Better Rubber to Substrate Adhesion Via Better Interfacial Chemistry

With continuously growing demands for greater operating performance,

more durable products and lighter materials, there is greater importance

placed on joining dissimilar materials such as rubber to metals. This paper

will explore the use of chemical analytical techniques to characterize

substrate surface chemistry and morphology and will describe how

chemically specific adhesion is designed for a wide array of natural and

synthetic rubber compounds for mechanical rubber goods. These methods

allow us the flexibility to rapidly react to new substrates and materials as the

market changes by understanding the fundamental factors in each that are

important to specific adhesion.