8. Conclusion
The examples presented are not exhaustive, given the wide variety of applications and associated standards and requirements. However, the trends are always the same: higher performance demanded by users and lower manufacturing costs sought by manufacturers.
Among other things, we are witnessing a search for resistance to increasingly high temperatures for certain aircraft and automotive engine parts. We are also seeking to improve resistance to chemical products (resistance to lubricants in automotive seals, resistance to products used in the oil industry), fatigue and temperature resistance or radiation resistance in vibration filtration parts.
The rubber industry's main challenge is therefore to find the least expensive formulas and processing techniques possible, so as to obtain products that best meet the required functions. The cost...
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Bibliography
Software tools
Mooc (Massive Open Online Courses) discovering rubber: a remarkable material https://www.fun-mooc.fr
Websites
James Walker (high-performance seals) https://www.jameswalker.biz
Interep (foam rubber) http://www.interep.fr
LANXESS, Styrene Butadiene Rubber Solution (base elastomers) https://techcenter.lanxess.com
...Events
International Rubber Conference Organisation: annual international conference on the latest developments, products and research in the rubber industry. Each year, the conference is held in a different country. http://www.internationalrubberconference.org/
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Standards and norms
- Rubber and latex – Parts list - NF ISO 1629 -
- Unvulcanized rubber – Determinations using a shear disk consistometer – Part 1: Determination of the Mooney consistometric index - NF ISO 289-1 -
- Unvulcanized rubber – Determinations using a shear disk consistometer – Part 2: Determination of prevulcanization characteristics - NF ISO 289-2 -
- Rubber – Determination of vulcanization characteristics...
Regulations
EC Regulation No. 1907/2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH).
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A list of rubber manufacturers (raw materials suppliers, compound manufacturers, parts manufacturers, equipment suppliers) is published by CFCP (Centre français du caoutchouc et des polymères). http://www.lecaoutchouc.com
Organizations – Federations – Associations (non-exhaustive...
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