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Like many start-ups, Dynamic Systems began operating as a business out of a home garage. Its founder, Charles Yost, was employed at the time with Stencel Aero Engineering Corporation in Arden, NC. While under contract with NASA to study improvements to crash-safety in aircraft, Yost created a material with impact-absorption and dissipation properties, open-cell structure, and slow-return -- or memory. He called it "Temper" foam.
When the contract ended, and Charles was laid-off, he decided to manufacture the foam full-time, as he could see its potential for a variety of market applications. Working closely with NASA Ames Research Laboratories and its Biomedical Applications division at Southwest Research Institute, they explored uses for the material as foot supports, padding for prosthetics and orthotics, and pressure injury reduction.
Fast forward 50 years later, and Dynamic Systems, now in a 29,000 sq. ft. facility with 15-20 employees, continues to manufacture premium, high-performance, visco foams. SunMate®, Pudgee® and Liquid SunMate® Foam-in-Place Seating, also invented by Mr. Yost, are improved, second- and third-generation derivatives of the original formulation. They are used all over the world in environments as varied as medical, aviation, auto, industrial, furniture, sports and more.
In the coming months, we will be looking back at the company's major milestones, recognizing its amazing customers and employees, and celebrating the many intriguing applications for this inconspicuous, pervasive, and revolutionary material.
If you have a story you would like to share about your experience with Charles, DSI or SunMate products, we'd love to hear it! Contact us here.
On May 21, 2015, Charles A. Yost was posthumously recognized for his contributions to the development and marketing of viscoelastic foam and inducted into the Flexible Polyurethane Foam Hall of Fame by the Polyurethane Foam Association at their spring General Business meeting in St. Petersburg, Florida. Robin Yost, president and CEO of Dynamic Systems, Inc., received the award on the family's behalf.
Dynamic Systems uses specific colors to represent the different cushion pressure qualities available in its Liquid SunMate Foam-in-Place Seating product. Soft is pink. Medium is blue, and Semi-Rigid is green. At any time, customers may request that no dye be added if they prefer the finished foam to be white.
Equine Prosthetics, Inc. specializes in rehabilitating horses and dogs who have suffered traumatic limb injuries. Read about the unique foam-in-place solution EPI found for a severely injured thoroughbred who required a prosthetic device.
Motorcyclists can minimize fatigue and ride longer and stronger with high-performance SunMate® and Pudgee® seating foam that contours to the body and absorbs the bumps and bruises of the road.
High energy dissipation cushions were initially developed in the 1960s during a NASA project contracted to Stencel Aero Engineering Corporation (SAEC) in Arden, NC. The aim of the project was to explore ways to improve crash safety in airline passenger seating.
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