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Danlop President Discusses 'Brain-Drain' . G. F, PLUMMER, President, Dunlop Canada Ltd. Mr. G. F. Pt , President. Dunlop Canade Limited, and official host, welcomed guests to the opening of Dunlop's new Research Centre. In his address, Mr. Plummer said, "We take @ very real pride in our membership in the Ontario Research Community. With the other founding members, we regard it as something more signifi- cant than the interest of any single enterprise." Mr. Plummer later cited the Cona- dian problem of the so-called 'brain- drain' to the United States. "We know that the number of highly-trained per- sons who left Canada for the United States is large. A more disabling toss could hardly be imagined." He went on to say that "without substantial new encouragement to stay, these gift- ed people will continue to withdraw from the Canadian scene, "Canadian scientists do not leave Canada primarily for financial reasons. f am convinced that it is because we hhave failed to excite and challenge their brilliant minds. with our less than adequate facilities. We have not been able to establish a research climate in our universities of the kind and in the volume that is necessary to hold the interests of graduate students. "Throw N.R.C., the Federal gov- ernment has aliotted funds to uni- versities to make such facilities avail- able but our total effort, although in- creasing rapidly, is pitifully small. Much more better equipment is required in the science departments of the uni- versities to create interest in graduate study and begin the first step towards @ greater national effort. "t commend the admirable attitude of the Canadian government, through the National Research Council and National Defense Research Board, in encouraging research by industry Per- haps our effort in this centre will be another step ni keeping these young scientists here in Canada." First Original Equipment Tire Developed In Canada Dunlop's Gold Seal C '60 was design- ed, developed and tested in Canada. te has been-tested-and-preven sefe.at sustained speeds of 100 mph fo assure @ wide margin of safety even af to @ay's turnpike speeds. Canadien engineering and research echievement. MORE SURFACE CONTACT Gold Seal C 60 was designed to com- pliment today's road-hugging automo- tive styles. its low profile design has a wide traction pattern that gives more surface contact. Tread sipes are more plentiful for phenomenal traction. And they ge all the way through fo the cushion rubber and give the tire a bet- ter wet hold. This tire has patented Dunlop Safety-shoulders, a design In- corporated to give the car better hand- | pany. ling control on soft shoulders, gravel, etc. Tests have proven that this feature is an important safety factor thet has seduced accidents, Dunlop's Resenrch Centre, the only orie of its kind in Canada, is located 117 miles west of downtown Toronto lat the new Sheridan Park Research | Community. A modem _ split-level | building, the new centre provides 19,- 1000 square feet of functional space | for offices, laboratories, library and conference rooms. 10 LABORATORIES There are no less than 10 fully- | equipped laboratories. Two onthe lower level ore specially constructed Reactor Rooms. These two laboratories have half inoh boiler plate walls and windows that blow-out if excessive pressure is built up in the labs. The scientist controls the mixing of chemi- cals in the reactor with a series of dials located behind the boiler plate walls. The centre also includes a lecture- conference room equipped for film projection and a well-stocked library and reading room plus many special raw material service and store rooms. An impressive feature, but one nor- mally out of sight, is the vast under- ground subway, with hundreds of branching ducts carrying a network of erigineering services to the various laboratories. This special air condi- tioning system completely changes the air every 6 minutes and. unlike con- ventional systems the air is mot re- circulated. DAVIS MACHINE ONLY ONE ON CONTINENT Included in the quarter million dollars worth of equipment is a Davis Machine, This unusual machine, the the energy lost in rubber under stress. It helps determine the best use for different types f rubbers and there- fore helps Dunlop build better pro- ducts. ment is the High Shear Viscometer used im the study of pressure and temperature effects on rubber plastics. With the Viscometer, more exacting information on the proper- ties of newly created materials can be isolated. Their possibhe uses and limitations revealed. Most recently the High Sheor Viscometer has been used in thermo plastic rubber research. A fascinating field dealing with the development of thermo plastics having the elasticity of rubber. A decided advantage in certain extruded or injection moulded plastic products such as shoe soles of this research is based on entirely new raw materials, those not. listed in any textbooks. This research ex- plores and develops chemicals thot have never before existed. 