Avon Materials Development CentreBrook Lane Industrial EstateWestbury Wiltshire BA 13 4 EP UK Tel: 01373 863000 Fax: 01373 863001 Email: dave.boast@avon-rubber.com Website: www.avon-rubber.com Established: 1998 Professional staff: 10 Key personnel: D Boast, BSc, C Eng. FIMech E. M Bennett, BSc Services offered: Routine and specialist testing of rubbers and elastomers, materials characterization and interpretation of properties, Analytical testing and interpretation. Compound design and optimization, small batch mixing and process troubleshooting. Product design, process design, meaningful test design and specification. Failure analysis. Materials standards conformance such as food regulations and REACH. Understanding the physics and chemistry of rubber in a wide variety of applications and environments such as dynamic and acoustic applications. Typical projects undertaken: • Determining material formulations and physical properties from samples. Dynamic mechanical characterisation of materials. • Product and process design and development • Compound development and process improvement and trouble shooting • Training • Noise and vibration work typically in Hoses or vibration isolation • Failure analysis • Investigating environmental degradation • Test design and development Overseas experience: Many countries worldwide Keywords: Compounding, lab mixing, material and product testing, of polymers, Analytical and specialist tests and interpretation of results, Training |