ARDL’s Mixing and Compounding Department offers testing to analyze and measure the processability of materials following a variety of ASTM test methods. We can measure viscosity and stress relaxation, pre-vulcanization characteristics, mold shrinkage, extrudability, Mooney Viscometer testing, capillary rheometry, and many more. Our experts will work with you to evaluate and improve the processability of your materials, whether they are for transfer or compression molding, extrusion, calendaring or any other process.
Available Methods
Extrudability of Unvulcanized Compounds
Standard Test Method for Rubber Property-Extrudability of Unvulcanized Compounds
ASTM D 2230
Materials, Equipment and Procedures for Mixing Standard Compounds and Preparing Standard Vulcanized Sheets
Practice for Rubber-Materials, Equipment and Procedures for Mixing Standard Compounds and Preparing Standard Vulcanized Sheets
ASTM D 3182
Oscillating Disk Rheometer (ODR) – 30 Arc
Rubber Property - Vulcanization Using Oscillating Disk Cure Meter
ASTM D 2084
Preparation of Pieces for Test Purposes from Products
Standard Practice for Rubber Preparation of Pieces for Test Purposes from Products
ASTM D 3183
Preparation, Testing, Acceptance, Documentation, and Use of Reference Materials
Standard Practice for Rubber-Preparation, Testing, Acceptance, Documentation, and Use of Reference Materials
ASTM D 4678
Processability of Emulsion SBR (Styrene-Butadiene Rubber) with the Mooney Viscometer (Delta Mooney)
Standard Test Methods for Rubber Property-Processability of Emulsion SBR (Styrene-Butadiene Rubber) with the Mooney Viscometer (Delta Mooney)
ASTM D 3346
Rubber Conditioning for Low-Temperature Testing
Standard Practice for Rubber Conditioning for Low-Temperature Testing
ASTM D 832
Rubber PropertyPlasticity and Recovery (Parallel Plate Method)
Standard Test Method for Rubber Property Plasticity and Recovery (Parallel Plate Method)
ASTM D 926
Rubber-Standard Temperatures for Testing
Standard Practice for Rubber-Standard Temperatures for Testing
ASTM D 1349
Rubber-Viscosity, Stress Relaxation, and Pre-Vulcanization Characteristics (Mooney Viscometer)
Standard Test Methods for Rubber-Viscosity, Stress Relaxation, and Pre-Vulcanization Characteristics (Mooney Viscometer)
ASTM D 1646
Shrinkage of Raw and Compounded Hot-Polymerized Styrene-Butadiene Rubber (SBR)
Standard Test Methods for Rubber Property-Shrinkage of Raw and Compounded Hot-Polymerized Styrene-Butadiene Rubber (SBR)
ASTM D 2084
Standard Test Method for Determination of Properties of Polymeric Materials by Means of a Capillary Rheometer
Standard Test Methods for Rubber-Measurement of Processing Properties Using Capillary Rheometry
ASTM D 3835 Rosand Capillary
Vulcanization Using Rotorless Cure Meters
Standard Test Method for Rubber Property-Vulcanization Using Rotorless Cure Meters
ASTM D 5289
