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Rubber processing

This company provides custom robber processing services, die development and design, and product design and development. They specialize in the production of rubber preps for the compression molding industry, including all shapes of preps to be produced into solids, o-rings, strips and odd shapes. Other capabilities include extrusion of strip or tubing, pelletizing and screening. The company also handles overflow work from rubber processors at full capacity. (All-Tra Rubber Processing, 53 Carmen Rd., Tallmadge, OH 44278)

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Cryogenic grinding

This company is said to have expanded and improved its cryogenic services. The company has added new cryogenic grinding equipment designed to handle abrasive materials such as rubber products and polymers with additives like carbon black, titanium dioxide and other types of fillers. The company has expanded its cryogenic grinding team, and can now provide cryogenic services to customers throughout the country at its multiple facilities. The company is said to have improved its existing cryogenic systems to increase efficiencies and reduce material loss. They can cost-effectively solidify and grind many adhesive and oily materials. (Wedco, 11490 Westheimer, Suite 1000, Houston, TX 77077)

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Custom rubber mixing

This custom mixer offers internal and open mill mixing, calendering and pre-forming of black and non-black materials in small and large volumes. They offer research and development, and are ISO 9001 registered. (Bata Rubber Products, Belcamp, MD 21017-0479)

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Fluoroelastomer mixing

The company mixes a complete line of fluoroelastomer compounds to meet the processing and product specifications of manufacturers, from exotic highly crucial applications to very low-cost standard purpose FKM. The company will mix a customer's recipe or design one to match specific cost and performance criteria. The company mill mixes fluoroelastomers exclusively, in a climate-controlled environment to achieve optimum uniformity and dispersion. Also available is toll mixing using customer supplied polymer. The company also offers small batch mixing for plant trials or development studies. (Pinnacle Elastomeric Technology, 5336 BBS Way, PO. Box 757, Braselton, GA 30517)

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Materials testing

The company performs analytical, mechanical, electrical, thermal, rheological and optical testing for the rubber and plastics industries, providing everything from simple material identification to complex specification testing. (Plastics Technology Laboratories, 50 Pearl St., Pittsfield, MA 01201)

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Machinery rebuilding

This company is said to have one of the rubber industry's most extensive and sophisticated facilities for the remanufacturing, rebuilding and upgrading of rubber compounding equipment. Each machine received for remanufacturing or rebuilding is fully dismantled, closely inspected and evaluated for potential refurbishing or replacement. Equipment is then restored to original specifications or upgraded to match the performance of newer machines, according to the company. (Farrel, 25 Main St., Ansonia, CT 06401)

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Custom formulation

The custom formulation and mixing of traditional and advanced rubber compounds is said to be a specialty of the company. The company has mixed all of the most common elastomers in use today, such as rubber, silicones and urethane, as well as many advanced elastomers, such as fluoroelastomer and fluorosilicone. The company also offers cost efficient custom mixing in a variety of batch sizes. They maintain a full range of testing and measuring instruments. (Pelmor Laboratories, 401 Lafayette St., Newtown, PA 18940-0309)

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Polymer analysis

This company has expanded its polymer analysis capabilities with the installation of an RPA 2000. The RPA (rubber process analyzer) is designed to provide high quality, precise and repeatable viscoelastic property data on raw polymers or elastomeric compounds before, during and after vulcanization. The RPA 2000 enables process tracking from raw polymer to final product. It measures uncured rubber process conditions, the cure reaction and cured rubber properties on a single test specimen in a rapid test. (Smithers Scientific Services, 425 W. Market St., Akron, OH 443032099)

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Microwave technologies

This specialist in radio frequency and microwave technologies performs studies (feasibility, predevelopment), designs and manufactures laboratory and production equipment. The company offers microwave equipment for continuous vulcanization of rubber profiles. (Sairem Iberica, El Marie Curie s/n, Barcelona, Spain 08042)

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