Carbon Black Surface Activity

Tel: (909) 758-4715 | Email: custserv@goodyearrubber.com Contact Us Carbon Black: Surface Activity and Particle Size For furnace blacks, the fraction of high-energy sites decreases significantly with particle size. This indicates that the reinforcing potential of carbon black is closely related to the amount of highly energetic sites that can be well quantified by the applied … Continued

Tack and Green strength

Article Citation: G. R. Hamed (1981) Tack and Green Strength of Elastomeric Materials. Rubber Chemistry and Technology: July 1981, Vol. 54, No. 3, pp. 576-595. URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.5254/1.3535821 Tack and Green Strength of Elastomeric Materials G. R. Hamed University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325 Abstract Tack and green strength are two important properties of many elastomer compounds. … Continued

Sustainable Rubber Company

Sustainable Rubber Company Here at Goodyear We are committed to the Community; building a sustainable future for us all. We are investing an a large (1 megawatt DC) Solar PV system.

Rubber Compounding for Low Temperature

When compounding for low temperature applications, here are a few tips: Base the compound on polymers that have low glass transition temperatures With NBR, Nitriles: Select grades of NBR with lower levels of ACN to improve low temperature flexibility Use Low Temperature Oils  – Select Oils that are not aromatic. Generally, aromatic process oils impart poor … Continued

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

Goodyear Rubber Custom Rubber Production

Goodyear Rubber Company of Southern California prides itself on their Custom Rubber Products. Not only does Goodyear Rubber specialize in molding and extrusion, but can produce products EXACTLY how customers want them. One aspect that sets Goodyear apart from its competitors are its custom rubber products. Goodyear Rubber’s products are not one size fits all. … Continued

Urethane Products at Goodyear Rubber Company

Goodyear Rubber Company of Southern California has been manufacturing custom urethane products for over 30 years. Goodyear proudly produces durable, withstanding urethane products to be used for various applications. Urethane products can assume properties of materials like metal, plastic and even conventional rubber but without the density and rigidness. Urethane has many benefits due to … Continued