Update 21 August 1998
A two-day conference
organised by
Rapra Technology and European Rubber Journal
Rubber, for a wide range of both technical and utilitarian products, relies on the support of a variety of different substrate types for it's optimum exploitation. Rubber Bonding '98 addresses adhesion theory, the development of bonding systems and substrate preparation techniques, and their application for the present and future in an ever more environmentally conscious industrial environment.
Developments are occurring in the achievement of rubber bonding to metals, however there are many other aspects of rubber bonding to fibre and plastic substrates, and between rubbers themselves, which will be addressed during Rubber Bonding '98.
Monday 7th December 1998
Tuesday 8th December 1998 0845 - 0925 Registration 0930 Chairman's Welcome 0935 Scene Setter, Rapra Technology Limited, UK 1000 Theoretical Aspects of Adhesion, John Comyn, De Montfort University, UK 1045 Bonding Agents - Practical Solutions for the Future Speaker to be announced, Chemetall GmbH, Germany 1115 Coffee Break 1135 The Influence of Moulding Temperature on the Strength of Natural Rubber to Metal Bonded Joints, Marina Fernando, Tun Abdul Razak Research Centre, UK 1205 Recent Developments in Cobalt Adhesion Promoters Steve Fulton, Rhodia Limited, UK 1235 Lunch 1400 Progress in Rubber to Substrate Bonding, Mike Rooke, Henkel Industrial Adhesives, UK 1430 Life Prediction for Rubber to Metal Bonds, Andrew Stevenson, M.E.R.L, UK 1500 Adhesives for the Millennium, Gene Polaski, Lord Chemical Products Division, USA 1530 Tea 1550 New Bond Test for Wire Adhesion Winfried Jeskes, Bayer AG, Germany 1620 Development of Bonding Sytems - Last 20 Years, Raoul N Ozelli, Par Oberflaschenchemie GmbH, Germany 1650 Discussion of Day's Papers 1800 - 1930 Evening Cocktail Reception Conference Language and Proceedings 0915 Surface Pre-treatment of Rubbers, Derek Brewis, Loughborough University, UK 1000 Biological Monitoring for Solvents - New Developments, John Cocker, Health and Safety, UK 1030 Environmentally Friendly Cryogenic Solvent Recovery, Pramod Gujral, Air Products plc, UK 1100 Coffee 1115 Metal Preparation and Phosphating, Richard Holcroft, Abrasive Developments Limited, UK 1145 Bonding of Fluoroelastomers to Various Substrates Guy van Gool, Dyneon NV, Belgium 1215 Lunch 1330 Adhesion to Aramid Fibres, Hans Janssen, Akzo Nobel Aramid Products, The Netherlands 1400 Bonding Elastomers to Plastics, Keith Worthington, Compounding Ingredients Limited, UK 1430 Bonding to Substrates Without Adhesives Jim Younger, Cray Valley, France 1500 Tea 1520 Studies in Rubber to Metal Adhesion David Packham, Bath University, UK 1540 Bonding of Surface Protection Rubbers onto Metal Substrates, Gunter Busse, Tip Top Stahgruber Otto Gruber GmbH and Co., Germany 1610 Discussion of Day's Papers and Conference Close
The language of the conference will be English. However, the conference proceedings will be produced in both German and English.
You can register by email (conferences@rapra.net), or by post:
Write to: Janine Kitson
Conference organiser
Rapra Technology Ltd
Shabury,Shrewsbury
Shropshire SY4 4NR, UKFax +44 1939 251118 for details,
or check Rapra's web site: http://www.rapra.net.
Conference papers and show guides from some previous events are available in limited numbers. For details e-mail our conference department, or contact Louise Davies onTel: +44 171 457 1403
Fax: +44 171 457 1440Crain Communications Ltd
New Garden House
78 Hatton Garden
London
EC1N 8JQ
UK
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