systems, Inc. Robert Erskine Colonel Robert Erskine (1735 – 1780) was a Scottish inventor and later an American officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Born in Scotland, Erskine was an inventor and engineer of some renown in his native land. 5171 Exchange Dr. Flint, MI 48507 Phone: (810) 732-2800 Fax: (810) 732-2872 Website: www.tensiletest.com Email: utsflint@tir.com Instrumentation: Materials testing systems for hardness, tensile and compression Services offered: Calibration and certification of hardness and various force testing systems VTEC VTEC verocytotoxin producing Escherichia coli. Laboratories Inc. Paul Kaplan 212 Manida St. Bronx, NY 10474 Phone: (718) 542-8248 Fax: (718) 542-8759 Email: pkaplan@vteclabs.com Instrumentation: Flammability test equipment Wabash MPI MPI - Message Passing Interface 1569 Morris St. P.O. Box 298 Wabash, IN 46992-0298 Phone: (260) 563-1184 Fax: (260) 563-1396 Website: www.wabashmpi.com Email: wabashmpi@corpemail.com H.W. Wallace Inc. William Cole William Cole may refer to:
1245 S. Cleveland-Massillon Rd., Suite #2 P.O. Box 4400 Copley, OH 44321 Phone: (330) 670-9453 Fax: (330) 670-9450 Website: www.hwwallace.com Email: h.w.wallace@usa.net 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 D15, 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 7) Wallace Instruments Jerry Jackson, director Dave Reynolds, sales/mktg. mgr. Unit 4, St. Georges Ind. Est ind. abbr. 1. a. independence b. independent 2. index 3. a. industrial b. industry ind. 1. independent 2. ., Richmond Rd. Kingston, England KT2 5BQ Phone: 44-0-20-8541-4333 Fax: 44-0-20-8549-3374 Website: www.hwwallace.co.uk Email: hwwallace@compuserve.com 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: (317) 357-8681 Fax: (317) 357-8685 Instrumentation: Ovens, environmental chambers Weed Instrument Co., Inc. Bill Bayer 707 Jeffrey Way P.O. Box 300 Round Rock, TX 78680 Phone: (512) 434-2900 Fax: (512) 434-2901 Instrumentation: Resistance temperature detector Williamson Corp. W.R. Barron, Mktg. Mgr. 70 Domino Dr. P.O. Box 1270 Concord, MA 01742-1270 Phone: (978) 369-9607 Fax: (978) 369-5485 Instrumentation: Radiation pyrometers Noun 1. radiation pyrometer - a pyrometer for estimating the temperature of distant sources of heat; radiation is focussed on a thermojunction connected in circuit with a galvanometer pyrometer - a thermometer designed to measure high temperatures Wilson Shore Instruments, Div. of Instron Corp. Ed Tobolski, SM, hardness products 100 Royal St. Canton, MA 02021 Phone: (617) 575-6000 Fax: (617) 575-5770 Instrumentation: Hardness testers, testing machines for tensile strength tensile strength Ratio of the maximum load a material can support without fracture when being stretched to the original area of a cross section of the material. When stresses less than the tensile strength are removed, a material completely or partially returns to its testing Services offered: Technical service, training, calibrations Willrich Precision Inst. Co., Inc. R.G. Chitos 80 Broadway Cresskill, NJ 07626 Phone: (201) 567-1411 Fax: (201) 567-7470 Email: info@willrich.com Instrumentation: Analytical and torsion balances torsion balance, instrument used to measure small forces. It is based on the principle that a wire or thread resists twisting with a force that is proportional to the stress. , cord testers, coating testers, compression testers, durometers, elasticity testers; dimensional gauges, other laboratory and testing equipment WSF WSF World Social Forum WSF Web Services Framework WSF Women's Sports Foundation WSF World Squash Federation WSF Washington State Ferry WSF Wake Shield Facility (space laboratory) WSF Water-Soluble Fraction Industries, Inc. John L. Hettrick, Jr. P.O. Box 400 Kenmore Branch Buffalo, NY 14217 Phone: (800) 874-8265 Phone: (716) 692-4930 Fax: (716) 692-4135 Website: www.wsf-inc.com Email: info@wsf-inc.com Instrumentation: Autoclaves, process simulators Yxlon International Rita Pontefract, Mktg. Specialist 3400 Gilchrist Rd. Akron, OH 44260-1221 Phone: (330) 798-4800 Fax: (330) 784-9854 Website: www.yxlon.com Instrumentation: Image analysis equipment, the x-ray inspection systems Services offered: Technical service, training and software programs Carl Zeiss