6 PH.D'S ON STAFF Six of the lorge technical staff, headed by Dr. Norman 5S. Grace, have ber Chemistry of the American Chemi- cal Society, the first Canadian to be so named. Currently, he is Chairman of the Canadian Research Manage- ment Association, a Director and Vice-Chairman of the Sheridan Park Association and a Director of the Sheridan Park Corporation Research . . . The Key to Dunlop Quality No company of the size and com- plexity of Dunlop could afford to be without first-class research facilities. Research has 'been of prime import- ance since the founding of the com- This is one of the reason's Dunlop is the largest rubber manu- facturing organization in the British Commonwealth and ane of the a, est im the world, -- only one in North America, measures | Another interesting piece of equip- | and | Five of the Dunlop laboratories are | devoted to a continuing program of | chemical research. Seeking to improve | the qualities of existing polymers and | to develop completely new ones. Much | their Ph.D's. Dr. Grace will take office } as Ohairman of the Division of Rub- | THE OSHAWA TIMES, Twosdey, April 19,1966 -15A - Davis Machine measures energy loss in rubber under stress. DUNLOP WORLD-WIDE ORGANIZATION The advantages of a world-wide organization are nowhere more clearly demonstrated than in research. In addition to the Central Re- search and Development Division in Birming- ham, England, Dunlop operates centres in Ger- many, Japan, Ireland and here in Canada. So far as Dunlop is concerned, the manu- facturing Divisions have technical departments, whose main duties are to maintain quality and develop their particular line of manufacture. Backing the whole organization, however, is research, These activities deal with every phase of product development--titerally from the tree to the finished fiber, with great em- phasis being placed today upon synthetics. Broadly, the task of the Research is to pro- vide the company with its new technology. More specifically, its purpose is to gain new scientific. knowledge, to develop and to draw attention to new raw materials and techniques, as well as finding new uses for existing goer ials and processes. RESEARCH TAILORED TO NEEDS OF DIFFERENT AREAS As an example of how researgh is tailored to different areas of the world Mr. Geddes told of how "companies established overseas research to take advantage of special skills. This has been done, for example, in Germany because of the high tradition there of organic chemistry and the calibre of the organic chemists of that country." To take advantage of the fact that Canada has the world's largest sulphur supply Dunlop has conducted numerous extensive research on the uses of sulphur bearing chemicals in rubbers and polymers. New Home of Dunlop Research One of Most Modern on Continent New Thermo, Plastic compound is extruded for tem- perature and pressure ratings on High Shear Visco- meter. WORLD-WIDE RESEARCH BENEFICIAL Research Headquarters have to be in close proximity to major manufacturing operations and to administrative centres. That explains the location of Dunlop's Research Centres in different parts of the world. This is not easily administered, as effort can become dissipated and the operation inefficient. But wisely hand- led, it can bring increasing benefits. Dunlop Research Centre, Sheridan Park, is the North American representative of Dun- s Central Research and Development Divi- on. One of the centres functions is to carry out specific research and development pro- jects. Another is in the international exchange of ideas with industrial and university research orgeni zations. The Canadian Research Centre deals more with pure research than development, How- ever, they are in contact with the local de- velopment Departments, assisting in their in- dividual problems where necessary. IDEAS AND CONTINUED FRESHNESS THE LIFEBLOOD OF RESEARCH As Mr. Geddes stated in his address, "the stimulation of ideas and the ability to generate continue freshness of approach are the life- blood of research.' Each of Dunlop's overseas units brings a different outlook to the company. And: to quote Mr. Geddes further "'each is sub- ject to the impact of different educational systems, to the pressures of different economies, and to the needs of different markets. Each area has different traditions and even today new materials or techniques are uniquely avarl- able in different parts of the world." Recent developments of the Canadian Re- search Centre are EPT Rubber and Thiamer Rubbers. Engineering Of Tires Although it has been known for years that lower, squatter-shaped tires could be built to give better cornering, less squeal and less vi- bration, it was not possible to do so because these benefits would have to be paid for by an excessively hard ride for the motorist. This desire for the lower profile design also came from auto designers seeking a lower car sil- houette. Smail wheels accomplished part of this but also complicated the braking situa- tion. TESTS FOR LOW-PROFILE TIRES AT DUNLOP Dunlop technicians and engineers have con- tributed greatly to the development of the new low-profile tire. Tests have been conducted at Dunlop's laboratories in both the United King- dom and Canada. Dunlop's major contribution to the low-profile tire was the development of the round safety shoulder. This is a Dunlop pa- tent which improves directional and cornering stability. This means eliminating much of the steering disturbonce 'ane feels when riding over expansion joints on highways, or crossing over rutted roads and streetcar tracks. RADIAL PLY, THE TIRE OF THE FUTURE Tire engineers are confident that the low- profile tire is a distinct advance but generally believe that it will probably be replaced in the next few years by the "radial-ply" tire, some- thing which Dunlop has been working on for sometime now. The radial-ply does not do away with the low-profile feature, but im- Proves it. the Shape to Come In the radial-ply design, the cord will run straight across the casing at right angles (90 deg. to the centre-line). The use of @ strong circling belt of either wire of more fabric cord Radial ply tire . . . the tire of the future. under the tread will compensate for loss of tire profile, cornering ability and traction by the right-angled fabric, This belt acts as a support for the tread. Such a tire wouid normatly give a harder, rougher ride at low speeds, but improved performance at over 50 m.p.h. However, Dun- lop engineers believe that by developing a successful marriage of oar and tire most of the low-speed drawbacks can be cancelled out in other parts of the system and the advantages "of highway speeds retained,