The curing and processing characteristics of vulcanized rubber compounds are precisely and promptly described by NG-ODR. It operates on a fairly straightforward idea. A test piece of rubber compound is kept at a predetermined elevated temperature and enclosed in a sealed test cavity under positive pressure. The test item contains an embedded Rotor (oscillating disc) that oscillates through a narrow range of rotary amplitudes. The test piece experiences a shear strain as a result of this action, and the torque (force) necessary to cause the disc to oscillate depends on the stiffness (shear modulus) of the rubber compound.

Rubber is created through a series of activities that entail the addition of value-adding material through chemical reactivity, irreversible physical feature modification, and flow. Extrusion, calendaring, vulcanization, and breaking down the polymer through mastication on a mill are the processes that are crucially important during chemical modification in tyre production.

The lead time for NextGen’s Oscillating / Automatic Disc Rheometer (ODR) is 2-5 Months Depending on when the PO is placed.

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