Carl Zeiss (September 11, 1816 – December 3, 1888) was an optician commonly known for the company he founded, Zeiss. , Inc., Microscope Div. 1 Zeiss Dr. Thornwood, NY 10594 Phone: (800) 233-2343 Fax: (914) 681-7446 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: (914) 241-7080 Fax: (914) 241-7096 Website: www.zumbach.com Email: sales@zumbach.com Instrumentation: Non-contact diameter gauges, ultrasonic and eddy current Eddy current An electric current induced within the body of a conductor when that conductor either moves through a nonuniform magnetic field or is in a region where there is a change in magnetic flux. It is sometimes called Foucault 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 inductive 1. eliciting a reaction within an organism. 2. inductive heating a form of radiofrequency hyperthermia that selectively heats muscle, blood and proteinaceous tissue, sparing fat and air-containing tissues. wire preheaters; SQC/SPC data acquisition reporting and logging systems, plus PC link networking software  This article is written like a personal reflection or and may require .Please [ improve this article] by rewriting this article in an . Zwick USA Bob Donohue, Mktg. Dir. 1620 Cobb International Blvd. Kennesaw, Atlanta, GA 30152 Phone: (770) 420-6555 Fax: (770) 420-6333 Website: www.zwick.com Email: bob.donohue@zwickusa.com 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 include
spectroscopy; chromatography; thermal analysis; and
microscopy.
Akron
Special
Acrolab Aeroglide Machinery,
Ltd. Corp. Inc.
Instrumentation/equipment for the testing rubber vulcanizates
Durability
Permeability *
Fluid resistance
Heat resistance (static)
Destructive tests
Heat build-up
Fatigue *
Abrasion
Crack & cut growth
Time-dependent tests
Dynamic/thermomechanical
Rebound & resilience
Creep & stress relaxation
Set
Stress/strain tests
Adhesion
Hardness
Tear
Tensile
Physical testing of rubber
Microscopes
Dimensions
Raw materials, vulcanized & *
unvulcanized rubber testing
Processability testing * *
Electrical properties
Dissipation factor
Dielectric strength
Dielectric constant
Durability
Brittleness
Weathering resistance
Ozone resistance
Akron
Standard, Alpha Altman
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Company logies Co.
Instrumentation/equipment for the testing rubber vulcanizates
Durability
Permeability *
Fluid resistance
Heat resistance (static)
Destructive tests
Heat build-up
Fatigue * *
Abrasion
Crack & cut growth *
Time-dependent tests
Dynamic/thermomechanical
Rebound & resilience
Creep & stress relaxation
Set
Stress/strain tests
Adhesion
Hardness
Tear
Tensile *
Physical testing of rubber
Microscopes
Dimensions
Raw materials, vulcanized &
unvulcanized rubber testing
Processability testing *
Electrical properties
Dissipation factor
Dielectric strength
Dielectric constant
Durability
Brittleness
Weathering resistance
Ozone resistance
Ametek
B.C. PMT, U.S. Ametek
Ames Co. Gauge Div. Chatillion
Instrumentation/equipment for the testing rubber vulcanizates
Durability
Permeability
Fluid resistance
Heat resistance (static)
Destructive tests
Heat build-up
Fatigue
Abrasion
Crack & cut growth
Time-dependent tests
Dynamic/thermomechanical
Rebound & resilience
Creep & stress relaxation
Set
Stress/strain tests
Adhesion
Hardness
Tear
Tensile *
Physical testing of rubber
Microscopes
Dimensions *
Raw materials, vulcanized &
unvulcanized rubber testing
Processability testing *
Electrical properties
Dissipation factor
Dielectric strength
Dielectric constant
Durability
Brittleness
Weathering resistance
Ozone resistance
Applied
Test
Leverett A. Systems, Asylum
Anderson Co. Inc. Research
Instrumentation/equipment for the testing rubber vulcanizates
Durability
Permeability
Fluid resistance
Heat resistance (static) *
Destructive tests
Heat build-up
Fatigue * *
Abrasion *
Crack & cut growth *
Time-dependent tests
Dynamic/thermomechanical
Rebound & resilience *
Creep & stress relaxation * *
Set *
Stress/strain tests
Adhesion *
Hardness *
Tear
Tensile *
Physical testing of rubber
Microscopes *
Dimensions
Raw materials, vulcanized &
unvulcanized rubber testing
Processability testing
Electrical properties
Dissipation factor
Dielectric strength
Dielectric constant
Durability
Brittleness *
