Basic Rubber Compounding Course

The Basic Rubber Compounding Course will be held concurrently with Tire Technology Expo 2012 in Cologne, Germany, 13 and 14 February 2012 – commencing one day before the expo and main conference.

Presented by Bob Kind MIMMM, GPRI technical Director of Polymer
Recyclers Ltd UK and John Bowen MIMMM, BSc Consultant formerly of
Robinson Bros Chemicals Ltd., UK.

 

 

Course Rates

Pass type	Full rate
Two-day Short course	€975
Two-day Short course plus open pass to all Tire Technology conference sessions	€1555

 

The course:

Rubber technology embraces chemistry, physics and engineering and some of the concepts and terminology are very specific to rubber. This basic course is designed for all those working in the associated tire industry who wish to know more about the compounding of rubber and will try and define the concepts in simple terms but at the same time relate them to actual manufacturing and product circumstances.

Course schedule :

MONDAY 13 FEBRUARY 2012

• Natural rubber, manufacture, chemical and physical properties
• Compounding
• Processability
• Vulcanisation
• Reinforcement

TUESDAY 14 FEBRUARY 2012

• Internal mixing
• Formulation design
• Synthetic elastomers
• Tyre formulations
• Testing and specifications
• Moulding, extrusion & calendering