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Rapra Conference Proceedings, 2002

This second conference focusing on high peformance elastomers covered the elastomers being used in high demand environmental applications and brings together a number of papers dealing with new fluoro and silicone elastomers in the field. Studies of the behaviour of elastomers and components in environmentally hostile media, and methods of predicting age-related mechanical properties in elastomeric seals will be presented.

The papers presented were of high technical quality, given by industry experts and will be of interest to material suppliers, compounders, technologists and processors together with vehicle designers, and manufacturers of products required for environmentally demanding applications; in fact all end users of these speciality elastomers.

List of Papers

SESSION 1: THE HIGH PERFORMANCE ELASTOMER INDUSTRY

"An Overview of the High Performance Elastomer Industry in 2002"

Richard Beswick & Dr Dave Dunn, bms AG, Switzerland

"The Market for LSR in Europe (Market Survey 2002)"

Ulrich Eich, Schlegel & Partner GmbH, Germany

(PAPER UNAVAILABLE AT TIME OF PRINT)

"Fluorosilicone Rubber - The Current State of the Science"

Graeme Smith, Lauren Tonge, Mohammed Fiaz & Jean Pierre Ventura, Dow Corning Ltd, Belgium

(PAPER UNAVAILABLE AT TIME OF PRINT )

SESSION 2: HIGH PERFORMANCE AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS

"Polymers to Resist Automotive Fuel Permeation and Emissions - Compatability & Orientation Effects of Polymers & Multi-component Fuels"

Nickie Dale & Bob Campion, Materials Engineering Research Laboratory (MERL) Ltd., UK

"Silicone Rubber for Noise and Vibration Damping in Automotive Applications"

Mohammed Fiaz , Mike Proctor, Graeme Smith & Jean Pierre Ventura, Dow Corning Ltd, UK

"Advances in New Heat Resistant ACM Technology for Automotive Applications"

Peter Abraham, Paul Manley, Andy Anderson & Walter Heider, Zeon Chemicals Europe Ltd, UK

SESSION 3: ADDITIVES, COMPOUNDING AND PROCESSING

"A Processing Additive to Substitute Perfluorinated Types in Speciality Polymers"

Karl Menting & Colin Clarke, Schill & Seilacher "Struktol" Aktiengesellschaft, Germany

"Novel Compounding Technologies to Enhance the Performance of Hydrogenated Nitrile Butadiene Rubber (HNBR)"

Nick Sandland, Zeon Chemicals Europe Ltd, UK

"Use of Diatomaceous Earth as a Functional Additive"

Julian Danvers, World Minerals - Europe, France

"Liquid Silicone Rubber: Ease of Processing is Cost Saving"

Marco Pagliani & Hans Peter Wolf, Dow Corning GmbH, Germany

SESSION 4: NEW MATERIALS AND ADVANCING TECHNOLOGY

"Liquid Silicone Rubber : New Materials for Today's Market Needs"

Clemens Trumm, Stephan Bosshammer & Heinz Müller, GE Bayer Silicones GmbH & Co. KG, Germany

"New Fluoroelastomer Nanocomposites Based on PTFE"

Giovanni Comino, S. Arrigoni, A Staccione, M. Apostolo & M. Albano, Solvay Ausimont S.p.a. - R & D Center, Italy

"A New Class of Unique High Performance Low Temperature Fluoroelastomers"

Jürgen Steffens, Dyneon GmbH & Co. KG, Germany

(PAPER UNAVAILABLE AT TIME OF PRINT)

"Liquid Perfluoroether Elastomer"

Paul Uritani & Hirofumi Kishita, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd., USA

"Fluororelastomer Made With Advanced Polymer Architecture Provides Benefits in Processing & End Use Properties - New Peroxide Curable Elastomer"

Thomas Olma & Steve Bowers, Dupont-Dow Elastomers S.A., Germany

"Structure and Properties of Chlorinated Polyethylenes and Higher Polyolefins"

Grogory Ronkin, Scientific Research Institute "Syntex" - Moscow, Russia

SESSION 5: IMPROVING PRODUCT PERFORMANCE AND MANUFACTURING PROCESSES

"A Finite Element Methodology to Predict Age-Related Mechanical Properties and Performance Changes in Elastomeric Seals"

Jose Duarte,Gerhard Streit & Manfred Achenbach, Parker Hannifin GmbH, Germany

"Improved Quality at Lower Costs - An Oxymoron?"

Thomas Kromminga, Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbH, Germany

"High Performance Elastomers in ‘O’ Ring Apllications"

Volker Peterseim & Ernst Osen, Freudenberg O-Ring Kg, Germany

"How the Management of Technology Platforms has Helped an Elastomers Manufacturer achieve & secure the number 2 position in it's Market Segment"

Wolfram Keller, Pittiglio Rabin Todd & McGrath, UK