Fundamentals of DMA Webinar
Fundamentals of DMA
Register for this Free Webinar from Alpha Technologies' DMA Experts
April 14, 2026 – Two options:
- 10 AM Eastern Time (U.S.)
- 9 AM Central European Time (EU, Asia)
By itself, processing data leaves critical performance gaps. Your compound passes cure tests, but how will it perform under real-world stress, temperature swings, and dynamic loading? Without understanding viscoelastic behavior across the full operating envelope, you risk material failures, warranty claims, and potentially costly redesigns.
This webinar from Alpha Technologies gives you the tools to bridge the gap between lab measurements and actual mechanical performance. Learn how DMA complements your RPA data to predict stiffness, durability, and energy dissipation before production.
Key Takeaways
What You’ll Gain:
- Master DMA fundamentals: storage modulus, loss modulus, and tan delta interpretation for elastomers
- Predict real-world performance: connect temperature and frequency effects to application behavior
- Strengthen your material characterization: understand when RPA data needs DMA validation
- Reduce failure risk: identify structure-property relationships that rheology alone misses
- Make faster decisions: correlate lab data with end-use mechanical behavior
The Risk of Incomplete Characterization
Your rheometer tells you about processing and cure. But predicting how a rubber part behaves in a vibration mount, tire sidewall, or industrial seal requires deeper analysis. Temperature shifts change stiffness. Frequency variations affect damping. Dynamic loads reveal failure modes that static tests miss.
Dynamic Mechanical Analysis fills these critical gaps. While RPA measures shear response during processing, DMA characterizes tensile and bending behavior across the temperature and frequency ranges your products actually experience.
Whether you’re developing new compounds, troubleshooting failures, or validating supplier materials, this session gives you practical tools to strengthen your characterization strategy and reduce performance risk.
We’ll cover:
- Temperature and frequency sweeps: what they reveal about performance limits
- Storage modulus vs. loss modulus: translating data into stiffness and energy dissipation predictions
- Tan delta behavior: understanding damping characteristics for vibration isolation and noise control
- Shear vs. tensile measurements: knowing when you need both rheology and DMA
- Structure-property relationships: connecting molecular architecture to mechanical response
- Real application examples: see how DMA data predicts tire performance, seal durability, and isolator effectiveness
About The Presenter
This webinar is led by Alpha Technologies’ Brice Taillet, Global Business Development Manager, who brings a wealth of experience in viscoelastic characterization, instrument design, and practical DMA applications.
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