Session: Contributed Session - Session D (190th Technical Meeting)

Contributed Session - Session D

Thursday, October 13, 2016: 8:00 AM-12:15 PM

Rm 301-2 (David L. Lawrence Convention Center )

Co-chairs:

Jeffrey Lin, Ph.D., Momentive Performance Materials Inc. and Howard Colvin, PhD, Cooper Tire & Rubber Company

8:00 AM

Blending Signature® DNA into Silicone Rubber

Michael Hogan, PhD, Life Sciences, Applied DNA Sciences, Stony Brook, NY

8:30 AM

Electrospun Butyl Rubber for Stretchable Superhydrophobic Coatings

Tehila Nahum¹, Jinde Zhang², Hanna Dodiuk³, Samuel Kenig³, Carol Barry⁴ and Joey Mead⁴, (1)UMASS Lowell, Lowell, MA, (2)Center for High Rate Nanomanufacturing, University Of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, (3)Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, Ramat-Gan, Israel, (4)Plastics Engineering Dept. at University of Massachusetts at Lowell, Lowell, MA

9:00 AM

100

Structure Development in Thermoplastic Elastomers from Blends of Plastics and Rubber, Interfacial Phenomena and Their Relationship with Properties

Anil Kumar Bhowmick, Shib Shankar Banerjee and Subhabrata Saha, RTC, IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India

9:30 AM

101

Simulation and Energetic Optimization of Continuous Vulcanization Processes

Florian Lemke and Christian Hopmann, Institute of Plastics Processing (IKV), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

10:00 AM

Break

10:15 AM

102

An Examination of Driveline Seal and Lubricant Interactions in Durability Testing to Better Predict Real World Performance

David Clark, P.E.¹, Chad Bauer², Dave DeGonia³, Kristine Durbin³, David Edwards, Ph.D.³ and Joe Walker¹, (1)Material Center - Americas, Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies, Plymouth, MI, (2)Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies, Cleveland, GA, (3)Afton Chemical Corporation, Richmond, VA

10:45 AM

103

Comparison of Mixing Breakdown Profiles for Compounds Based on Different Elastomer Systems

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

11:15 AM

104

Effects of Filler Variations on the Rubber Compound Shear Thinning Profiles As Measured By the Capillary Rheometer

John S. Dick, MTS, Alpha Technologies U.S., Fairlawn, OH

11:45 AM

105

Industrial Implementation of the Integrated Continuoius Mixing iCOM®

Dirk Kaempfer, Dr., BU Rhein Rubber Additives, Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbH, Mannheim, Germany