Rubbers continuous heating method

The double heating method is suggested as an improvement of the continuous method. By the continuous method, the determined value for rubber is lower and that for carbon black is higher than the real values. Using the double heating method, it becomes possible to distinguish between mass losses due to oxidation of the polymeric residue after the first stage decomposition and those due to oxidation of the carbon black. 

The use of a combination of a short single-screw robber extruder feeding a gear pump for the continuous feeding of bale rubbers is discussed. Methods of dealing with heat... 

This system involves the use of some form of heating by air or steam in a chamber in a manner such that the vulcanization occurs immediately after the rubber is formed in an extruder or calender. This is a suitable process for extruded profiles and calendered sheets and conveyor belts. Liquid curing method (LCM) is also a continuous process which involves the use of suitable hot liquid baths in which extruded profiles can be passed through and vulcanized continuously. Items can be cured rapidly at temperatures from 200°C to 300°C however the compounds must be suitably designed to prevent porosity as this is a common problem with any extrudate. Suitable materials for curing medium includes bismuth-tin alloys, an eutectic mixture of potassium nitrate and... 

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A continuous extrusion process, as well as molding techniques, can be used as the thermoforming method. A more rapid rate of cure is then necessary to ensure the cure of the rubber before the cellular structure collapses. The stock is ordinarily extruded at a temperature high enough to produce some curing and expansion and then oven-heated to complete the expansion and cure. 

New copolymerization methods, additives, rubber modification, and blending have made of polystyrene polymer and copolymers versatile packaging materials. Developed in 1930 by BASF, polystyrene (PS) is commonly produced by the continuous bulk polymerization of styrene in the presence of ethylbezene that control product viscosity and heat transfer. PS is hydrophobic, nonhygroscopic, and easily processed by extrusion and thermoform-ing. Three types of PS are available general-purpose, impact PS, and foams. 

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