Speciality and High Performance Rubbers

Speciality and High Performance Rubbers
Author: Peter W. Dufton
Publisher: iSmithers Rapra Publishing
Total Pages: 156
Release: 1997
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781859571163

This report examines the various rubbers now available for applications at the extremes of temperature and/or aggressive chemical environments. It describes the role of components made from these rubbers and gives a review of the scope for their use.

High Performance and Speciality Elastomers 2005

High Performance and Speciality Elastomers 2005
Author:
Publisher: iSmithers Rapra Publishing
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2005
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9781859575109

There is an exciting mix in these proceedings from both material suppliers and end users, who have discussed test and formulation data. There is an overview paper on the markets for rubbers from the International Rubber Study Group. There is also a new presentation on studies of food contact applications of high performance elastomers, with migration data available.

Rubbers in Contact with Food

Rubbers in Contact with Food
Author: J.A. Sidwell
Publisher: iSmithers Rapra Publishing
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2000
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9781859572214

This report provides an excellent, clearly written report on the state-of-the-art of food contact elastomers. In the UK, the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food (MAFF), industry and Rapra have combined forces to study the issues surrounding rubbers in contact with food. A survey has been carried out of the food processing industry to determine which rubber products come into contact with food, contact area, duration of contact and temperature of contact. The results of this survey are found in the report and a compilation of data tables on each food industry studied is included as an appendix. An additional indexed section containing several hundred abstracts from the Rapra Polymer Library database gives useful references for further reading.

Speciality Rubbers

Speciality Rubbers
Author: J. A. Brydson
Publisher: iSmithers Rapra Publishing
Total Pages: 116
Release: 1994
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9781859570159

Speciality rubbers account for 15% of world rubber consumption in financial terms in spite of providing just 4% by c099. Their most important property is generally a high heat resistance, frequently required in combination with hydrocarbon oil resistance. Other key properties may include flexibility at low temperatures and long service life. 400 Abstracts from the Rapra Polymer Library.

Non-Tyre Rubber Components in the Automotive Industry

Non-Tyre Rubber Components in the Automotive Industry
Author: R. German
Publisher: iSmithers Rapra Publishing
Total Pages: 84
Release: 1999
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9781859571323

This report considers the implications of the trends within the industry for the rubber component industry including mergers and associations, expansion of the platform approach and model globalisation.

The World Rubber Industry

The World Rubber Industry
Author: Colin Barlow
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 383
Release: 2014-02-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1317829131

Despite the fact that Rubber is one of the world's major commodities, surprispingly little has been written about hte the subject. First published in 1994, The World Rubber Industry seeks to redress this deficiency. It presents information in a clear and accessible manner, with numerous tables and illustrations, and an extensive glossary. This is a comprehensive and definitive analysis of one of the world's major and most essential commodities.

Rubber Compounding Ingredients: Need, Theory and Innovation

Rubber Compounding Ingredients: Need, Theory and Innovation
Author: C. Hepburn
Publisher: iSmithers Rapra Publishing
Total Pages: 144
Release: 1997
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9781859570999

The objectives of rubber compounding may be essentially defined as providing optimised performance and processability, generally at minimum cost, by the incorporation of non-rubber ingredients. Optimised performance in this context refers not only to mechanical properties but also, for example, resistance to bacteria or particular chemicals. In some applications a rubber may also need to be coloured, or bonded to another material, and further ingredients may be required. For many years, rubber compounding was largely empirical and frequently described as a black art. Today it is practised predominantly on the basis of scientific principles elucidated over years of study and is still the subject of intensive research. In this new report Claude Hepburn reviews the following range of compounding ingredients, considering the range of materials available, their particular actions and recent interesting advances: Process and extender oils; Process aids and surfactants; Coupling agents and adhesion promoters; Fire retardants, bactericides and blowing agents, colourants and odourants. An additional indexed section containing several hundred abstracts from the Polymer Library provides many more examples of novel materials and their applications.

Handbook of Specialty Elastomers

Handbook of Specialty Elastomers
Author: Robert C. Klingender
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 572
Release: 2008-01-22
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1420017675

Written and edited by experts on specialty elastomers applications in the mechanical and automotive products industries, the Handbook of Specialty Elastomers provides a single source reference for the design of compounds using specialty elastomers. This book defines specialty elastomers as heat-, oil-, fuel-, and solvent-resistant polymer