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Alpha Technologies UK

Alpha Technologies is a leader in applying rheology science to testing that makes a difference in the rubber and polymer world. Alpha's engineered test equipment serves the chemical, polymer, automotive, aerospace and medical markets. There's a lot riding on Alpha's testing to ensure safety and performance in mission-critical applications.

At Tire Technology Expo, the company will display a technology that solidifies its instruments’ reputation as the most versatile on the market. By extending it’s the industry-leading Premier RPA to include Sub-Zero Technology, Alpha Technologies is giving tire manufacturers a more efficient, accurate way to perform compound testing throughout a wide range of conditions including sub-ambient temperatures.

Previously, users would need multiple instruments to run separate RPA and Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA) tests. Now, cure characteristics and tire tread performance predictors for rolling resistance, winter traction, handling/cornering and wet traction can be tested with one convenient machine. Premier RPA with Sub-Zero Technology boasts a solution that is easy to operate, offers sub-ambient testing capabilities without the use of liquid nitrogen (down to –25° C) and significantly reduces in-process testing time compared with DMAs. That means greater testing capabilities with the potential for lower capital spending and reduced operational costs. The new sub-ambient operating range also has utility in automotive anti-vibration systems, sealing technologies and other rubber applications.

In addition to helping users save time and cost, this revolutionary instrument also guarantees a higher level of accuracy than what’s available anywhere else. The Precision Dynamic Modulus (PDM) technology that maintains cavity pressure and measures the real die gap, allows to overcome the limitation of the std RPAs tracking the volumetric variation of compound during cooling, improving the accuracy.

Booth: C640

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