Pipe-compound experiment, ABS

Koons, G., and Wilt, M., Design and Analysis of an ABS Pipe Compound Experiment, in Experiments in Industry Design, Analysis and Interpretation of Results, R. Snee, L. Hare, and J. R. Trout (eds.), pp. 111-117, ASQC Quality Press, Milwaukee, WI, 1985. 

Design and Analysis of an Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene (ABS) Pipe Compound Experiment... 

An experiment was designed to determine the amount of coal-tar pitch that could be incorporated into ABS pipe compounds. 

In many situations in industrial chemistry, some important measured property of a product is a function of the proportions in which a set of p ingredients or components is represented in a mixture leading to the product. For example, case studies in the literature have covered subjects ranging from octanes of gasoline blends, discussed by Snee to strengths of different formulations of ABS pipe compound, treated in Koons and Wilt to aftertaste intensities of different blends of artificial sweeteners used in an athletic sport drink, discussed by Cornell to moduli of elasticity of different rocket propellant formulations, considered by Kurotori. For experimenting in such contexts, special statistical techniques are needed. These tools have been discussed at length by Cornell, and our purpose here is not to... 

A significant reduction in cost could be achieved if appreciable quantities of coal-tar pitch could be incorporated into ABS for the production of a satisfactory pipe compound. Because of the availability of trained plastics and mathematics personnel at the U. S. Steel Research Laboratory, an interdisciplinary approach was made to the problem. Before any blending was done, an appropriate experiment was designed to obtain a maximum output of information with a minimum amount of experimentation. This paper reports the results and analysis of the experimentation. 

Several materials will be tested in this experiment. They include ABS pellets. Calcium Carbonate, CPVC Corzan Pipe Compound and Pellets, CPVC FlowGuard Gold Compound, CPVC FlowGuard Gold Pellets, PVC Fiber Lock Pellets, PVC Foam Compound, PVC Skin Compound, PVC Molding Resin, PVC Pipe Resin, PVC Schedule 80, DWV Virgin Solid Wall, DWV Pulverized Solid Wall, PVC Molding Compound, PVC Pellets, and Sewer Compound. 

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