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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: Jan C. J. Bart ISBN 978-0-470-85062-6 pages 836 Hardcover Summary This industrially relevant resource covers all established and emerging analytical methods for the deformulation of polymeric materials, with emphasis on the non-polymeric components. Each technique is evaluated on its technical and industrial merits. Emphasis is on understanding (principles and characteristics) and industrial applicability. Extensively...
Description Author: R.P. Brown, T. Butler, and S.W. Hawley ISBN 978-1-85957-274-0 Pages: 208, Figures 169, Tables: 41 Summary This report is an output from the Weathering of Elastomers and Sealants project, which forms part of the UK government's Department of Trade and Industry's Degradation of Materials in Aggressive Environments Program. A long-term natural ageing program was started...
Description Author: R.P. Brown, T. Butler, and S.W. Hawley ISBN 978-1-85957-264-1 Pages: 192, Figures: 204, Tables: 84 Summary This report is an output from the Weathering of Elastomers and Sealants project, which forms part of the UK government's Department of Trade and Industry's Degradation of Materials in Aggressive Environments Program. A long-term natural ageing program was started...
Description Author: B.G. Willoughby ISBN 978-1-85957-374-7 pages 250 Summary Health, safety, and the environment are key driving factors in the industry in the 21st Century. Monitoring of exposure to chemicals in the workplace and in emissions from factories is used to calculate exposure to possible chemical toxins including carcinogens. Other factors must also be considered in chemical...
Description Author: D.B. Wootton ISBN 978-1-85957-277-1 pages 248 Summary This book is written in a very readable style. It starts by describing the history of the use of textiles in rubber composites and progresses through the technology of yarn production to the details of fabric construction. The five core fabric materials used in rubber reinforcement are...
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: G. Polaski, J. Means, B. Stull, P. Warren, K. Allen, D. Mowrey and B. Carney, Lord Corporation ISBN 978-1-85957-495-9 Pages 150 Summary This review has been written as a practical approach to bonding various kinds of elastomers to substrates such as steel and plastics, as used in the manufacture of diverse products such as...
Description Author: Norman Hewitt ISBN 978-0-8155-1528-9 Pages: 578 pp, Hardback Summary This valuable guide to compounding elastomers with precipitated silica covers principles, properties, mixing, testing and formulations from a practical perspective. This handbook and reference manual will serve those who work on part design, elastomer formulation, manufacturing and applications of elastomers. Ample discussion of compound specifications...
Description Author: George WypychISBN 978-1-927885-19-2 (hard copy) Published: 2017Pages 448 Summary This book is must have for manufacturers of blowing agents, manufacturers of products containing blowing agents designed for various purposes, regulating bodies, academia, and research laboratories. The databook contains information which is complete, timely, up-to-date, and useful in numerous fields of application and for...
Description Author: Anna Wypych ISBN 978-1-895198-96-6 (hard cover) Edition: 2nd Published: February 2017 Pages: 696 Tables: 410 Hardcover Summary Databook of Plasticizers contains data on selection of the most important plasticizers in use today. The selection includes 410 generic and commercial plasticizers, which belong to 31 chemical groups. The special emphasis is given to...
Description Author: G.A.L. Verleye, N.P.G. Roeges and M.O. De Moor ISBN 978-1-85957-268-9 pages 174 Summary Polymers are found in every aspect of our daily lives. Materials must be carefully selected to ensure that properties match performance requirements. It is often necessary to understand the chemical nature of a material to determine whether it is suitable for...
Description Author: P.W. Dufton ISBN 978-1-85957-241-2 Pages: 210, Figures: 7, Tables: 50 Summary Much has happened recently in the field of waste management and this has had a strong impact on the handling of used tires. This Rapra Industry Analysis Report provides up-to-date data and comment about the progress in the UK, Europe and North America...
Description Author: Geneva, Switzerland, 13-14 November 2003 ISBN 978-1-85957-369-3 pages 210 Summary Engineering or specialty elastomers are the stalwart materials of the rubber industry. They are high volume and medium priced elastomers, often employed in demanding applications, such as the automotive, industrial, medical and electrical industries. The Engineering Elastomers 2003 conference had an exciting series of...
Description Author: Chellappa Chandrasekaran, Can C Consulting, Chennai, India ISBN 978-0-8155-1539-5 202 pages Summary The author, a seasoned rubber technologist of four decades, provides more than 180 essential rubber formularies, some of which have never been published, that are used by practitioners the world over on a frequent basis. A special feature of the formulations is...
Description Author: Dr. Martin J. Forrest ISBN 978-1-84735-141-8 Hardcover, pages 362 Summary Food Contact Materials - Rubbers, Silicones, Coatings, and Inks, is an amalgamation of data from four recent projects. This report provides a wealth of information taken from the results and findings of research projects on: Migration Data of Food Contact Rubbers (Two projects), Rubber Breakdown...
Description Author: Martin J. Forrest, Rapra Technology ISBN 978-1-85957-522-2 148 pages, Soft-backed, Vol. 16, no. 2, report 182 Summary The objective of Food Contact Rubbers 2 - Products, Migration and Regulation is to provide a comprehensive overview of the use of rubber as a food contact material, from an initial description of the types of rubber...
Description Author: George Wypych ISBN 978-1-895198-99-7 (hard copy) Published: 2017Pages 250+viiiTables 38Figures 145 Summary Foaming processes can be controlled by many parameters, including type, amount of foaming agent, additives, saturation pressure, desorption time, die pressure, die temperature, feed ratio, gas contents, its flow rate and injection location, internal pressure after foaming, mold pressure, mold...
Description Author: N. Tucker WMG, Warwick, and K. Lindsey, Gibbs Technology Ltd., Nuneaton ISBN 978-1-85957-279-5 pages: 200 Summary Composites are being used more and more in the automotive industry, because of their strength, weight, quality and cost advantages. In 1998-1999, to further knowledge of composites, the Rover Group in conjunction with the Warwick Manufacturing Group devised...
Description Author: M. T. Shaw, W. J. MacKnight ISBN 978-0-471-74045-2 3rd Edition, pages 316 Hardcover Summary A revised molecular approach to a classic on viscoelastic behavior. Because viscoelasticity affects the properties, appearance, processing, and performance of polymers such as rubber, plastic, and adhesives, a proper utilization of such polymers requires a clear understanding of viscoelastic behavior....