People tend to spend, on average, several hours a day sitting on couches, chairs, and car seats, as well as considerable time on mattresses every night. Polyurethane foam plays a major role in ...

Authored by:Stephen Hughes, Applications Engineer, Stockwell Elastomerics Inc., Philadelphia, Pa. Key points: Gaskets protect products from water, dust, shock, vibration, and electromagnetic ...

Gaskets work as a seal between two stationary parts. The seal may provide barriers against fluid ingress or leakage, electrostatic discharge (ESD), electromagnetic interference (EMI), dust, dirt, or ...

In the realm of nanomechanical techniques, AFM is ideally suited to measuring soft materials because of its sub-nanometer vertical displacement accuracy and piconewton force resolution. One of the ...