Overview

Developed in conjunction with the Farrel Corp/CT Rubber Group course, this text on the mixing of rubber aims to educate the hands-on compounder and the end user as well. It covers machinery, mixing, process control, quality control, plant operations, and mixing advice for specific compounds. Illustrations focus on recipes. Like the course, the book assumes no prior knowledge of rubber compounding but leads the technologist through the process from mix procedure to test. This book should be of interest to factory chemists, formulators technologists and compounders, materials suppliers and quality control personnel, additives and modifiers manufacturers, and rubber recyclers.

Full Product Details

Author:   R.F. Grossman
Publisher:   Chapman and Hall
Imprint:   Chapman and Hall
Edition:   1997 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.210kg
ISBN:  

9780412804908

ISBN 10:   0412804905
Pages:   242
Publication Date:   31 May 1997
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1 Mixing machinery for rubber.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 Two-roll mills.- 1.3 Internal batch mixers.- 1.4 Continuous mixers.- 1.5 Development of the Banbury mixer.- 1.6 Operating variables.- 2 Mixing cycles and procedures.- 2.1 Cost of internal mixing.- 2.2 Unit operations in mixing.- 2.3 Single-pass versus multiple-pass mixing.- 2.4 Types of mix cycle.- 2.5 Analysis of changes to the mix procedure.- References.- 3 Mill mixing.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 Acceleration of first-pass compound.- 3.3 Mill mixing of specialty compounds.- 3.4 Acceleration in line with internal mixing.- 4 Quality control and the mixing process.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Testing of raw materials.- 4.3 Control of composition.- 4.4 Tracking the mix cycle.- 4.5 Compound testing.- 5 Statistical process control for industrial mixing.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Basic SPC charting.- 5.3 Rheometer data and its meaning.- 5.4 A case history.- 5.5 Summary.- 5.6 Mixing control software.- References.- 6 Additives that affect mixing.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2 Peptizers in natural rubber.- 6.3 Peptizers in SBR.- 6.4 Peptizers in sulfur-containing polymers.- 6.5 Additives to increase viscosity.- 6.6 Preventing unwanted chemical reactions.- References.- 7 Operation and maintenance of mixing equipment.- 7.1 Inspection of Banbury mixers.- 7.2 Mixer maintenance and lubrication.- 7.3 Anticipating required service.- 7.4 Dust stop maintenance.- 7.5 SSA dust stops.- 7.6 Banbury mixer: hydraulic dust stops.- 8 Mixing procedures for specific compounds.- 8.1 Introduction.- 8.2 EPDM expansion joint cover.- 8.3 Expansion joint intermediate layer.- 8.4 Traffic counter treadle cover.- 8.5 SBR/IR belt cover.- 8.6 EPDM low voltage electrical connector.- 8.7 Peroxide-cured black-filled EPDM compounds.- 8.8 EPDM concrete pipe gasket.- 8.9 SBR insulation.- 8.10 Injection-molded NBR gasket.- 8.11 CR/SBR blend.- 8.12 Low durometer CR/SBR blend.- 8.13 CR specification compounds.- 8.14 Charge-dissipating CR tubing.- 8.15 Nonblack CR for injection molding.- 8.16 Hard rubber industrial wheel.- 8.17 High durometer NBR masterbatch.- 8.18 NBR/PVC cable jacket.- 8.19 NBR/PVC/SBR blend.- 8.20 Butyl masterbatch.- 8.21 Butyl masterbatch, heat interacted.- 8.22 Chlorobutyl/NR blend.- 8.23 CSM cord jacket.- 8.24 Nonblack millable urethane.- 8.25 ECO molding compounds.- 8.26 Polyacrylate shaft seal.- 8.27 XLPE insulation.- 8.28 FKM molding compound.- 8.29 Silicone spark plug boot cover.- 9 Mixing wire and cable compounds.- 9.1 Introduction.- 9.2 Tempered water.- 9.3 Power-controlled mixing.- 9.4 Energy conservation.- References.- 10 Mixing ethylene-propylene diene rubber.- 10.1 Introduction.- 10.2 Background of EPDM development.- 10.3 Composition of EPDM elastomers.- 10.4 Variables in EPM and EPDM elastomers.- 10.5 How processing relates to structure and rheology.- 10.6 Practical guidelines for mixing EP elastomers.- 10.7 Summary.- References.- 11 Mixing of tire compounds.- 11.1 Introduction.- 11.2 Rework.- 11.3 Phase mixing.- 11.4 Natural rubber: viscosity reduction.- 11.5 Measurement of mixing efficiency.- References.- 12 Mixing fluoroelastomer (FKM) compounds.- 12.1 Introduction.- 12.2 Special considerations.- 12.3 Raw materials.- 12.4 Typical formulations.- 12.5 Internal mixing.- 12.6 Mill mixing.- 12.7 Summary.- 12.8 Accounting methods.- 13 Continuous mixing.- 13.1 The Farrel continuous mixer.- 13.2 Operating principles of the FCM.- 13.3 Commercial applications for the FCM.- 13.4 The Farrel mixing venting extruder (MVX).- 14 Evaluating the performance of internal mixers.- 14.1 Introduction and literature review.- 14.2Designing the rotor.- 14.3 Analysis of dispersive mixing.- 14.4 Results from synchronous rotors.- References.- Appendix Unit conversion tables and factors.- A.1 Conversion between Fahrenheit and Celsius.- A.2 Conversion of English units to metric units.

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