Throughout its nearly 100-year manufacturing history, the crack resistance of natural rubber—one of the world's most widely used biomaterials—hasn't improved much. Until now. Materials researchers at ...

Ohio State scientist Katrina Cornish has a greenhouse full of the desert shrub guayule on the Wooster campus, where she hopes to one day build a full-scale latex processing plant. Credit: Katrina ...

The global market for rubber process oils is projected to grow steadily over the next five years, reaching an estimated $2.49 billion by 2030 as demand rises from key manufacturing sectors according ...

The increasing demand for fuel efficient tires at an affordable price increases the need for meaningful, accurate and simple test methods to develop and determine processability of new rubber ...

The rubber process oil market continues to evolve as rubber manufacturers focus on improving compound consistency and processing efficiency across diverse applications. RPOs such as TDAE, DAE, MES, ...

Over the last three decades, the rubber process analyzer has evolved as the processability test instrument of choice for measuring and solving many rubber factory problems. Now there are several ...

The vulcanization process is a cornerstone of rubber engineering, involving the cross-linking of polymer chains to enhance elasticity, durability and resistance to chemical degradation. Recent ...