Rubber Processing (EBT 333/4)

This book provides the beginning engineer with the principles of rubber science and technology: what rubber is, how it behaves, and how to design engineering components with rubber.

The 3rd edition of The Science and Technology of Rubber provides a broad survey of elastomers with special emphasis on materials with a rubber-like elasticity. As in the 2nd edition, the emphasis remains on a unified treatment of the material; exploring topics from the chemical aspects such as elastomer synthesis and curing, through recent theoretical developments and characterization of equilibrium and dynamic properties, to the final applications of rubber, including tire engineering and manufacturing. Many advances have been made in polymer and elastomers research over the past ten years since the 2nd edition was published. Updated material stresses the continuous relationship between the ongoing research in synthesis, physics, structure and mechanics of rubber technology and industrial applications. Special attention is paid to recent advances in rubber-like elasticity theory and new processing techniques for elastomers. This new edition is comprised of 20% new material, including a new chapter on environmental issues and tire recycling.

Rubber is important in many engineering applications because of its unique properties. These properties must be measured with appropriate test methods developed specifically for this class of materials. This book provides, in one volume, comprehensive coverage of the procedures for measuring the whole range of the physical properties of rubber. This new edition presents an up-to-date introduction to the standard methods used for testing, quality control analysis, product evaluation, and production of design data for rubber and elastomers. Factors to be incorporated in the revision include the effects of newer instrumentation, the cutting back of laboratory staff, increased demands for formal accreditation and calibration, trend to product testing, overlap of thermoplastic elastomers with plastics and increased need for design data. Book jacket.

Highlighting more than a decade of research, this one-of-a-kind reference reviews the production, processing, and characteristics of a wide range of materials utilized in the modern tire and rubber industry. Rubber Compounding investigates the chemistry and modification of raw materials, elastomers, and material compounds for optimal formulation and engineering of new rubber products and outlines the benefits and attributes of halobutyl polymers for modern tires. With contributions from more than 23 field specialists, as well as 180 tables and 1000 references to survey the latest advances in the rubber product industry, the book analyzes trends and advances from more than a decade of research.

This book covers the development of the technology and presents the theoretical and experimental aspects of rubber processing and engineering, including flow simulation. "Designed to provide a primary source of reference for veteran and novice alike ... a significant and much-needed addition." European Plastics News

This book deals with all aspects of rubber processing; mixing, milling, calendering, extrusion and molding, and also testing and specification of raw materials, mixed compound, and end products. It also covers the importance of flow behavior (rheology) in rubber processing. It deals with basic theory, and its application to practice. It includes section on the processing behavior of natural rubber, the various synthetic rubbers, and their compounds. It is primarily an overview, but the bibilographies and references to the literature will enable the interested reader to dig deeper into any specific subject.

The safe disposal and reuse of industrial and consumer rubber waste continues to pose a serious threat to environmental safety and health, despite the fact that the technology now exits for its effective recycling and reuse. Mountains of used tires confirm the belief that chemically crosslinked rubber is one of the most difficult materials to recycle. That coupled with a long history of failed attempts to create quality products from crumb rubber has resulted in such a resistance to new ideas concerning rubber recycling that very little literature on the subject has even seen the light of day.Rubber Recycling is one of those rare books that has the potential to directly impact our ecological well-being. The editors of this important volume have filled a void in technological responsibility by bringing together a group of international experts who, using substantial research evidence, prove that the utilization of recycled rubber is not just desirable, but is also quite feasible and profitable.This text provides a thorough overview of the fundamentals of rubber and the challenges of recycling. However, the heart of the book lies in its detailed explanation of the various processes currently available to breakdown, recycle, and reuse crosslinked rubber. These include --· Unconventional polymer recycling· High-pressure, high-temperature sintering· Ultrasonic and non ultrasonic devulcanization· The use of tire particles as replacement aggregates for low-strength concrete material· The utilization of powdered rubber waste in the production of rubber compounds· The future potential for recycling waste rubber by blending it with waste plasticsNever forgetting that these technologies are meaningless without industry participation, the book concludes with a highly practical discussion on how present market demands can be met with recycled rubber.