ARTIS present at Adhesion '11

ARTIS development scientist Stephen Millington presented a poster at this years Adhesion 2011 conference in York on the fundamentals of mould adhesion in rubber manufacturing.

Understanding the interactions between rubber compounds and mould tools is an important

factor in developing efficient moulding processes. Specialised rheological equipment is used

to measure bulk and boundary layer properties in order to understand processing behaviour

and can also be used to evaluate rubber to metal interactions during cure by measuring the

forces required to break the bonds formed during the cure reaction. This data shows that the

nature of the mould surface has a large influence on demoulding and mould fouling, while

even slight differences in rubber composition can have profound effects on processing

characteristics.