Weathering resistance
Ozone resistance *
Atlas
Material
Testing Automated
Technology Control Automation
LLC Systems Products
Instrumentation/equipment for the testing rubber vulcanizates
Durability
Permeability
Fluid resistance
Heat resistance (static)
Destructive tests
Heat build-up
Fatigue *
Abrasion
Crack & cut growth
Time-dependent tests
Dynamic/thermomechanical
Rebound & resilience
Creep & stress relaxation
Set
Stress/strain tests
Adhesion
Hardness
Tear
Tensile
Physical testing of rubber
Microscopes
Dimensions
Raw materials, vulcanized & *
unvulcanized rubber testing
Processability testing *
Electrical properties
Dissipation factor
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 rubber vulcanizates
Durability
Permeability *
Fluid resistance *
Heat resistance (static) *
Destructive tests
Heat build-up * *
Fatigue *
Abrasion *
Crack & cut growth *
Time-dependent tests
Dynamic/thermomechanical *
Rebound & resilience *
Creep & stress relaxation *
Set *
Stress/strain tests
Adhesion *
Hardness *
Tear *
Tensile *
Physical testing of rubber
Microscopes
Dimensions *
Raw materials, vulcanized & *
unvulcanized rubber testing
Processability testing *
Electrical properties
Dissipation factor
Dielectric strength
Dielectric constant
Durability
Brittleness * *
Weathering resistance *
Ozone resistance *
Beta Bohlin C.W.
LaserMike Instruments Barbender
Instrumentation/equipment for the testing rubber vulcanizates
Durability
Permeability
Fluid resistance
Heat resistance (static) *
Destructive tests
Heat build-up
Fatigue
Abrasion
Crack & cut growth
Time-dependent tests
Dynamic/thermomechanical *
Rebound & resilience
Creep & stress relaxation *
Set *
Stress/strain tests
Adhesion
Hardness *
Tear
Tensile
Physical testing of rubber
Microscopes
Dimensions *
Raw materials, vulcanized & *
unvulcanized rubber testing
Processability testing * *
Electrical properties
Dissipation factor
Dielectric strength
Dielectric constant
Durability
Brittleness *
Weathering resistance
Ozone resistance
CCS -
Bytewise Corporate
Measurement Carver, Consulting
Systems Inc. Services
Instrumentation/equipment for the testing rubber vulcanizates
Durability
Permeability *
Fluid resistance *
Heat resistance (static) *
Destructive tests
Heat build-up *
Fatigue *
Abrasion *
Crack & cut growth *
Time-dependent tests
Dynamic/thermomechanical *
Rebound & resilience *
Creep & stress relaxation *
Set *
Stress/strain tests
Adhesion *
Hardness *
Tear *
Tensile *
Physical testing of rubber
Microscopes
Dimensions * *
Raw materials, vulcanized & *
unvulcanized rubber testing
Processability testing * *
Electrical properties
Dissipation factor
Dielectric strength
Dielectric constant
Durability
Brittleness *
Weathering resistance *
Ozone resistance *
CDS
Analytical, Cober Coram
Inc. Electronics Instruments
Instrumentation/equipment for the testing rubber vulcanizates
Durability
Permeability
Fluid resistance
Heat resistance (static)
Destructive tests
Heat build-up
Fatigue
Abrasion *
Crack & cut growth
Time-dependent tests
Dynamic/thermomechanical
Rebound & resilience *
Creep & stress relaxation
Set
Stress/strain tests
Adhesion
Hardness *
Tear
Tensile
Physical testing of rubber
Microscopes
Dimensions
Raw materials, vulcanized & * *
unvulcanized rubber testing
Processability testing *
Electrical properties
Dissipation factor
Dielectric strength
Dielectric constant
Durability
Brittleness
Weathering resistance
Ozone resistance *
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Dek-Tron Gumbs
Dau Chau Scientific Die &
Enterprises Instruments Presses
Instrumentation/equipment for the testing rubber vulcanizates
Durability
Permeability *
Fluid resistance *
Heat resistance (static)
Destructive tests
Heat build-up
Fatigue * *
Abrasion * * *
Crack & cut growth * *
Time-dependent tests
Dynamic/thermomechanical
Rebound & resilience *
Creep & stress relaxation *
Set *
Stress/strain tests
Adhesion *
Hardness
Tear * *
Tensile * * *
Physical testing of rubber
Microscopes
Dimensions
Raw materials, vulcanized &
unvulcanized rubber testing
Processability testing *
Electrical properties
Dissipation factor
Dielectric strength
Dielectric constant
Durability
Brittleness *
Weathering resistance
Ozone resistance *
Digital Dillon Ekron Tek
Instruments Quantrol Co., Ltd.
