• ARDL’s compound development services can help you reduce costs, develop new products, improve quality and reliability, problem-solve, and develop formulations that meet your unique objectives and specifications.
• From highly technical developments to simply adapting one of the more than 30,000 compounds in our recipe library, ARDL’s experienced compounders can effectively and cost efficiently provide you with the formulations that meet your needs.
• In this market of regular material discontinuations, substitutions, daily commodity price fluctuations and unproved ingredients coming from all over the world, it really pays to review your rubber compounds for efficiency and effectiveness. ARDL can help. Let us put our expertise to work for you. ARDL will confidentially review your compound for a nominal fee. If there doesn’t appear to be any room for improvement and you are happy with its performance, that’s all you’ll pay and you’ll have sound peace of mind. If we see opportunities for improvement, we will provide a quotation for:
o Testing your current compound to your required specifications
o Adjusting the compound to make it less expensive, perform better, or both
o Testing the improved compound to ensure it meets or exceeds your requirements
• Services:
o Technical Training/Courses – The following are available, but they can be customized to suit your needs:
Basic Compounding, Processing, & Testing (1 day)
Advanced Compounding Processing, & Testing (3 day)
Anti-Oxidants/Anti-Ozonants
Filler Systems
Cure Systems
Plasticizers
Adhesion
Processing (mixing, molding, extrusion, etc)
o Consulting
Problem Solving
Process Improvement
Failure Analysis
Include link to “Why Review Your Compound?” brochure
o Compound Development
Including Compound Reconstruction/Reverse Engineering
Include link to the chem lab brochure and the “custom compounding” brochure
o Evaluative Studies
Move the “Evaluative” services tab from current “compound development” page to here
Just list ASTM #s next to the different polymers:
NR (Natural Rubber)/ IR (Isoprene Rubber) – ASTM D3192, D3403, D3184
SBR (Styrene-Butadiene Rubber) – ASTM D3191, D3185, D3186, D3346
IIR (Isobutene-Isoprene Rubber) – ASTM D3188
BR (Polybutadiene Rubber) – ASTM D3484, D3190
EPDM (Ethylene Propylene Diene Terpolymers) – ASTM D3568
NBR (Acrylonitrile-Butadiene Copolymers) – ASTM D3848, D3187
BIIR/CIIR (Halogenated Isobutene-Isoprene Rubber) – ASTM D3958
And many more
Remove the entire “Available Methods” section
o Test Development – Engineering
o Prototyping
• Technical Papers/Resources
