Rubber Compounding Asia 2010 (2-3 March 2010, Bangkok)

DAY 1 (2 March 2010 - Tuesday)
08.00 - 09.00	Registration
09.00 - 09.15	Welcome Remarks
Session 1 - Rubber Properties & Processability Improvement
09.15 - 10.00	In situ precipitation of Silica in Natural Rubber Latex for Improved Dispersion, Processability and Mechanical Properties Prof. Rani Joseph , Cochin University of Science and Technology , India
10.00 - 10.45	Viscoelastic Behaviour of NR and NBR filled with fly ash Dr. Chakrit Sirisinha, Mahidol University, Thailand
10.45 - 11.00	Coffee Break
11.00 - 11.45	Relaxation Behavior of Conductive Carbon Black Reinforced Chlorosulfonated Polyethylene Rubber Vulcanizates Prof. Deba Kumar Tripathy, Rubber Technology Centre, IIT Kharagpur, India
11.45 - 12.30	Using High Molecular Weight NBR Elastomer in Soft Printing Rolls Don Tsou, Lanxess Chemicals (Shanghai), China
12.30 - 13.30	LUNCH
Session 2: Rubber Testing
13.30 - 14.15	New Test Methods for Characterizing and Assuring the Performance of Carbon Black and Other Reinforcing Agents in Tire Compounds John Dick, Alpha Technologies Inc. USA
14.15 - 15.00	Rubber Testing with a New Software Testing Platform for Dynamic Mechanical Analysis Laurent Perier, 01dB-Metravib, France
15.00 - 15.30	Coffee Break
15.30 - 16.15	Utilizing the RPA Variable Temperature Analysis for more Effective Tire Quality Assurance John Dick, Alpha Technologies Inc. USA
16.15 -17.00	Dynamic Rubber Testing by Ozone Prof. Klaus Nonnenmacher, Anseros Klaus Nonnenmacher GmbH, Germany
17.00 -18.00	Discussion - Technical Challenges of Rubber Compounders
18.00 -19.30	Cocktail Networking Dinner
DAY 2 (3 March 2010 - Wednesday)
Session 3: Rubber Chemicals/Properties Improvement
08.30 - 09.15	Improvement of Rubber / Tyre Compounding Process with Environmental Friendly Functional Process Promoters Dr. Ruliang Fan, RheinChemie (Qingdao) Ltd., China
09.15 - 10.00	Recent Developments in the Properties of Natural Rubber Dr. Jitladda Sakdapipanich, Mahidol University, Thailand
10.00 - 10.45	Effect of Halloysite Nanotubes (HNTs) as a Novel Filler on Properties of EPDM Nanocomposites Prof. Hanafi Ismail,Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Malaysia
10.45 - 11.00	Coffee Break
Session 4: Rubber Extrusion
11.00 -11.30	Fine Mesh Straining and Extrusion Applications with Gear Pump Systems for Rubber and Silicone Elastomers Horst Hain, UTH GmbH, Germany
11.30 -12.00	The Planetary Roller Extruder and Rubber Processing Michael W. Batton, ENTEX Rust & Mitschke GmbH, Germany
12.00 - 12.30	Continuous Rubber Compounding with the RingExtruder Jürgen Sauer, Extricom GmbH, Germany
12.30 - 13.00	Continuous Vulcanizable Rubber Compounding using a Co-rotating Twin Screw Extruder Dr. Alessandro GALLO, F.LLI MARIS S.P.A., Italy
13.00 - 14.00	LUNCH
Session 5: Rubber Composites
14.00 - 14.45	Nanocomposites based on LDPE-EVA Thermoplastic Elastomer (TPE): Effect of Silica Nano-filler and EB Irradiation Prof. T K Chaki, Rubber Technology Centre, IIT Kharagpur, India
14.45 - 15.30	Mechanical and Dynamic Mechanical Property Evaluation of NR/SBR/BR Composites based on a Tyre Tread Formulation Dilhara Edirisinghe, Rubber Research Institute of Sri Lanka
15.30 - 16.00	Coffee Break
16.00 -17.00	Discussion - Technical Challenges of Rubber Compounders
17.00	Closing Remarks

Remark :
The conference organizer reserves the right to change the technical program
as appropriate without prior notification.