Instrumentation/equipment for the testing rubber vulcanizates
Durability
Permeability
Fluid resistance
Heat resistance (static)
Destructive tests
Heat build-up *
Fatigue *
Abrasion
Crack & cut growth
Time-dependent tests
Dynamic/thermomechanical
Rebound & resilience *
Creep & stress relaxation *
Set
Stress/strain tests
Adhesion *
Hardness
Tear * *
Tensile * *
Physical testing of rubber
Microscopes *
Dimensions
Raw materials, vulcanized & *
unvulcanized rubber testing
Processability testing *
Electrical properties
Dissipation factor
Dielectric strength
Dielectric constant
Durability
Brittleness *
Weathering resistance
Ozone resistance *
Electronic Emerson Ferry
Development Apparatus, Industries
Labs Inc. Inc.
Instrumentation/equipment for the testing rubber vulcanizates
Durability
Permeability
Fluid resistance
Heat resistance (static)
Destructive tests
Heat build-up
Fatigue * *
Abrasion *
Crack & cut growth
Time-dependent tests
Dynamic/thermomechanical
Rebound & resilience
Creep & stress relaxation
Set
Stress/strain tests
Adhesion
Hardness
Tear
Tensile
Physical testing of rubber
Microscopes
Dimensions
Raw materials, vulcanized &
unvulcanized rubber testing
Processability testing *
Electrical properties
Dissipation factor
Dielectric strength
Dielectric constant
Durability
Brittleness
Weathering resistance
Ozone resistance
FMC
Corporate Forte
Technology Technology, Freeman
Center Inc. Company
Instrumentation/equipment for the testing rubber vulcanizates
Durability
Permeability
Fluid resistance
Heat resistance (static)
Destructive tests
Heat build-up
Fatigue
Abrasion
Crack & cut growth
Time-dependent tests
Dynamic/thermomechanical
Rebound & resilience
Creep & stress relaxation
Set
Stress/strain tests
Adhesion
Hardness
Tear * *
Tensile *
Physical testing of rubber
Microscopes
Dimensions
Raw materials, vulcanized & *
unvulcanized rubber testing
Processability testing *
Electrical properties
Dissipation factor
Dielectric strength
Dielectric constant
Durability
Brittleness
Weathering resistance
Ozone resistance
Gabo
Qualimeter Gearhart
Testanlagen Machine
GmbH Company Goettfert
Instrumentation/equipment for the testing rubber vulcanizates
Durability
Permeability
Fluid resistance
Heat resistance (static)
Destructive tests
Heat build-up *
Fatigue *
Abrasion
Crack & cut growth
Time-dependent tests
Dynamic/thermomechanical * *
Rebound & resilience
Creep & stress relaxation * *
Set * *
Stress/strain tests
Adhesion
Hardness *
Tear *
Tensile * * *
Physical testing of rubber
Microscopes
Dimensions *
Raw materials, vulcanized & * *
unvulcanized rubber testing
Processability testing * *
Electrical properties
Dissipation factor
Dielectric strength
Dielectric constant
Durability
Brittleness *
Weathering resistance *
Ozone resistance *
Hampden
Gruenberg Test
Grecon, Oven Equipment
Inc. Co. Ltd.
Instrumentation/equipment for the testing rubber vulcanizates
Durability
Permeability
Fluid resistance
Heat resistance (static)
Destructive tests
Heat build-up
Fatigue
Abrasion *
Crack & cut growth
Time-dependent tests
Dynamic/thermomechanical
Rebound & resilience *
Creep & stress relaxation
Set
Stress/strain tests
Adhesion
Hardness *
Tear * *
Tensile * *
Physical testing of rubber
Microscopes
Dimensions
Raw materials, vulcanized & *
unvulcanized rubber testing
Processability testing
Electrical properties
Dissipation factor
Dielectric strength
Dielectric constant
Durability
Brittleness
Weathering resistance
Ozone resistance *
Harris
Instrument Hotpack Imass,
Corp. Corp. Inc.
