Concrete, asphalt, and blacktop playgrounds are extremely unsafe. When used to surface water play and other sport/exercise areas, these materials can be even more dangerous. Even grass and soil surfaces are not ideal, because weather and overuse can change their…
Installing a rubber safety surface is a big investment that can be expected to last for many years. But if you don’t keep up with routine maintenance and regular cleanings, you’ll have to replace it sooner rather than later. Fortunately,…
Buying rubber products in different sizes can be challenging if you’re sourcing them through a company with limited molding capabilities. What you need to look for is a rubber manufacturer that offers compression, extrusion, and injection molding processes. Having these…
Rubber surfacing offers an array of benefits for outdoor and indoor playgrounds, around pools, livestock trailers and much more. These benefits range from aesthetics and tactile appeal, to durability, safety, and more; making it the premier choice over other options…
Without rubber, driving a car, operating heavy machinery, and several other daily tasks would be impossible. And not just because tires wouldn’t exist. When operating any kind of industrial equipment, vibrations from the road and all the different moving parts…
Rubber is so much more than just the material that your tires and gloves are made out of. Nearly every product you use in everyday life requires some form of it, and the following are just a few of the…
One extremely important component of military products that often gets overlooked is rubber extrusion products. Defense systems require special, repeated components that meet extremely precise specifications and can be created during the extrusion process. Understanding rubber extrusion In order to…
External corrosion to natural gas pipelines can be extremely dangerous. If not discovered in a timely manner, it can rupture and cause a fire. Thankfully, this can be prevented with the use of high quality products, like SplashTRON®, and proper…
Custom molded rubber products are one of the most diverse products on the market. They can be used in a multitude of industries, from trucking and railroads, to jetliners, farm equipment, oil and gas, and countless others. These products are…
Products made with custom molded rubber are all used in more ways than we could count. These products are used in industries such as the automotive industry, oil and gas, trucking, hospitals, and more. The food industry, manufacturing industry, and…
Anybody who has worked in oil and gas knows one universal truth: all steel pipelines corrode. We know what causes pipe corrosion and what to do to minimize it. Properly managing pipeline integrity means waging an ongoing battle against general and…
Polymers are everywhere. In the natural world, starch, cellulose and rubber have polymeric properties. Man-made polymers include spandex, polyester and nylon, as well as plastic. Made up of hundreds of thousands (or millions) of monomer molecules, polymers are sometimes called…
One of the things that sets Mark Tool Co., Inc apart is we do both cast urethane and rubber components. Most competitors do one or the other. What does this mean for you? "Some other companies might only offer polyurethane, so…
Rubber is one of the strongest and most versatile tool-making materials available. Rubber tools and equipment can be used in a wide range of environments, remaining functional in atmospheres that are hot, cold, wet, or dry. Because it is a…
The United States produces 9 million barrels of oil every day. Offshore drilling accounts for around 30 percent of U.S. oil reserves. All of this extraction is made possible by an intricate network of subsea pipeline, which wouldn’t be possible…
