Rubber and polymers. Introductory concepts

Objectives: To familiarize the target audience with rubber, used as a raw material and the behavior of rubber in different processing conditions.

Target audience: Employees from the departments: Technical, Industrialization, Process engineers, technicians.

Duration: 2 days

Agenda:

• Introduction
• Rubber (natural, synthetic)/elastomers,
• Definition – what is rubber/natural and synthetic elastomer and the difference between them, structure, additives,
• Obtaining (natural rubber, synthetic rubber),
• Properties (chemical, physical e.g. elasticity),
• Processing – e.g. vulcanization, calendering, die casting, pressing,
• Behavior under different processing conditions,
• Polymers
• Definition (structure, types of polymers, additives, applications),
• Obtaining,
• Properties (chemical e.g. resistance to different chemicals, physical - glass transition temperature, tensile strength, impact resistance),
• Processing - injection molding,
• Behavior during thermal processing - how temperature influences material properties,
• Thermoplastic rubber
• Definition (types, advantages, applications),
• Obtaining,
• Properties (chemical, physical),
• Processing - extrusion, injection,
• Behavior during thermal processing,
• Discussions. Examination. Course closure.

Lecturer: Lecturer with over 20 years of experience in industry and consultancy with expertise in the use of course tools and training.

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