Automotive & Industrial Applications of Elastomers
Wednesday, April 20, 2011: 1:00 PM-4:15 PM
Akron/Summit Ballroom (Akron/Fairlawn Hilton Hotel)
Chair:
R. Christopher Napier, ExxonMobil Chemical Co.
Co-Chair:
Abraham Pannikottu, American Engineering Group
1:00 PM
Tire Rolling Resistance - Where Are We and Where Are We Going?
James Popio, Ph.D., North America - Ravenna Laboratory, Smithers Rapra, Inc., Ravenna, OH
1:30 PM
Improving Rolling Resistance of Tires with Carbon Blacks
Nikiel Leszek, Sid Richardson Carbon and Gasoline Co., Fort Worth, TX and Wesley Wampler, Sid Richardson Carbon & Energy, Fort Worth, TX
2:00 PM
2:30 PM
Break
2:45 PM
3M™ Dynamar™ RA 5300 Rubber Process Additive for FKM Compounds
Jim Denham, Energy and Advanced Materials Division, 3M, Oakdale, MN
3:15 PM
Design for Sealability and NVH of Automobile Engine Systems
Y. Charles Lu, University of Kentucky, Paducah, KY
3:45 PM