Instrumentation/equipment for the testing rubber vulcanizates
Durability
Permeability *
Fluid resistance
Heat resistance (static)
Destructive tests
Heat build-up
Fatigue
Abrasion
Crack & cut growth
Time-dependent tests
Dynamic/thermomechanical
Rebound & resilience
Creep & stress relaxation
Set
Stress/strain tests
Adhesion *
Hardness
Tear *
Tensile *
Physical testing of rubber
Microscopes
Dimensions *
Raw materials, vulcanized &
unvulcanized rubber testing
Processability testing *
Electrical properties
Dissipation factor
Dielectric strength
Dielectric constant
Durability
Brittleness
Weathering resistance *
Ozone resistance
Instron
Impakt Indusco Corporation
Instrumentation/equipment for the testing rubber vulcanizates
Durability
Permeability
Fluid resistance
Heat resistance (static)
Destructive tests
Heat build-up
Fatigue * *
Abrasion *
Crack & cut growth *
Time-dependent tests
Dynamic/thermomechanical *
Rebound & resilience
Creep & stress relaxation *
Set *
Stress/strain tests
Adhesion * *
Hardness * *
Tear * * *
Tensile * * *
Physical testing of rubber
Microscopes
Dimensions *
Raw materials, vulcanized & * *
unvulcanized rubber testing
Processability testing *
Electrical properties
Dissipation factor
Dielectric strength
Dielectric constant
Durability
Brittleness
Weathering resistance
Ozone resistance
J&L Tool Kernco
& Machine, Karder Intrument
Inc. Rubber Co.
Instrumentation/equipment for the testing rubber vulcanizates
Durability
Permeability
Fluid resistance
Heat resistance (static)
Destructive tests
Heat build-up
Fatigue
Abrasion
Crack & cut growth
Time-dependent tests
Dynamic/thermomechanical *
Rebound & resilience
Creep & stress relaxation
Set
Stress/strain tests
Adhesion
Hardness * *
Tear
Tensile *
Physical testing of rubber
Microscopes *
Dimensions *
Raw materials, vulcanized &
unvulcanized rubber testing
Processability testing
Electrical properties
Dissipation factor
Dielectric strength
Dielectric constant
Durability
Brittleness
Weathering resistance
Ozone resistance
Leco LMI Manufacturers
Corpo- Techno- Supplies
ration logies Co.
Instrumentation/equipment for the testing rubber vulcanizates
Durability
Permeability
Fluid resistance
Heat resistance (static)
Destructive tests
Heat build-up
Fatigue *
Abrasion *
Crack & cut growth
Time-dependent tests
Dynamic/thermomechanical
Rebound & resilience
Creep & stress relaxation
Set
Stress/strain tests
Adhesion
Hardness
Tear
Tensile *
Physical testing of rubber
Microscopes *
Dimensions *
Raw materials, vulcanized & * *
unvulcanized rubber testing
Processability testing
Electrical properties
Dissipation factor
Dielectric strength
Dielectric constant
Durability
Brittleness
Weathering resistance
Ozone resistance
Messmer
Mast/ Instruments
Keystone Ltd. Micro-Vu
Instrumentation/equipment for the testing rubber vulcanizates
Durability
Permeability
Fluid resistance
Heat resistance (static)
Destructive tests
Heat build-up
Fatigue
Abrasion *
Crack & cut growth
Time-dependent tests
Dynamic/thermomechanical
Rebound & resilience *
Creep & stress relaxation *
Set *
Stress/strain tests
Adhesion *
Hardness *
Tear *
Tensile *
Physical testing of rubber
Microscopes *
Dimensions * *
Raw materials, vulcanized &
unvulcanized rubber testing
Processability testing
Electrical properties
Dissipation factor
Dielectric strength
Dielectric constant
Durability
Brittleness
Weathering resistance
Ozone resistance *
MKB MTI MTS
Indus- Instru- Systems
tries ments Corp.
