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  1. jryter

    thin film formation inside a rubber tube to seal air inside.

    I had an idea yesterday of using thin puncture resistant films and cold press technology to basically make barrier. It may work. Any ideas with that? We have toyed with ideas of poly vinyl alcohol mixed with latex to make it bond with rubber and then form a film....Some research articles have...
  2. jryter

    thin film formation inside a rubber tube to seal air inside.

    Yes that is true. We were thinking that if it was a swollen membrane or almost gel like then if something poked through it, it would self seal or the gel would fill the hole. So something that would stick to rubber and be stretchy and a little sticky.... Just a crazy idea we were fooling around...
  3. jryter

    thin film formation inside a rubber tube to seal air inside.

    I am trying to find a polymer that is water soluble that we can inject into a tube. The idea we had was that a cross-linking additive could be added to form a film on the inside of the tube. The purpose of this is to stop any leaks of air in the tube. This would be analogous to "slime" that is...

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