Session: Rubber Processing - Session C (Fall 188th Technical Meeting)

Rubber Processing - Session C

Wednesday, October 14, 2015: 9:15 AM-11:55 AM

Chair:

John S. Dick, Alpha Technologies U.S.

9:15 AM

Mixing Parameters: The Rubber Industry's Tool Belt

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

9:45 AM

Study of EPDM Compound Mixing Process: The Effects of Molecular Architecture

Greg Li¹, Tim Clayfield, Dr², Colin Li Pi Shan¹, Lena Nguyen¹, Tao Han³, Tianzi Huang⁴ and Rongjuan Cong⁴, (1)Dow Elastomers, The Dow Chemical Company, Freeport, TX, (2)Dow Elastomers, Dow Europe GmbH, Horgen, Switzerland, (3)Technical Center, Dow China Elastomers, Shanghai, China, (4)Dow Elastomers, Dow North American Elastomers Development Center, Freeport, TX

10:15 AM

Long Chain Branching in EPDM Resins. an Open Door to a Complete Spectrum of Mooney-Molecular Weight Relationships

Juan Tuberquia¹, Colin Li Pi Shan¹, Tim Clayfield, Dr² and Lena Nguyen¹, (1)Dow Elastomers, The Dow Chemical Company, Freeport, TX, (2)Dow Elastomers, Dow Europe GmbH, Horgen, Switzerland

10:45 AM

Process Simulation Modeling in LSR Injection Molding with Reactive Viscosity Techniques

Rick Ziebell, Ch.E., R.D. Abbott Company, Inc, Cerritos, CA

11:15 AM

Injection Molding Microstructured Substrates from Rubber-Containing Polymers

Marisely De Jesus Vega¹, Smita Birkar¹, Carol Barry² and Joey Mead³, (1)Plastics Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, (2)Plastics Engineering Dept. at University of Massachusetts at Lowell, Lowell, MA, (3)Plastics Engineering, University Of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA