Rubber Mixing: Butadiene and Butyl

I am blogging today about some general rubber mixing concepts for Butadiene and Butyl. This is just in the spirit of imparting lessons we’ve learned and research we’ve done here at Goodyear. These are ideas we’ve learned and accepted as true and necessary to consistently produce great batches of rubber. If there is anything I … Continued

Custom Rubber Extrusions – Microwave

Capillary Rheometry and Microwave Curing in Custom Rubber Extrusions. Hi all.  Flynn here again with yet another topic of interest for a small few of us.  I hope this finds you in good spirits and I hope to be of service to you in researching custom rubber solutions.  Feel free to contact me at fsears@goodyearrubber.com … Continued

Custom Rubber Molding Solutions: Eliminating Porosity, Bubbles and Voids

Hi there, I’m offering a few tips today on eliminating or reducing Porosity, air bubbles and voids in Custom Rubber parts. Here at Goodyear, we solve problems. We are committed to being your custom rubber solutions supplier. Porocity, air bubbles and voids can occur in a few different processes, namely mixing and in forming. In … Continued

Extrusion Die Swell

Hi. Flynn Sears here checking in on a Technical Rubber Extrusion Process piece: Tackling Extrusion Die Swell . The Extrusion process is still largely a form of art on the part of the operator. There is no cavity to form the rubber part in the curing process. Rather, the extrudate must go through the vulcanization … Continued