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Rubber Flex Cracking and Crack Growth Fatigue Tests: Choose the Right Endpoint

Rubber Flex Cracking and Crack Growth Fatigue T...

A compound that resists the first visible crack may still allow an existing cut to grow under repeated flexing. When reviewing rubber-track fatigue evidence, start with the damage event you...

Rubber Flex Cracking and Crack Growth Fatigue T...

A compound that resists the first visible crack may still allow an existing cut to grow under repeated flexing. When reviewing rubber-track fatigue evidence, start with the damage event you...

Carbon Black Dispersion Rubber Test Reports: Compare the Same Rating Basis

Carbon Black Dispersion Rubber Test Reports: Co...

A supplier’s dispersion score of “4” is undefined until its method, rating scale and specimen are identified. A visual rating, an agglomerate count and a microroughness result describe different observations....

Carbon Black Dispersion Rubber Test Reports: Co...

A supplier’s dispersion score of “4” is undefined until its method, rating scale and specimen are identified. A visual rating, an agglomerate count and a microroughness result describe different observations....

FTIR and TGA Rubber Compound Identification: What the Results Can Prove

FTIR and TGA Rubber Compound Identification: Wh...

FTIR and TGA can help identify and compare a defined rubber-track specimen, but they do not uniquely reconstruct its complete formulation. FTIR supports qualitative polymer identification from an infrared spectrum....

FTIR and TGA Rubber Compound Identification: Wh...

FTIR and TGA can help identify and compare a defined rubber-track specimen, but they do not uniquely reconstruct its complete formulation. FTIR supports qualitative polymer identification from an infrared spectrum....

What a Mooney Viscosity Rubber Compound Report Can Tell a Track Buyer

What a Mooney Viscosity Rubber Compound Report ...

A Mooney viscosity result describes a raw or uncured rubber specimen’s resistance to shearing under defined test conditions. It is not a finished-track quality score. Before using the result in...

What a Mooney Viscosity Rubber Compound Report ...

A Mooney viscosity result describes a raw or uncured rubber specimen’s resistance to shearing under defined test conditions. It is not a finished-track quality score. Before using the result in...

Rubber Cure Rheometer Report: Compare Curves Without Making a Press Recipe

Rubber Cure Rheometer Report: Compare Curves Wi...

Two rubber cure curves support the same comparison only when the compound state, instrument design, test temperature, test duration and endpoint definitions match. A rheometer curve describes how a small...

Rubber Cure Rheometer Report: Compare Curves Wi...

Two rubber cure curves support the same comparison only when the compound state, instrument design, test temperature, test duration and endpoint definitions match. A rheometer curve describes how a small...

Cannibalized Heavy Equipment Spare Parts Records: Keep the Donor Traceable

Cannibalized Heavy Equipment Spare Parts Record...

A part removed from a retired or damaged excavator is not serviceable stock because it came off a machine that ran. Before it is released to spare stock, keep one...

Cannibalized Heavy Equipment Spare Parts Record...

A part removed from a retired or damaged excavator is not serviceable stock because it came off a machine that ran. Before it is released to spare stock, keep one...