Session: New Commercial Developments III - Session A (190th Technical Meeting)

New Commercial Developments III - Session A

Wednesday, October 12, 2016: 1:00 PM-5:15 PM

Rm 306-7 (David L. Lawrence Convention Center )

Co-chairs:

R. Christopher Napier, ExxonMobil Chemical Co. and Peter Cameron, Sid Richardson Carbon & Energy

1:00 PM

Bio-Based Liquid Rubber for Tire Formulation

Kei Hirata, Elastomer Development & Marketing Department, Kuraray Co., Ltd, Tokyo, Japan

1:30 PM

Next Generation Functionalized Solution SBRs for Silica Tire Tread

Judy Douglas, Ph.D.¹, Norbert Steinhauser, Ph.D.² and Thomas Gross, Ph.D.², (1)Tire and Specialty Rubber (TSR), ARLANXEO USA LLC, Pittsburgh, PA, (2)Tire and Specialty Rubber (TSR), ARLANXEO Deutschland GmbH, Dormagen, Germany

2:00 PM

Obtaining Performance Improvements Using Micronized Rubber Powder in Silica-Silane Tread Formulations

Glenn Denstaedt, BS, Lehigh Technologies, Lehigh Technologies, Tucker, GA

2:30 PM

Fatigue, Heat Build-up and DMA Test Technology for Elastomers

Troy Nickel, MSME¹, Jason Lusk¹, Sunoj Narayanan¹, Thomas Rauschmann, ppa², Sascha Peter, PhD³ and Inga Klaeke², (1)TA Instruments, Eden Prairie, MN, (2)TA Instruments, Wetzlar, Germany, (3)TA Instruments, Eschborn, Germany

3:00 PM

Break

3:15 PM

Enhanced Rheological Characterization for Rubber Compounds

Thomas Rauschmann, Sr. Product Manager, TA Instruments Waters LLC, Wetzlar, Germany and Madhu Namani, PhD, TA Instruments - Waters LLC, New Castle, DE

3:45 PM

Rotor Designs: Pleasant Surprises

Richard Jorkasky II, Kobelco Stewart Bolling, Inc., Hudson, OH

4:15 PM

Low Mold-Fouling Adhesive: Features and Bond Performance

Emmanuel Pitia, PhD, Elastomer Adhesive and Coating Technology, Lord Corporation, Erie, PA

4:45 PM

Evaluating the Root Cause of the Rubber Molding Defects through Virtual Molding

Harshal Bhogesra, Sigma Plastic Services, Inc., Sigma Plastic Services, Inc., Schaumburg, IL and Rick Ziebell, Ch.E., R.D. Abbott Company, Inc, Cerritos, CA