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Quality assurance in the rubber mixing room – Prediction of the rubber compound properties that are relevant for the elastomer product properties
Author(s) -
Ryzko Peter,
Haberstroh Edmund
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
macromolecular materials and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.913
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1439-2054
pISSN - 1438-7492
DOI - 10.1002/1439-2054(20001201)284:1<64::aid-mame64>3.0.co;2-c
Subject(s) - natural rubber , quality assurance , materials science , process engineering , quality (philosophy) , product (mathematics) , documentation , elastomer , process (computing) , final product , characterization (materials science) , synthetic rubber , manufacturing engineering , computer science , biochemical engineering , mechanical engineering , composite material , engineering , nanotechnology , operations management , mathematics , philosophy , external quality assessment , geometry , epistemology , economics , market economy , programming language , operating system
In the last few years noticeable progress has been made in the area of rubber processing. New concepts for quality assurance have been developed which require complete documentation of the product quality and monitoring of the production line and material and product development. Different methods for the batch check‐ups are used in companies working with rubber materials. The main question for these companies is: Which physical characteristics can be related directly to the processing parameters, and accordingly to the characteristics of finished products? To answer this question it is important to examine reoccurring problems in various rubber processing steps using suitable mixtures. A process parameter‐based method for choosing the relevant rubber compound characterization methods that are relevant for the prediction of compound processability and changes in the product characteristic is presented in this paper.