Polymer Additive Laboratory Set to Install £200,000 of New Equipment

The Polymer Additive Laboratory is set to install a new laboratory 2-roll mill and a new rheometer this month. These two new pieces of key equipment equate to over £200,000 worth of investment to our Polymer Additives Laboratory and will help us expand further with the Robac Business Development. 

The installation of the 2-roll mill was postponed due to COVID-19. However, we are now in a position where this can be safely installed and will replace our old 2-roll mill. 

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. Some special features such as manually adjustable stock guides on the chrome plated rollers are added. Also, stainless-steel funnels specifically for adding powder/granule and liquid to the rubber mixes were designed and built to aid mixing processes. All of these features allow greater experimentation and research than before.

In addition to the 2-roll mill, we will also have a new rheometer installed. This is the MonTech MDR3000 Professional Moving Die Rheometer, which will update our existing Monsanto MDR2000E. As well as being able to perform all of the duties of our existing MDR, such as determining the cure rates of compounds, the new rheometer will also be able to provide information on structural characteristics of elastomeric compounds. This will help to resolve mixing, milling, extrusion, moulding, dispersion and calendaring issues and also provide storage life times. Additionally, this new equipment will enable us to investigate foaming/sponging/blowing cure reactions. These are all very important issues in the polymer masterbatch (PM’s) and rubber final article manufacturing industries.

To find out more information on Robac Technology and their work on developing nitrosamine-safe ingredients for rubber manufacturing, click here.

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