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Rubber Molding
April 1-2, 2003, Cleveland, OH

Silicone
April 22-23, 2003, Cleveland, OH

Latex
July 29-30, Akron, OH

Tires
September 21-23 2004, Akron, OH

 
2003 Papers (Click on name to get bio; click on title to get abstract)


COMPARISON OF COMPRESSIVE STRESS RELAXATION METHODS WITH ESTABLISHED COMPRESSION SET EVALUATIONS FOR ELASTOMER SEALING APPLICATIONS IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Andy Anderson
Zeon Corporation

EFFICIENT INVESTIGATION OF ELASTOMER SQUEAK AND ITCH ISSUES
Author: Bruce Balcerski, Custom Acoustic USA
Co-author:    Jonathan Fisk, Cooper Standard NASS

A COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT DIMENSIONAL CONTROL STRATEGIES FOR AUTO BODY SHEET METAL AND ASSEMBLED DOOR MODULES
Jay Baron, Ph.D.
Center For Automotive Research (CAR)

SEALING, NOISE AND PERCEIVED QUALITY TRENDS
Author: Imad Bazzi, General Motors Corporation
Co-author:    Susanna Webber, General Motors Corporation

RELIABLE COMPOUND QUALITY: THE BASIS FOR A GLOBAL RUBBER COMPANY
Author: Malte Bussmann, Freudenberg DS KS
Co-author:    Ernst Osen, Ph.D., Carl Freudenberg GmbH

EPDM ADVANCEMENTS IN SPONGE FOR AUTOMOTIVE WEATHERSTRIPS MEETING THE CHANGING NEEDS OF OEMS AROUND THE WORLD
Author: Graham Choonoo, DSM Elastomers BV
Co-authors:    Minoru Hara, DSM Elastomers BV
Tommy Odenham, DSM Elastomers BV
Ger Vroomen, DSM Elastomers BV

USING DESIGNED EXPERIMENTS IN MANUFACTURING: MODERN DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS AND A MANUFACTURING CASE STUDY
Author: Thomas Duever, Ph.D., University of Waterloo
Co-author:    Hans-Joachim Graf, Ph.D., Cooper-Standard NASS

QUALITY EXPECTATIONS FOR AUTOMOTIVE SEALING SYSTEMS: A MANUFACTURER'S VIEWPOINT
J. W. Alistair Hill
Meteor Gummiwerke KH Baedje GmbH & Co KG

CELL STRUCTURE CONTROL IN EPDM SPONGE SEALS
Author: Eric P. Jourdain, ExxonMobil Chemical Company
Co-author:    Olivier Georjon, ExxonMobil Chemical

CROSSLINK DENSITY NMR - A NEW TOOL FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE IN RUBBER INDUSTRY
Author: Winfried Kuhn, Ph.D., IIC Innovative Imaging Corp. KG
Co-authors:    Ulrich Giese, Deutsches Institut fuer Kautschuktechnologie (DIK)
E. Peregi, IIC Innovative Imaging Corp. KG

PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES FOR THE EFFECTIVE DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING OF COEXTRUDED WEATHERSEALS REQUIRING LOW FRICTION AND ABRASION-RESISTANT PERFORMANCE
Author: Chris LaTulippe, DSM Thermoplastic Elastomers
Co-authors:    Ryszard Brzoskowski, DSM Thermoplastic Elastomers
Hua Cai, DSM Thermoplastic Elastomers
Ken Moore, DSM Thermoplastic Elastomers

THE USE OF ELASTOMERS IN THE PRESENCE OF ACTIVE CONTROL TECHNIQUES
Author: Daniel Maguire, Ph.D., Cooper-Standard Automotive, NVH Systems Div.
Co-author:    Patrick Corcoran, Cooper-Standard Automotive, NVH Systems Div.

EXTRUSION OF HYBRID WEATHERSEALS: RHEOLOGY AND FLOW CONTROL
Author: Abdelhadi Sahnoune, Ph.D., ExxonMobil Chemical
Co-authors:    Olivier Georjon, ExxonMobil Chemical
Eric P. Jourdain, ExxonMobil Chemical Company

THE COMPRESSION LOAD DILEMMA
David A. Wade
Ford Motor Company

SLIP-COAT ON TPE FOR AUTOMOTIVE WEATHERSEALS
Gerry Bareich
G.B.I.E. Inc.

MICROCELLULAR FOAMING OF TPV MATERIALS IN AUTOMOTIVE WEATHERSEAL APPLICATIONS
Author: Kent Blizard, Ph.D., Trexel Inc.
Co-author:    Axel Schroeder, Trexel Inc.

ENVIRONMENTALLY PREFERRED ADHESIVES FOR RUBBER TO METAL BONDING
Author: Brian P. Carney, Lord Corporation
Co-authors:    Jennifer A. DiBacco, Lord Corporation
Christian C. Green, Lord Corporation
Doug Mowrey, Lord Corporation

LONG TERM AGING OF VARIOUS ETHYLENE/ACRYLIC (AEM) ELASTOMERS
Author: Douglas D. King, DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers
Co-authors:    K. Kammerer, DuPont
L. Lefebvre, DuPont
E. McBride, DuPont
Y. T. Wu, DuPont

RUBBER RECYCLING
Marvin Myhre
Canadian Rubber Testing and Development Ltd.

CHANGING PARADIGMS IN HIGH-PERFORMANCE FLUOROSILICONE RUBBER
Author: Charles W. Olsen, Jr., Dow Corning Corporation
Co-authors:    Paul Irish, Dow Corning Corporation
Graeme Smith, Dow Corning Corporation
Lauren Tonge, Dow Corning Corporation

 

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