Instrumentation/equipment for the testing rubber vulcanizates
Durability
Permeability
Fluid resistance *
Heat resistance (static) *
Destructive tests
Heat build-up *
Fatigue *
Abrasion *
Crack & cut growth *
Time-dependent tests
Dynamic/thermomechanical * *
Rebound & resilience *
Creep & stress relaxation * *
Set *
Stress/strain tests
Adhesion *
Hardness *
Tear *
Tensile * *
Physical testing of rubber
Microscopes
Dimensions
Raw materials, vulcanized & * *
unvulcanized rubber testing *
Processability testing
Electrical properties
Dissipation factor
Dielectric strength
Dielectric constant
Durability
Brittleness
Weathering resistance
Ozone resistance
NewAge
NDC Testing
Infrared Instruments
Instrumentation/equipment for the testing rubber vulcanizates
Durability
Permeability
Fluid resistance
Heat resistance (static)
Destructive tests
Heat build-up
Fatigue
Abrasion
Crack & cut growth
Time-dependent tests
Dynamic/thermomechanical
Rebound & resilience
Creep & stress relaxation
Set
Stress/strain tests
Adhesion
Hardness *
Tear
Tensile
Physical testing of rubber
Microscopes
Dimensions
Raw materials, vulcanized &
unvulcanized rubber testing *
Processability testing
Electrical properties
Dissipation factor
Dielectric strength
Dielectric constant
Durability
Brittleness
Weathering resistance
Ozone resistance
Nikon Inc., Ontario
New Era Instrument Die
Die Co. Group Company
Instrumentation/equipment for the testing rubber vulcanizates
Durability
Permeability
Fluid resistance
Heat resistance (static)
Destructive tests
Heat build-up
Fatigue
Abrasion
Crack & cut growth
Time-dependent tests
Dynamic/thermomechanical
Rebound & resilience
Creep & stress relaxation
Set
Stress/strain tests
Adhesion
Hardness
Tear * *
Tensile * *
Physical testing of rubber
Microscopes
Dimensions
Raw materials, vulcanized & *
unvulcanized rubber testing
Processability testing
Electrical properties
Dissipation factor
Dielectric strength
Dielectric constant
Durability
Brittleness
Weathering resistance
Ozone resistance
Orec Ozone Pacific
Chambers Oxford Transducer
and Monitors Instruments Corp.
Instrumentation/equipment for the testing rubber vulcanizates
Durability
Permeability *
Fluid resistance *
Heat resistance (static) *
Destructive tests
Heat build-up *
Fatigue *
Abrasion *
Crack & cut growth *
Time-dependent tests
Dynamic/thermomechanical
Rebound & resilience *
Creep & stress relaxation *
Set *
Stress/strain tests
Adhesion *
Hardness * *
Tear *
Tensile *
Physical testing of rubber
Microscopes
Dimensions *
Raw materials, vulcanized & * *
unvulcanized rubber testing *
Processability testing
Electrical properties
Dissipation factor
Dielectric strength
Dielectric constant
Durability
Brittleness *
Weathering resistance *
Ozone resistance *
Piedmont PLV
Perkin- Polymer Systems
Elmer Equipment Inc.
Instrumentation/equipment for the testing rubber vulcanizates
Durability
Permeability
Fluid resistance
Heat resistance (static)
Destructive tests
Heat build-up
Fatigue *
Abrasion
Crack & cut growth
Time-dependent tests
Dynamic/thermomechanical
Rebound & resilience
Creep & stress relaxation
Set
Stress/strain tests
Adhesion
Hardness
Tear
Tensile *
Physical testing of rubber
Microscopes *
Dimensions *
Raw materials, vulcanized & *
unvulcanized rubber testing *
Processability testing
Electrical properties
Dissipation factor
Dielectric strength
Dielectric constant
Durability
Brittleness
Weathering resistance
Ozone resistance *
Q-Panel Qualitest
Lab USA
Products LC Quest
Instrumentation/equipment for the testing rubber vulcanizates
Durability
Permeability *
Fluid resistance
Heat resistance (static)
Destructive tests
Heat build-up *
Fatigue *
Abrasion *
Crack & cut growth
Time-dependent tests
Dynamic/thermomechanical *
Rebound & resilience *
Creep & stress relaxation *
Set *
Stress/strain tests
Adhesion *
Hardness *
Tear *
Tensile *
Physical testing of rubber
Microscopes *
Dimensions * *
Raw materials, vulcanized & *
unvulcanized rubber testing
Processability testing
Electrical properties
Dissipation factor
Dielectric strength
Dielectric constant
Durability
Brittleness
Weathering resistance *
Ozone resistance
Frank Rex
Randall Gauge Rheometric
Co., Inc. Co., Inc. Scientific
Instrumentation/equipment for the testing rubber vulcanizates
Durability
Permeability
Fluid resistance
Heat resistance (static)
Destructive tests
Heat build-up
Fatigue
Abrasion
Crack & cut growth
Time-dependent tests
Dynamic/thermomechanical *
Rebound & resilience
Creep & stress relaxation *
Set
Stress/strain tests
Adhesion
Hardness *
Tear
Tensile *
Physical testing of rubber
Microscopes
Dimensions *
Raw materials, vulcanized & *
unvulcanized rubber testing
Processability testing
Electrical properties
Dissipation factor
Dielectric strength
Dielectric constant *
Durability
Brittleness
Weathering resistance
Ozone resistance
Rubber Satec Scanco
Molding Systems, USA,
Technology Inc. Inc.
