Session: Rheology Of Rubber and Rubber Manufacturing Processes (Fall 184th Technical Meeting )

Rheology Of Rubber and Rubber Manufacturing Processes

Wednesday, October 9, 2013: 1:30 PM-5:45 PM

Session B - Room #16 (The International Exposition (I-X) Center)

Co-chairs:

John S. Dick, Alpha Technologies U.S. and Ed Terrill, Akron Rubber Development Laboratory

1:30 PM

Process Enhancements Through Rheology for a New Generation of Liquid Silicone Rubber

Rick Ziebell, Ch.E., R.D. Abbott Company, Inc, Cerritos, CA and Christopher Windiate, B.S., Biology, Dow Corning Corporation - XIAMETER(R) Business, Dow Corning Corporation, Midland, MI

2:00 PM

Rheology Characterization of UV Curable Silicone Elastomers

Huiping Zhang, PhD, Momentive Performance Materials, Waterford, NY, Mary Krenceski, Ph.D., Process Technology, Momentive Performance Materials, Waterford, NY and Beate Ganter, PhD, Momentive Performance Materials, Leverkusen, Germany

2:30 PM

Applications For The RPA Enhanced Dynamic Range In Measuring Silanization Reactions From The Mixing Of Silica-Loaded Stocks

John S. Dick, Alpha Technologies U.S., Akron, OH and Edward Norton, MTS, Alpha Technologies, Akron, OH

3:00 PM

Break

3:15 PM

Numerical Study On Distributive Mixing Characteristics in a Partially Filled Internal Mixer

Kazuhisa Fukutani¹, Kousuke Higashi¹, Sayaka Yamada¹ and Yasuaki Yamane², (1)Mechanical Engineering Research Laboratory, Kobe Steel, Ltd., Kobe, Japan, (2)Industrial Machinery Engineering Department, Kobe Steel, Ltd., Takasago, Japan

3:45 PM

Advanced Dispersion Techniques of CNTs for High Performance Elastomers

Harishkumar Chougule, M.Sc., Heike Wittek and Robert H. Schuster, Dik, Deutsches Institut für Kautschuktechnologie, Hannover, Germany

4:15 PM

Optimizing the Filler Dispersion From a Rubber Mixer Using a DMA and Optical Methods

Henry Pawlowski, Alpha Technologies U.S., Akron, OH and Dean Chamis, H.L. Blachford Ltd., Charlotte, NC