Rapid tooling technology is regarded as an important method of reducing the cost and time to market in a new product development process. Silicone rubber mold is frequently used in indirect tooling. Automatic vacuum casting system is widely used to degas in the manufacturing of silicon rubber mold, but the cost of hardware is very expensive. A low-cost automatic vacuum degassing system is desig...

FISHER, R. D., J.-P. GR~NFELD, AND A. C. BARGER. Intrarenal distribution of blood Jrow in diabetes insipidus: role of ADH. Am. J. Physiol. 219(5) : 1348-1358. 1970.-The distribution of renal blood flow was studied by the 8Kr method in trained, unanesthetized dogs with diabetes insipidus (DI) produced by hypothalamichypophysial tract section. The sites of renal vascular changes induced by DI wer...

In order to investigate the possibility of using different materials as bolus in radiotherapy, five samples denoted by S2 S6 were prepared and analyzed by comparison with one available commercial bolus denoted by S1. Sample S1 was a thermoplastic material from Qfix; S2 was a moldable silicon rubber (RTV-530 from Prochima); S3 and S4 were obtained by adding micrometric particles of Al and Cu res...

A hybrid tactile sensor system is proposed for a robot hand to hold and grip an object adaptively as the sensor system measures the slip of an object, the gripping force, and the deformation of its silicon rubber sensor element. A hybrid tactile sensor system consists of a Carbon Micro‐Coil (CMC) touch sensor and a force sensor. The CMC sensor element is made of silicon...

Silicon is a promising negative electrode for secondary lithium-based batteries, but the electrochemical reversibility of particularly nanostructured silicon electrodes drastically depends on their interfacial characteristics, commonly known as the solid electrolyte interface (SEI). The beneficial origin of certain electrolyte additives or different binders is still discussed controversially ow...

OBJECTIVE To examine the usefulness of room temperature vulcanizing (RTV) silicone rubber as a barrier material for cell exclusion zone assays. METHODS We created barriers using three types of RTV silicone rubber with differing viscosities. We then assessed the adherence of these barriers to culture dishes and their ease of removal from the dishes. We tested the effect of the newly created ba...

in this study, a cylindrical bolling probe was developed and evaluated for measuring stress in soil under tire traffic. the probe consists of a silicon rubber head for sensing the soil stress, a pvc tube for transferring the liquid pressure, a digital pressure sensor and a syringe for filling the probe with water and adjusting the initial inclusion pressure. a tank with pressurized air was used...