Monitoring the vulcanization of elastomers: Comparison of curemeter and ultrasonic online control

Polymer Testing

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 84-88

  Jaunich, Matthias ^a   Stark, Wolfgang ^a   Hoster, Bernhard ^b  

^a BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

^b Iserlohner Kunststoff Technologie GmbH (ISK)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cure process; Curemeter; Elastomer; Online control; Ultrasound; Vulcanization

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; CEMENTS; CURING; ELASTOMERS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; PLASTICS; POLYMERS; RUBBER; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONICS; VULCANIZATION;

ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; CROSSLINKING PROCESSES; CURE PROCESS; CUREMETER; CURING SYSTEMS; CURING TIMES; ELASTOMERIC MATERIALS; FINAL PRODUCTS; HIGH IMPACTS; MATERIAL PROPERTIES; MONITOR AND CONTROLS; NATURAL RUBBER COMPOUNDS; ONLINE CONTROL; PRACTICAL EXPERIENCES; PRODUCT GEOMETRIES; STANDARD PROCEDURES; ULTRASONIC TECHNIQUES; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND WAVES;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 58149215790     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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