Instrumentation/equipment for the testing rubber vulcanizates
Durability
Permeability
Fluid resistance
Heat resistance (static)
Destructive tests
Heat build-up
Fatigue * *
Abrasion
Crack & cut growth
Time-dependent tests
Dynamic/thermomechanical
Rebound & resilience
Creep & stress relaxation *
Set
Stress/strain tests
Adhesion
Hardness
Tear *
Tensile *
Physical testing of rubber
Microscopes *
Dimensions
Raw materials, vulcanized &
unvulcanized rubber testing *
Processability testing
Electrical properties
Dissipation factor
Dielectric strength
Dielectric constant
Durability
Brittleness
Weathering resistance
Ozone resistance
Schenck Signature
ScanTech Pegasus Control
Corp. Corp. Systems
Instrumentation/equipment for the testing rubber vulcanizates
Durability
Permeability
Fluid resistance
Heat resistance (static)
Destructive tests
Heat build-up
Fatigue
Abrasion
Crack & cut growth
Time-dependent tests
Dynamic/thermomechanical
Rebound & resilience *
Creep & stress relaxation
Set
Stress/strain tests
Adhesion
Hardness
Tear
Tensile
Physical testing of rubber
Microscopes
Dimensions
Raw materials, vulcanized &
unvulcanized rubber testing *
Processability testing
Electrical properties
Dissipation factor *
Dielectric strength *
Dielectric constant *
Durability
Brittleness
Weathering resistance *
Ozone resistance
TA Taber Tavdi
Instruments Industries Co., Inc.
Instrumentation/equipment for the testing rubber vulcanizates
Durability
Permeability
Fluid resistance
Heat resistance (static)
Destructive tests
Heat build-up *
Fatigue
Abrasion *
Crack & cut growth
Time-dependent tests
Dynamic/thermomechanical * *
Rebound & resilience * * *
Creep & stress relaxation * *
Set *
Stress/strain tests
Adhesion *
Hardness
Tear
Tensile *
Physical testing of rubber
Microscopes
Dimensions *
Raw materials, vulcanized & *
unvulcanized rubber testing
Processability testing *
Electrical properties
Dissipation factor *
Dielectric strength
Dielectric constant *
Durability
Brittleness
Weathering resistance
Ozone resistance
Tech Tenney Testing
Pro, Inc. Engineering Machines
Instrumentation/equipment for the testing rubber vulcanizates
Durability
Permeability *
Fluid resistance
Heat resistance (static) *
Destructive tests
Heat build-up *
Fatigue *
Abrasion *
Crack & cut growth * *
Time-dependent tests
Dynamic/thermomechanical
Rebound & resilience
Creep & stress relaxation
Set
Stress/strain tests
Adhesion * *
Hardness *
Tear * *
Tensile * *
Physical testing of rubber
Microscopes *
Dimensions *
Raw materials, vulcanized & * *
unvulcanized rubber testing
Processability testing *
Electrical properties
Dissipation factor
Dielectric strength
Dielectric constant
Durability
Brittleness *
Weathering resistance *
Ozone resistance
TSI
ThermoHaake Incorporated
Instrumentation/equipment for the testing rubber vulcanizates
Durability
Permeability
Fluid resistance
Heat resistance (static)
Destructive tests
Heat build-up
Fatigue
Abrasion
Crack & cut growth
Time-dependent tests
Dynamic/thermomechanical *
Rebound & resilience
Creep & stress relaxation *
Set
Stress/strain tests
Adhesion
Hardness
Tear
Tensile
Physical testing of rubber
Microscopes
Dimensions
Raw materials, vulcanized & *
unvulcanized rubber testing
Processability testing *
Electrical properties
Dissipation factor
Dielectric strength
Dielectric constant
Durability
Brittleness
Weathering resistance
Ozone resistance
Tinius
Thwing-Albert Olsen
Instrument Testing Ueshima
Co. Machines Seisakusho
