Surface texturing is an effective method to reduce friction without the need change materials. In this study, surface textures were transferred rubber samples in form of dimples, using a novel laser (LST)—based during moulding (TDM) production process, developed within European Project MouldTex. The used experimentally determine texture-induced variations, although, due complexity manufacturing...

The experiment was to study the effects of replacing soybean meal by rubber seed meal on growth, economics and carcass characteristics of broiler. A total of 150 day-old commercial broiler (Cobb-500) was reared for a period of 35 days. There were five treatments including T0 (without rubber seed meal), T1 (10% rubber seed meal), T2 (20% rubber seed meal), and T3 (30% rubber seed meal) and T4 (4...

To ensure safe coil embolization for cerebral aneurysms, it is important to investigate the contact force between a and an aneurysm wall. Therefore, in our previous study, we developed experimental system measuring biomodel. However, because model was made of silicone rubber, its physical properties, such as friction coefficient, differed from those aneurysms vivo. this using poly (vinyl alcoho...

This paper deals with planning assembly processes for a manipulator using numerical simulations. The dynamical model of the robot includes elasticity, damping , friction and backlash in the joints. In addition several models of typical mounting processes are used to calculate the forces and torques acting on the gripper during the assembly task. In this paper we speciically present the modellin...

The performance characteristics of four 24-inch wheelchair tires are considered; one pneumatic and three airless. Specifically, two new airless polyurethane foam tires (circular and tapered cross-section) were compared to both a molded polyisoprene tire and a rubber pneumatic tire. Rolling resistance, coefficient of static friction, spring rate, tire roll-off, impact absorption, wear resistance...