Session: Elastomers...Focus on Innovation-PM, Session A (Fall 186th Technical Meeting)

Elastomers...Focus on Innovation-PM, Session A

Thursday, October 16, 2014: 1:00 PM-4:45 PM

Session A-Rm #206 (Nashville Convention Center)

Chair:

Jim McGraw, Managing Director & CEO, IISRP

1:00 PM

Multi-Functionalized SSBR & Compound Vulcanizate Performance Characteristics

Sven Thiele and Christian Döring, Styron Synthetic Rubber Business, Styron Deutschland GmbH, Merseburg, Germany

1:30 PM

Functionnalized Elastomers for Tire Tread Applications

Jean-Marc Marechal Sr., Elastomers R&D department - GBM/ESN, MICHELIN R&D, Clermont-Ferrand, France

2:00 PM

Novel Characterization of Block Styrene in Poly(styrene-co-butadiene)

Mindaugas Rackaitis, Waruna Kiridena, Terrence Hogan, William Hergenrother, Dennis Brumbaugh and Hyeonjae (Jay) Kim, Bridgestone Americas Center for Research and Technology, Akron, OH

2:30 PM

Break

2:45 PM

Emulsil Silica Masterbatch – a New Route to High Performance Smartway Truck Retread Compounds

Christopher Hardiman, PhD¹, John Kounavis¹, Julian Maldonado² and Bob Scribner, BS, Chemist¹, (1)INSA, LLC, Houston, TX, (2)Industrias Negromex SA de CV, Houston, TX

3:15 PM

Emulsil® Silica Masterbatch Technology: Compound Design Considerations for Tire Tread Applications

John Kounavis¹, Christopher Hardiman, PhD¹, Julian Maldonado² and Bob Scribner, BS, Chemist¹, (1)INSA, LLC, Houston, TX, (2)Industrias Negromex SA de CV, Houston, TX