Instrumentation/equipment for the testing rubber vulcanizates
Durability
Permeability
Fluid resistance
Heat resistance (static)
Destructive tests
Heat build-up
Fatigue
Abrasion
Crack & cut growth
Time-dependent tests
Dynamic/thermomechanical *
Rebound & resilience *
Creep & stress relaxation * *
Set * *
Stress/strain tests
Adhesion * *
Hardness *
Tear * *
Tensile * * *
Physical testing of rubber
Microscopes
Dimensions
Raw materials, vulcanized & *
unvulcanized rubber testing
Processability testing
Electrical properties
Dissipation factor
Dielectric strength
Dielectric constant
Durability
Brittleness *
Weathering resistance
Ozone resistance
United
United Testing
Ultrasonic Calibration Systems,
Arrays Corp. Inc.
Instrumentation/equipment for the testing rubber vulcanizates
Durability
Permeability
Fluid resistance
Heat resistance (static)
Destructive tests
Heat build-up
Fatigue * *
Abrasion
Crack & cut growth
Time-dependent tests
Dynamic/thermomechanical
Rebound & resilience
Creep & stress relaxation *
Set
Stress/strain tests
Adhesion *
Hardness
Tear * * *
Tensile * * *
Physical testing of rubber
Microscopes
Dimensions
Raw materials, vulcanized &
unvulcanized rubber testing
Processability testing
Electrical properties
Dissipation factor
Dielectric strength
Dielectric constant
Durability
Brittleness
Weathering resistance
Ozone resistance
VMI Wabash H.W.
Americas MPI Wallace
Instrumentation/equipment for the testing rubber vulcanizates
Durability
Permeability
Fluid resistance
Heat resistance (static)
Destructive tests
Heat build-up
Fatigue *
Abrasion * *
Crack & cut growth *
Time-dependent tests
Dynamic/thermomechanical
Rebound & resilience *
Creep & stress relaxation *
Set *
Stress/strain tests
Adhesion
Hardness *
Tear
Tensile
Physical testing of rubber
Microscopes
Dimensions
Raw materials, vulcanized &
unvulcanized rubber testing
Processability testing * * *
Electrical properties
Dissipation factor
Dielectric strength
Dielectric constant
Durability
Brittleness
Weathering resistance
Ozone resistance
Willrich Wilson
Williamson Precision Shore
Corp. Inst. Co. Instruments
Instrumentation/equipment for the testing rubber vulcanizates
Durability
Permeability
Fluid resistance
Heat resistance (static)
Destructive tests
Heat build-up
Fatigue *
Abrasion *
Crack & cut growth
Time-dependent tests
Dynamic/thermomechanical
Rebound & resilience *
Creep & stress relaxation *
Set
Stress/strain tests
Adhesion *
Hardness *
Tear *
Tensile * *
Physical testing of rubber
Microscopes *
Dimensions *
Raw materials, vulcanized &
unvulcanized rubber testing
Processability testing
Electrical properties
Dissipation factor
Dielectric strength
Dielectric constant
Durability
Brittleness
Weathering resistance
Ozone resistance
Carl Zwick
Zeiss, Inc. Zumbach USA
Instrumentation/equipment for the testing rubber vulcanizates
Durability
Permeability
Fluid resistance
Heat resistance (static)
Destructive tests
Heat build-up
Fatigue
Abrasion *
Crack & cut growth
Time-dependent tests
Dynamic/thermomechanical
Rebound & resilience *
Creep & stress relaxation *
Set *
Stress/strain tests
Adhesion *
Hardness *
Tear *
Tensile *
Physical testing of rubber
Microscopes *
Dimensions
Raw materials, vulcanized & *
unvulcanized rubber testing
Processability testing *
Electrical properties
Dissipation factor
Dielectric strength
Dielectric constant
Durability
Brittleness
Weathering resistance
Ozone resistance
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