Category: News Releases

In booth W4143 at NPE2018, Zeiger Industries will be molding an automotive LED headlamp optic made from DOWSIL™ MS-4007 Moldable Silicone on a Milacron-Fanuc Roboshot a-S55iA with their new iHMI Controller that has a two cavity mold mounted to a M.R. Mold universal base with a single drop gated cold runner system. The production cell will utilize an ELMET TOP 5000P dosing system, a Thermal Care air cooled EQ3A01 portable chiller, and a Yushin YC-100S-11-8 robot with an E-Touch Compact controller, a custom engineered end-of-arm tool, and a Yushin indexing conveyor. A virtual molding simulation of the filling and curing process will be provided compliments of SIGMASOFT®. The Zeiger LSR Plug-n-Play Conversion Kit incorporates a Wexco777 water-cooled barrel, Zpringlok™ LSR pre-closed valve, ZSAR PM zero compression ratio screw and their proprietary barrel/screw sealing device.

M.R. Mold and RDAbbott to highlight revolutionary silicone technologies at NPE 2018.

RDAbbott featured the latest addition to its technical services portfolio, a Liquid Additive Manufacturing (LAM) 3D Printer, at the 2017 International Elastomer Conference in Cleveland, Ohio.

With a little help from RDAbbott, the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) Governing Board  ammended rule 1168 to allow the use of solvent-based Chemlok within the District on October 6, 2017.

Hallstar’s Paraplex^® Approach draws upon decades of performance data to quickly create custom-designed plasticizers that meet the strictest design requirements. To learn more, check out their new video.

Next generation gas drilling techniques continue to evolve allowing the market access to previously unavailable large shale gas reserves.

The organizing committee for LSR 2018, scheduled to take place September 11 – 13 in Anaheim, California is accepting abstracts for technical presentations. The deadline for abstracts is March 1, 2018.

RDAbbott could not be prouder of our three nominees—Jose Gonzalez, Felipe Escamilla, and Jose Elias—who were included in Rubber & Plastics News’ special “Under 40” issue.

Due to the concerns expressed by the rubber industry and related stakeholders, the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) has been working with RDAbbott to modify rule 1168 to allow the use of solvent-based Chemlok within the District.

TSE Industries is pleased to introduce MillaMed™ PU2055 and MillaMed™ PU2075, two new, pre-mixed polyurethane rubber compounds designed specifically for medical applications.