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Description Author: Conference Proceedings ISBN 978-1-84735-398-6 Published: 2010 Summary With the aerospace and defence industries poised for growth in virtually every segment; the commercial, general aviation, military and space sectors are a ‘must watch’ area for businesses seeking new business and technology opportunities. Accompanying this growth, polymers will play an increasing role, with, for example, a...
Description Author: Conference Proceedings ISBN 978-1-84735-395-5 Published: 2009 Pages: 20 papersFormat: Soft-backed Summary The third international conference on silicone elastomers informed the length and breadth of the silicone elastomers supply chain on current research developments and new applications. The application areas of silicone elastomers are widespread due to their wide spectrum of high performance qualities; temperature stability,...
Description Author: Rapra conference proceedings ISBN 978-1-84375-069-5Published: 2008 Summary Silicone Elastomers 2008 brought together major material manufacturers, such as Dow Corning, Wacker Chemie, Momentive Performance Materials and Bluestar Silicones, looking at market trends and new developments in materials such as LSR and liquid fluorosilicone rubber. SESSION 1: MARKET TRENDS FOR SILICONE ELASTOMERS SESSION 2: LIQUID...
Description Author: Conference Proceedings ISBN 978-1-84735-495-2 Summary The 12th international Blowing Agents & Foaming Processes conference was developed to once again showcase the latest academic and industrial research shaping the future for so many industry applications. Aside from the industries with a long-established connection to polymeric foams, a growing market is being driven by the current...
Description Author: Rapra ISBN 978-1-8473-5077-0 Prague, Czech Republic, 3-4 December 2008 20 Pages Summary The sixth international conference took place in December 2008, it ensured all who atteneded were kept up to date with the new regulations, applications and, of course, the ever changing composition of competitive products. The rubber industry continues to face the ongoing...
Description Author: Rapra Conferences ISBN 978-1-84735-390-0 21-22 April 2009, Brussels, Belgium 18 papers Summary The worldwide food contact polymers market has seen the enormous change in recent years, a trend in part due to the shifting regulatory landscape. It is important, perhaps now more than ever, to keep abreast of regulatory matters and to identify...
Description Author: Rapra Conferences ISBN 978-1-84735-392-4 23 papers Summary Blowing Agents and Foaming Processes 2009, Conference ProceedingsFoamed substances are now being sourced as an alternative substance for applications that previously had an established material. Blowing agents or blowing gases are excellent 'fillers' and have the dual benefits of saving material and reducing weight, the latter minimising...
Description Author: Ed. James E. Mark ISBN 978-0-387-31235-4 Springer 2nd Edition, pages 1076, hardcover Summary The second edition of Physical Properties of Polymers Handbook, each chapter has been extensively updated and revised. Each chapter has been extensively updated and revised. In addition, a dozen new chapters have been added, increasing the number of topics covered by...
Description Author: Rapra Conferences ISBN 978-1-84735-071-8 Papers: 23 Summary Now in its tenth year Blowing Agents and Foaming Processes 2008 has become firmly established in the plastics community as the meeting place for processors, material suppliers, academics and end users to exchange ideas and keep up to date with developments in this fast growing niche of...
Description Author: Dr. Vannessa Goodship ISBN 978-1-906479-05-3 Published: 2010 Pages 190 softcover Summary The Instant Expert: Plastics, Processing, and Properties provides cleardescriptions of the wide range of plastic materials, and explanations of thebasic shaping and finishing processes. The author also talks about materialsproperties and testing, and provides some simple examples of why particularplastics are used in common or...
Description Author: Munich, Germany, 11th-12th June 2002, Conference Proceedings ISBN 978-1-85957-316-7 Published: 2002 Pages: 174 Summary RubberChem 2002 - The Third International Rubber Chemicals, Compounding, and Mixing Conference was held in Munich, Germany. This two day event brought together the leading experts in the rubber and related industries. The conference provided an excellent forum for discussing the...
Description Author: Conference Proceedings ISBN 978-1-85957-252-8 Frankfurt, Germany, 13th-14th March 2001Pages: 190, Figures: 245, Tables: 82 Summary In recent years the markets for foams or expended substrates has grown enormously, this is documented through the high number of patent applications for products and processes which are filed each year. This third, international conference dedicated to the...
Description Author: Conference Proceedings ISBN 978-1-85957-318-1 Budapest, Hungary, 22-23 October 2002pages 320 Summary Addcon World is the established additives, modifiers and compounding conference. Running for the last seven years the two day conference focused on the technical advances and issues facing the plastic additives and modifiers industry. This year’s conference provided the best opportunity to hear...
Description Author: Conference Proceedings ISBN 978-1-85957-295-5 Berlin, 8th-9th October 2001pages 400 Summary Addcon World conferences are specifically targeted to the plastics additive industry, to your own type of business. The people who attend may be suppliers of additives, or compounders, or end-users or they may be people who want to know how to use additives. Rapra...
Description Author: Conference Proceedings ISBN 978-1-85957-242-9 Published: 2000Pages 168 Summary This 6th successful Addcon World conference discussed the threats, opportunities, and trends in the additives business today. New products and processes were also revealed along with a discussion of legislation and its impact on the additives business. Addcon World conferences are specifically targeted to the plastics...
Description Author: Conference ISBN 978-1-85957-298-6 Published: 2001pages 224 Summary Following the three very successful conferences dealing with the subject of bonding rubbers of all types to a wide variety of substrates, Rapra Technology Ltd and European Rubber Journal held this further broad-based conference on the subject. Papers presented at this fourth conference discuss technical updates of...
Description Author: Conference ISBN 978-1-85957-447-8 Hamburg, Germany, 10th-11th May 2004pages 214 Summary This sixth international conference dedicated to the critical role of blowing agents in foamed plastics and rubber aimed to present an insight into the latest industrial progress and research for foam generation. The conference offered a comprehensive review of recent academic developments, results and...
Description Author: S.M. Hallwell ISBN 978-0-08041960-2 Published: 1992Review Report119 pages, softbound Summary This report describes the theory of weathering and its effect on polymer properties, methods of stabilization and natural and accelerated weathering tests. The problems associated with particular polymers used in outdoor applications are explained. 461 abstracts and references complete the report. Materials: PVC, polyolefins,...
Description Author: Conference Proceedings ISBN 978-1-85957-366-2 Munich, Germany, 19th-20th May 2003232 pages Summary The fifth Blowing Agents and Foaming Processes Conference was held in Munich, Germany and was dedicated to the critical role of blowing agents in foamed plastics and rubber. The two day international conference brought together major blowing agent manufacturers and suppliers, foaming process...
Description Author: M.C. Hough and R. Dolbey ISBN 978-1-85957-058-6Published: 1995 Pages 414 Summary The properties and processability of plastics materials are subject to a number of influences. Factors such as a chemical constitution, molecular weight and degree of crystallinity are clearly of primary importance, but they do not tell the whole story. Commercial grades of plastics...