Vulcanon/vulcanore

[glen]

hello,

a freind was trying to source up a supplier of vulcanon/vulcanore rubber (not sure of its real name.)

the stuff i talk of is the same stuff storm 2 uses and i *think* terrorhurtz uses.

any help would be aprreciated.

[Mouldy]

Vulcanon/vulcanore

Try and get in touch with team Thor....theyve just made a set up for some 1s robot...not sure of the company they used, but worth sending them an e-mail.

regards
Dave moulds
Team Turbine

[maddox]

Vulcanon/vulcanore

Im afraid you are a little misinformed Glenn.

Vulcanising metal wheels is a trick used by the Storm team(and several others) to get a solid wheel, with serious grip,and not losing the rubber every fight or get spinning rims in a solid tyre.

The rubber around that wheel can be Vulcanolan or simular trademarked names.

[fwsorg]

Vulcanon/vulcanore

However the company involved does not want it publisized, as they dont want to be inundated with requests and so on, because its not profitable for them. If you want it youll have to ask some of the teams who use such technology, and see if theyll tell you. When I asked, I was told to keep it hush. Soz :-(

[Guest]

Vulcanon/vulcanore

http://www.dycem.com/http://www.dycem.com/ Have a look on there site i think that merlin uses it

[team_ireland]

Vulcanon/vulcanore

Lee (Gman)

Dycem is quite good as an antweight tyre but i found its not really up to even featherweights. I could be wrong maybe merlin does use it but I would theink they need to replace it every 1 or 2 fights which would be very expensive.

Dycem itsself is very very good for traction. You litterally cannot pull a piece of it along if its on a desk with only a little weight on it. The only thing that apparently is better is the stuff rock climbers use on the botom of their boots.

Although dycem is good for antweights The Blue Lint Rollers are better. Its true they dont give as much traction but they are adhesive and so are much better as so little traction can be gained from 150g.

Regards
Ian Mc Donald

[blazerbotics]

Vulcanon/vulcanore

we are sponsored by Dycem. We dont use dycem on merlin, we only use it on the ants. We would have never done as well without it. Its good for stoping things sliding around, but its not tough enough for wheels on anything over a couple of kilos.

[Guest]

Vulcanon/vulcanore

Vulkollan is a brand name for a special kind of soft polyurethane- rubber. The material is also available under other names as asmaprene, etc.
A company in austria have coated the new wheels of mechaniac II with this stuff.

[ukrobotics]

Vulcanon/vulcanore

I have found a company who can coat aluminium wheels with vulcalon:

Bonded Elastomers Ltd
9-10, Maylan Rd Earlstrees North Ind Est
Corby Northamptonshire
NN17 4DR

The person you want to speak to is called Richard and he can be contacted on 01536 269181.

You have to supply them with the wheel, and I think prices are arround £10 - £15 per tyre (Depending on the size).


Dominic

http://www.ukrobotics.comhttp://www.ukrobotics.com

[swanaldo]

Vulcanon/vulcanore

and he is more than happy to do them and dosnt mind being inundated with orders. and there is no need to keep hush, he was very helpful. also he is a big robot wars fan.

[storm]

Vulcanon/vulcanore

Bonded Elastomers are the company that we approached to produce the wheels for Storm II and come highly reccomended !

When we first approached them to get the Storm II wheels done they hadnt really figured out whether or not it was something that they wanted to be involved in - hence we didnt shout about them from the rooftops at the request of one of Richards colleagues.

However, following a conversation with Richard the other day were adding Bonded Elastomers to the Storm list of sponsors as well as some information on the wheels, the process and how to get your own super Storm II grippy wheels produced Theres no secret as to what the compound on the wheels is - its a 65 Shure (shure being a measure of rubber hardness) Vulcalan.

The first wheels that we ran on Storm II were far too hard and tended to glaze over - but as anyone who watched our Heat will know, the new wheels dont have a grip problem at all !

Shane, all youve got to do now is find a way to coat your tracks :P

Ed
http://www.stormrobot.comhttp://www.stormrobot.com

[fwsorg]

Vulcanon/vulcanore

Excellent! I always thought the hush thing was a bit silly, but now that this has happened, we should be seeing a lot more traction on many robots :-) This potentially paves the way for even more powerful motors, and so on. Its the wonderful evolution word again

[swanaldo]

Vulcanon/vulcanore

ed, trax is sheps robot. i now have air which has selotape wheels on already. :P

[big_nipper]

Vulcanon/vulcanore

We are also looking into it and may have some for Enginuity as thats another MDF floor and those of you who saw us at Worthing will know we need something else.

[nemisis]

Vulcanon/vulcanore

saw you at worthing we were sliding sidways past you. thorak could not get any grip. going to try wet weather tires rather than slicks. were also thinking about somthing different wheel wise for the next machine