Welcome to the Polymatrix Web Site

Polymatrix is a new name on the polymer scene. It was set up in 2008 with the aim of providing innovations which can help processors and users get the best out of polymers.

The principals of Polymatrix have many years' experience of problem solving with polymer systems and have recognised a number of needs that have so far not been met. One is for adequate process control with polymer formulations which start their lives as liquids. The technology may look simple, but process control is a quite a challenge.

An Innovation in Liquid Cure Monitoring

The new PHASE-SHIFT CUREMETER can track a setting liquid cure and introduces some radical innovations, namely,

• The first instrument to offer cure monitoring on an absolute scale
• The first instrument to offer % cure in real time

The Phase-Shift Curemeter also breaks new ground with respect to its operational simplicity and user-friendly outputs. Data can be assimilated directly by those who need it most - be they on the shop-floor or in the boardroom. Those charged with performance delivery can take charge of cure control.

Getting the right information in the right format at the right time is critical to success in any endeavour. For a process as complex as cure, that information may originate from several sources - and even cross disciplines. Polymatrix can help users to understand the language of cure with its CURE TERMS GLOSSARY. If you want to know the difference between an activator and an accelerator, or a prepolymer and a prepreg, this is the place to look.

Polymatrix is starting to hit the conference scene, and the first paper on the Phase-Shift Curemeter was presented to the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Polyurethane Manufacturers Association on April 21st in Savannah, Georgia.

The PMA is the body which represents polyurethane elastomer interests in the US. Solid PU elastomers can deliver exceptional mechanical performance and their manufacture cannot be left to chance. The Phase-Shift Curemeter provides a simple approach to PU cure monitoring. For a copy of the PMA paper, click HERE.