Installation of Innovative Equipment in the Polymer Additive Laboratory

Robinson Brothers is pleased to share the news that the new laboratory 2-roll mill and the new rheometer have been successfully installed.

These two new pieces of equipment equate to over £200,000 worth of investment to our Polymer Additive Laboratory and will help us expand further with the Robac Business Development.

The new laboratory open mill ITALMEC 150x300 was purposely built for Robinson Brothers by G3 Mixing Technologies. It is fully computer controlled with the latest safety features built in and has a separate hydraulic unit attached to it for safety operations. Special features include the manually adjustable stock guides on the chrome plated rollers which allow for greater experimentation and research than before.

Additionally, the MonTech MDR3000 Professional Moving Die Rheometer has been installed. This new rheometer will be able to provide information on structural characteristic of elastomeric compounds. This will help to resolve mixing, milling, extrusion, moulding, dispersion and calendaring issues and also provide storage life times.

Ranvir Virdi, Polymer Additives Laboratory Manager, is excited about the new equipment:

‘This is state of the art equipment with all of the required controls and safety functions. The MDR specifically will further enhance our ability to expand our R&D efforts in rubber chemistry and technology.’

To find out more information on these pieces of equipment, please click here.

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Robinson Brothers is a leading UK chemical manufacturer of fine chemicals and rubber accelerators. Our team of Chemists are experts in custom synthesis, contract manufacture and process optimisation. This experience has led us to become a reliable supplier to organisations; serving the Pharmaceutical, Medical Devices, Veterinary, Agrochemical and Speciality Chemical industries as well as many others. Click here to view our current vacancies.

Robinson Brothers Group acquired Endeavour Speciality Chemicals in 2008.

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